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How plan sponsors can bring alternatives into retirement portfolios
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2025
How plan sponsors can bring alternatives into retirement portfolios

Wilshire's Chip Castille says education, technology, careful liquidity management are key.

By Steve Randall
Advisor moves: Wells Fargo Advisors scoops billion-dollar team from Merrill
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 21, 2025
Advisor moves: Wells Fargo Advisors scoops billion-dollar team from Merrill

Raymond James and Osaic have also recruited more Commonwealth defectors in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Florida.

By Leo Almazora
More Americans planning to claim Social Security early despite knowing the trade-offs
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2025
More Americans planning to claim Social Security early despite knowing the trade-offs

Schroders research highlights widespread anxiety about retirement income as a new policy proposal emerges to limit benefit increases for wealthier retirees.

By Leo Almazora
Wealth management has a leadership crisis. Here’s how we fix it
OPINION OCT 21, 2025
Wealth management has a leadership crisis. Here’s how we fix it

The next generation of leaders are technically capable, but lack of intentionality in cultivating business development and operational skills leaves them at risk of falling short.

By James Bogart
Middle class retirement readiness: Your generation by generation guide
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2025
Middle class retirement readiness: Your generation by generation guide

New survey reveals key age-group shortfalls for middle class Americans.

By Steve Randall
Why millennials feel pinned between buying a home and saving for retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2025
Why millennials feel pinned between buying a home and saving for retirement

New report reveals disconnect between advisors, clients on top financial threat.

By Steve Randall
Ponzi scheme exposes $69M investor losses, court upholds prison term
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2025
Ponzi scheme exposes $69M investor losses, court upholds prison term

Federal appeals court upholds prison term for Kenneth Courtright after $69 million Ponzi scheme hits investors.

By Matthew Sellers
Private credit market raises plenty of questions for popular BDCs
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 20, 2025
Private credit market raises plenty of questions for popular BDCs

The success of the BDC industry is coming at its own expense, one veteran industry executive told InvestmentNews.

By Bruce Kelly
SEC alleges Inventis duo ran $26.5M Ponzi-like investment scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2025
SEC alleges Inventis duo ran $26.5M Ponzi-like investment scheme

SEC alleges Inventis Ventures’ leaders promised 15% monthly returns in $26.5 million unregistered offering.

SEC accuses 777 Partners of deceiving investors in $237 million scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2025
SEC accuses 777 Partners of deceiving investors in $237 million scheme

SEC claims 777 Partners executives misled investors, hid $300 million overdraw, and diverted offering proceeds for personal use.

Digital asset fraud, senior exploitation top NASAA’s enforcement priorities
ALTERNATIVES OCT 20, 2025
Digital asset fraud, senior exploitation top NASAA’s enforcement priorities

State regulators stepped up actions against crypto scams, unregistered actors, and senior exploitation as digital threats evolve.

By Leo Almazora
Wells Fargo Advisors keeps pay plan steady for 2026, adds new incentives
WIREHOUSES OCT 20, 2025
Wells Fargo Advisors keeps pay plan steady for 2026, adds new incentives

The wirehouse's updated compensation plan for its private client group comes after it beat analysts' Q3 earnings expectations and regulators lifted a seven-year cap on its growth.

By Leo Almazora
SIFMA urges SEC to modernize recordkeeping rules for broker-dealers and RIAs
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2025
SIFMA urges SEC to modernize recordkeeping rules for broker-dealers and RIAs

The industry group says current rules are outdated and overly broad, urging reforms to better reflect modern communication channels.

By Leo Almazora
Shutdown stalemate brings US IPO holdouts off the sidelines
EQUITIES OCT 20, 2025
Shutdown stalemate brings US IPO holdouts off the sidelines

As the Congressional deadlock enters its third week, seven would-be public companies are betting on a workaround offered by regulatory officials.

By Bloomberg
&Partners crosses 100-practice milestone with Mannen Financial Group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 20, 2025
&Partners crosses 100-practice milestone with Mannen Financial Group

Drawing scores of breakaways with $50 billion in prehire assets, the hybrid RIA co-founded by former Wells Fargo leaders has officially hit the ambitious target set at its inception two years ago.

By Leo Almazora
How advisors can prepare heirs for wealth amid conflicting information sources
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 20, 2025
How advisors can prepare heirs for wealth amid conflicting information sources

AlTi Tiedemann Global's Jill Shipley speaks with InvestmentNews.

By Steve Randall
Asset servicing faces data and efficiency reckoning in 2025, new global survey reveals
FINTECH OCT 20, 2025
Asset servicing faces data and efficiency reckoning in 2025, new global survey reveals

North American firms in particular are feeling the strain.

By Steve Randall
First Brand fallout hits FS Specialty Lending Fund as it wins approval to trade
ALTERNATIVES OCT 17, 2025
First Brand fallout hits FS Specialty Lending Fund as it wins approval to trade

The fund's exposure to First Brands is about 1.4% of its $1.9 billion total assets, according to company filings.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisor360's Parrot AI update gives advisors new tools to review client data
FINTECH OCT 17, 2025
Advisor360's Parrot AI update gives advisors new tools to review client data

After acquiring Parrot AI earlier this year, Advisor360 is expanding its capabilities to read, summarize, and interpret client data from CRMs and documents.

By Andrew Cohen
With new recruiting deal in place, Cetera scores with advisors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 17, 2025
With new recruiting deal in place, Cetera scores with advisors

Cetera is leaning on Summit Financial and its veteran leader Marshall Leeds to reel in those advisors.

By Bruce Kelly