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8 nuggets of angst mined from RIAs at Schwab IMPACT

Safe zones of consensus thinking inhabit almost no area of advisor life

Author Guest Columnist Rob Isbitts December 4, 2012 at 5:08 PM
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Rob Isbitts: What clients want today is someone who worries less than they do.

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Chad.Snyder@Ebix.com

Chad.Snyder@Ebix.com

December 4, 2012 — 4:28 PM

“First, income strategies need a serious makeover.” That’s basically what Sally Krawcheck has been arguing as well. Just as you stated, clients want to know that their adviser “has their back”. These days it seems to be more about the relationship, especially long term, not stock picking prowess.

One big change that Krawcheck likes to hit upon as partially behind this trend is the growing importance of women in the financial planning process.

The other change that I find interesting is the demographic and generational shift that Gen X and Gen Y pose. Some studies have suggested that 86 percent of these two cohorts plan to fire their parents’ advisers. Couple that with that fact that when it comes to relationships and communication, these two segments seem to also think very differently than their parents.

While this represents opportunity, it’s also just more to keep advisers awake at night. Still, I find the change exciting and much needed in the industry — of course, I’m not an adviser!.

Robert Boslego

Robert Boslego

December 5, 2012 — 5:21 AM

I look forward to reading your future columns on MPT, and specifically on its implementation through mean-variance optimization, and how advisors have found that useful in choosing a portfolio.

Matthew Halloran

Matthew Halloran

December 5, 2012 — 4:51 PM

Fantastic article! I feel more advisors need to give themselves a checkup annually.

Jay Eisenberg

Jay Eisenberg

December 5, 2012 — 5:10 PM

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