Cogent Research Names Bruce Harrington to Head Wealth Management Consulting and Syndicated Research Practice.Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Industry Veteran to Oversee Marketing, Expansion of Research and Consulting Offerings CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Cogent Research LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , an evidence-based consultancy, announced today that it has named financial services veteran Bruce Harrington as managing director of its wealth management practice. Harrington will be responsible for development, sales and marketing of Cogent Research's syndicated research products, as well as strategy development and thought leadership. "We are excited to have such a highly regarded industry expert join the firm," said John Meunier, principal. "Bruce brings two decades of hard-earned product knowledge and retirement planning Retirement financial planning refers to a collection of systems, methods, and processes which, in their aggregate, support a family unit's (client's) desire to achieve a state of financial independence, such that the need to be gainfully employed is optional. experience to the table. Under Bruce's leadership, Cogent Research's Wealth Management syndicated research and consulting practice will continue to thrive." First up among Harrington's responsibilities is marketing Cogent Research's Investor Brandscape[TM] study, the first-of-its-kind marketplace study measuring the impact of brand and loyalty on revenue for investment advisors, distributors and mutual funds. In the fall, Harrington will launch Cogent Research's much-anticipated Advisor Study, which will explore how advisors' books of business are changing, with a special emphasis on alternative investment products. "I've been a consumer of strategic market research for 20 years, and I know the value of synthesizing research to reveal business opportunities and solve problems with the data they contain," said Harrington. "Our research helps investment management and distribution firms draw conclusions about their marketplace and customers to increase revenues and grow the value of their products and brands. And our management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects services enable us to work one-on-one with clients to turn the insights our research uncovers into actions that impact the bottom line." Prior to joining Cogent Research, Harrington served for eight years as vice president and director of product development and marketing for MFS Investment Management MFS Investment Management, formerly Massachusetts Financial Services, is a Boston, Massachusetts-based financial services firm. In its publicity, MFS claims to have invented the mutual fund. The current chair of the company is Robert Pozen. ([R]). At MFS MFS Medicare fee schedule , Harrington was responsible for the development and implementation of such products as the MFS 529 savings plan, retirement income planning, new IRA Ira, in the Bible Ira (ī`rə), in the Bible. 1 Chief officer of David. 2, 3 Two of David's guard. IRA, abbreviation IRA. products and new investment products. Prior to that, he was with Putnam Investments Putnam Investments was founded in 1937 by George Putnam. At the same time, he founded its first mutual fund offering, The George Putnam Fund of Boston.[1] Putnam has offices in London and Tokyo, and its headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts. , most recently as vice president of retirement marketing. Harrington is a nationally recognized expert on personal finance and financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against , especially regarding the use of retirement and 529 plans as effective savings and financial planning tools. He has been widely quoted in such publications as Wall Street Journal, Money, US News & World Report, Advisor Today, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Kiplinger's Personal Finance (KIP-lin-jerz) is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and prides itself on delivering "sound, unbiased advice in clear, , Financial Planning and more. Harrington has authored numerous articles about financial planning and the financial services industry, targeted to both the advisor community and consumers. Harrington earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Suffolk University, in addition to numerous NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). certifications. He also earned a Pension Administration certificate from Bentley College and holds the designations of Certified College Planning Specialist and Certified Retirement Counselor. About Cogent Research LLC Cogent Research, LLC, of Cambridge, Mass., delivers customer insights and actions that impact the value of products and brands for the investment services marketplace. By combining best-in-class analytical practices with the experiential know-how of financial services experts, Cogent Research provides business leaders with insights derived from data and grounded in a solid understanding of the marketplace. Cogent Research has been in business since 1996. It has three divisions, including: custom market research, syndicated research, and evidence-based consulting. Cogent Research is on the Web at www.cogentresearch.com. |
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