August 2020 – Equity Services, Inc

Operations

Changes to Securities Market Value Calculation on Wealthscape

Starting with the September release of Wealthscape℠ and Wealthscape Investor℠, Total Securities Market Value – a value on Account Balances – will no longer…

Beth KnoxAugust 26, 2020

Advisory Solutions Strategic Partners

Morningstar SmartInvestor: Value Investing – When History May Not be Enough

Finance professors are historians. Because their research must withstand tests of statistical significance, it typically is conducted over prolonged time periods. Consequently, they also…

Beth KnoxAugust 26, 2020

Operations Technology

ESI Brokerage Accounts – eDelivery Initiative and Raffle

As communicated last week in Operations Field Notice 2020-30, ESI is embarking on an initiative to collect email addresses and increase e-delivery adoption, helping…

Beth KnoxAugust 26, 2020

Technology Training

New Docupace Training: The Wealthscape Integration!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW TRAINING! Looking for additional training resources? This webinar and so much more lives at our ESI Training Corner – available…

Beth KnoxAugust 26, 2020

Incentives Operations Technology

ESI Brokerage Accounts – eDelivery Initiative and Raffle

As communicated earlier this week in Operations Field Notice 2020-30, ESI is embarking on an initiative to collect email addresses and increase e-delivery adoption,…

Beth KnoxAugust 18, 2020

Operations Product

Important ESI Suitability Tip regarding the LSW Rate Booster Crediting Strategies

Tip on filling out the ESI Annuity Purchase & Exchange Disclosure (ES0537) formWith the recent introduction of FIT Focus and FIT Horizon annuities from…

Beth KnoxAugust 18, 2020

Operations Technology

Wealthscape Investor Update – Optional Two-Factor Authentication Enrollment

In an ongoing effort to enhance platform security, Wealthscape Investor users will be able to enroll in Two-FactorAuthentication at log in. After logging in,…

Beth KnoxAugust 18, 2020

Compliance & Licensing

FINRA Alerts Firms to Use of Fake FINRA Domain Name

FINRA is warning member firms of a new imposter website www.finnra.org (please notice the extra “n” in the domain name). One portion of the…

Beth KnoxAugust 18, 2020

Compliance & Licensing

New Data Feeds Available in Star Compliance

ESI has added data feeds from the following firms to its list of available feeds through Star Compliance: Davenport and CompanyKestra Investment ServicesRobinhood Financial…

Beth KnoxAugust 18, 2020

Prospecting & Marketing

We’ve Updated Our Investment Evolution Marketing Campaign!

Purpose of the Campaign – Market Yourself and Build Your Investment Business This campaign is designed to help you market yourself and your services…

Beth KnoxAugust 11, 2020