Why does the financial advice industry have a retirement problem?

Why does the financial advice industry have a retirement problem?

Stop me if you have heard this before: there is an age problem in the financial services industry. With the average age of advisors hovering around 50-years-old, and 43 percent of advisors over the age of 55, the industry is bracing for retirement in droves. In fact,...
4 ETF experts share product launch best practices (part 2)

4 ETF experts share product launch best practices (part 2)

In our previous post, we introduced our quartet of ETF industry experts who currently are operating at ground zero of new ETF issuance to talk about how to successfully launch products in an increasingly crowded and competitive market. The four panelists agreed that...
4 ETF experts share product launch best practices (part 2)

4 ETF experts share product launch best practices

According to ETF.com, the number of exchange traded funds (ETFs) listed in the U.S. increased to 1,669 last year with 197 new products launched and a total AUM of over $2 trillion. Everyone’s favorite investment product is putting up some staggering numbers. It’s...