Glamorous it’s not. But Docupace’s Ryan George explains why the route to greater firm efficiency, more satisfied clients and more productive advisors lies in automating back-office processes.
Even before drawing her first government paycheck, Barbara Roper has influenced how the SEC under Gary Gensler is approaching Regulation Best Interest.
Defendants in the long-running case have been ordered to pay restitution to more than 200 plans. Assets were allegedly siphoned from benefits payments to buy property and used for other personal expenses.
For several months, SEC examiners have been demanding that money managers explain the standards they use for classifying funds as environmental, social and governance-focused.
The regulator sued five BitConnect promoters in May for their roles in promoting the scheme by creating testimonials on YouTube, sometimes multiple times a day.
The agency is considering more stringent disclosure requirements for investment funds amid concerns that some fund managers are making unfounded ESG claims.
The conference, originally scheduled for Oct. 20-22, will now take place on May 4-6, 2022 at the Aria in Las Vegas. The move follows other recent postponements of tech-related events.
ESG ETFs have investments related to solving social issues in the country such as racial disparities and better health care.
Paige Pierce, chief executive of Bley Investment Group, emphasized updating the Finra rulebook during her campaign. Timothy Sheve, chief executive of Janney Montgomery Scott, and James Crowley, chief executive of Pershing Advisor Solutions, also were elected to the board.
The former lieutenant governor of Maryland has been one of the driving forces in that state's forthcoming auto IRA program.
Loh served as vice president of digital advice and innovation and oversaw the Intelligent Portfolio automated advice platform at Schwab. The hire emphasizes the bank’s recent push to utilize technology offerings to serve the mass affluent market.
Researchers have raised questions about the credentials of money managers who claim they are marketing funds designed to address the climate crisis and social injustice.
Plan sponsors are clamoring for solutions to help employees with their financial issues. Student loans and emergency savings programs are two easy, simple and impactful ways that the DC industry can help.
The six-adviser team at TBT Financial Services is based in Tyler and Longview, Texas
Brenner Wealth Management Group is based in Santa Barbara, California.
Luma Financial Technologies' new tool, Luma Compare, lets advisers compare a variety of products.
Here are the top four lessons I walked away from the Olympics with and that I will strive to instill in my team.
The SEC says Dean Tellone and his California firm hid information from mortgage investors.
Treating clients as we would our dearest friends is not only the right thing to do, but tends to result in a lot of referrals from happy, well-cared-for clients.
Regulators are privately signaling that they're still not satisfied with the bank's progress in compensating victims and shoring up controls.