Smaller state advisers want to be able to post client endorsements and quote them in ads when bigger SEC-registered firms get the green light.
The National Institute on Retirement Security found the middle class can longer afford retirement, according to a new report.
Fidelity is increasing its limit for student loan contributions for its employees, and MassMutual is letting people apply vacation time to payments.
The former broker, Dalas Gundersen, sued Edward Jones in 2015, seeking damages, after three fake gay-sex ads were posted on Craigslist earlier that year listing his business phone number.
While the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF is the first of its kind, there are a host of other versions coming soon. The futures-based strategy could make the tech stock volatility of the 1990s look tame by comparison, according to experts.
This month’s #AdviserTech roundup includes Franklin Templeton’s purchase of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management and its Canvas direct index platform; Morningstar’s acquisition of Moorgate Benchmarks; Betterment for Advisors’ shift from TAMP to RIA custodian competitor; and the SEC’s inquiry into when fintech-driven nudges become bona fide investment advice.
TIAA settled claims in July from the SEC and New York State. Deloitte was recently sued over its plan, and Aon prevailed in a lawsuit.
Fintech experts say the next disruption could come from out of the blue, and that advisers should avoid embracing tech for tech's sake.
Unlike Bitcoin ETF applications that the regulator has previously blocked, the proposals by ProShares and Invesco are based on futures contracts, and the SEC isn't likely to block them from starting to trade next week.
Claims that crypto is 'untraceable' and the 'perfect tax haven' have been exploded. Those who bought into this mythology have to decide what to do.
The new adviser development program is up and running with 750 advisers. Some of the new recruits could be already licensed to sell securities, but don't have a background in financial advice, according to the company.
Democratic bills in Congress would codify the Biden administration's proposal, but Republican support is lacking.
Participation in 403(b) plans went up during the pandemic, to over 77% of eligible employees in 2020, compared with less than 77% in 2019 and 72% in 2018, according to PSCA.
The IBD is offering a multiple-employer aggregate program that affiliates can use with small businesses and start-up plans.
In July, Charlie Scharf said that indie brokers were 'underutilized.' In the latest quarter, the number of advisers declined 2.1%.
Morningstar and Plan Administrators Inc. are planning to launch the pooled employer plan early next year, pending a final rule on environmental, social and governance factors from the Department of Labor.
The wirehouse made yet another acquisition in the wealth management space last month, this time a retirement plan company with $43 billion in assets.
The new offering, called Pershing X, is headed by Ainslie Simmonds and will enable RIAs to outsource almost all of their practice management needs, like client relationship and investment management tools.
A significant impediment is that experienced retirement plan advisers do not want to work with smaller or start-up plans, because they can't afford the minimum fees these RPAs need to charge.
ESG factors can be financially material, the DOL noted. And when they are not, they can be used in a tie-breaker between similar investments.
