Industry Research Studies, Surveys and White
Papers
Ongoing Research & Studies
AdvisorBenchmarking Rydex/SGI
www.advisorbenchmarking.com
By participating in the AB study, you learn how the most successful advisors manage their practices. It also
allows you to compare your business to theirs. By learning these best practices and finding out how your
firm compares to your peers, you will have the necessary research to build your business.
AdvisorBenchmarking includes a Library of Articles that cover a variety of practice management
topics. They conduct research from their research results and often publish these results in
their articles.
Drucker Knowledge Systems
David Drucker
www.daviddrucker.com/
David Drucker has been writing articles in various advisor
publications for many years. He has assembled these into compendiums of articles on a variety of topics.
You can order these by visiting his website.
Financial Planning Association (FPA)
www.fpanet.org
The FPA has a number of articles and studies, some for a cost and some are free to
download (you must be a member of the FPA).
2010/2011 Financial Planning Salary
Survey- The hard copy or digital version can be purchased here.
2012
Research
FPA-ActiFi:FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports:
Rebalancing Software Edition
2011 Research
FPA-ActiFi: FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports:
Reporting Software Edition
FPA-ActiFi: FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports: Portfolio
Management
FPA-ActiFi: FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports: Document
Management
2010
Research
FPA-ActiFi: FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports: CRM Edition
FPA-ActiFi:FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports:
Financial Planning Edition
FPA-ActiFi: FPA-ActiFi Adviser Technology Reports:
Compliance Edition
From 2010-2011, ActiFi, partnering with
the FPA will release seven in-depth
technology reports, sponsored by TD Ameritrade Institutional. This research includes extensive software testing,
adviser feedback, and vendor interviews. A free copy will be distributed to FPA members and is available for
purchase by non-members for $495 through the FPA Research Center.
This is the schedule:
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Q1 2010
- Financial Planning Software - Q2 2010
- Compliance - Q3 2010
- Portfolio Management - Q1 2011
- Document Management - Q2 2011
- Report Generation - Q3 2011
- Portfolio Rebalancing - Q4 2011
Advent User Group(AUG): 2010 Asset Management Operations & Compensation
Survey
The study highlights emerging trends and provides benchmarking data that can help asset management
executives make key decisions. Conducted periodically, the survey focuses on two areas of vital interest to
financial services firms: their technology and their people. Click here for pricing.
FA Insight: 2010 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design
From FAI: Now available for purchase, Growth by Design aims to support executive decision making
by providing critical data, decisive insight, and lessons from the industry’s Standout firms. The report gives
special focus to two distinct business capabilities that drive firm growth—operations and marketing.
Inside Information: The Future of the Financial Advisory Business: Opportunities, Challenges and
Trends in the Second Decade of the 21st Century
White Paper Report, April 2010
www.bobveres.com
Moss Adams/Investment News: 2010 Moss Adams/InvestmentNews Financial
Performance Study of Advisory Firms
Quantuvis
Consulting: Best Practices Studies
Series
From QC:The
Best Practices Study Series is a four-part study series, taken in simple,
manageable segments, representing the most comprehensive study in the industry. Brought to you in an easy, online
format, the study series goes beyond reporting to provide you with online analysis of your study data in
personalized Dashboards across the four disciplines covered in the series:
- Best Practices Part 1: Business Performance
- Best Practices Part 2: Business Development
- Best Practices Part 3: Human Capital
- Best Practices Part 4: Operations
Optimization
Firms can participate in the FREE
study by inputting firm information. Once completed, the information remains online in a personalized,
confidential dashboard for future reference to continue monitoring your firm. You also receive a Study Findings Report and can
participate in a conference call that details the findings of the
study. Visit the Quantuvis website to learn more.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors
From TSA: Tiburon Strategic Advisors has created a series of research reports to help educate its
clients in a low-cost way on a wide variety of topics in the banking, brokerage, investments, insurance,
& wealth management markets. The majority of Tiburon's research reports are written for executives at
financial institutions; a few reports are written specifically for financial advisors. Tiburon Strategic
Advisors has created a series of research reports to help educate its clients in a low-cost way on a wide
variety of topics in the banking, brokerage, investments, insurance, & wealth management markets. The
majority of Tiburon's research reports are written for executives at financial institutions; a few reports
are written specifically for financial advisors.
Wealth Manager/Philip Palaveev: 2010 Annual Top Wealth Managers Survey
2009
Research
FA Insight: The 2009 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: People and
Pay
Moss Adams/Investment News:2009 Moss Adams/InvestmentNews Adviser Compensation and Staffing
Study
Moss Adams/Pershing Advisor Solutions: Mission Possible II: The Link Between Operational Efficiency
and Human Capital
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