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Clayton hints Reg BI may be out earlier than expected
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 02, 2019
Clayton hints Reg BI may be out earlier than expected

SEC chair didn't offer details but seemed to suggest that a final rule was imminent.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Is time running out for advisers who sold GPB private placements?
ALTERNATIVES MAY 02, 2019
Is time running out for advisers who sold GPB private placements?

GPB Capital is now a year late in making important financial information public. Finra could discipline brokers who sold the private placement.

By Bruce Kelly
Envestnet shows advisers how its purchases create integrated adviser ecosystem
FINTECH MAY 02, 2019
Envestnet shows advisers how its purchases create integrated adviser ecosystem

Fintech giant also closed its half-billion-dollar MoneyGuide acquisition during its annual conference.

By Ryan W. Neal
Alexander Acosta is the Night King from 'Game of Thrones'
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 02, 2019
Alexander Acosta is the Night King from 'Game of Thrones'

DOL chief is bringing the fiduciary rule back from the dead, using a power eerily similar to that of the Night King

By Greg Iacurci
Finra proposes rule to hit rogue firms in the pocketbook
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 02, 2019
Finra proposes rule to hit rogue firms in the pocketbook

Regulation would require firms to maintain funds that Finra would control to pay arbitration awards and for other purposes

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Envestnet launches tools to help improve adviser decisions
FINTECH MAY 01, 2019
Envestnet launches tools to help improve adviser decisions

New analytics to give advisers ability to compare their businesses to others.

By Ryan W. Neal
Wells Fargo Advisors looks to cut red tape for advisers in reorganization
WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2019
Wells Fargo Advisors looks to cut red tape for advisers in reorganization

Firm cuts its regions by one-third with hopes of reducing bureaucracy.

By Bruce Kelly
Elderly investors win $3.2 million Finra arbitration award against AXA Advisors
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 01, 2019
Elderly investors win $3.2 million Finra arbitration award against AXA Advisors

Upstate New York couple cites five unsuitable variable annuity, life insurance transactions.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Acosta says Labor Department will revive fiduciary rule
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 01, 2019
Acosta says Labor Department will revive fiduciary rule

Labor secretary says his agency is collaborating with the Securities and Exchange Commission as the regulator finalizes its own Reg BI.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Widows, widowers and Social Security
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 01, 2019
Widows, widowers and Social Security

Surviving spouses have more claiming options than other types of Social Security beneficiaries, but timing is crucial.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Asset managers preparing to launch nontransparent ETFs
ETFS MAY 01, 2019
Asset managers preparing to launch nontransparent ETFs

With SEC approval closer than ever, fund companies focus on the latest ETF twist

By Jeff Benjamin
Small Broker-Dealers Enjoy Big Benefits as Branch Offices
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 01, 2019
Small Broker-Dealers Enjoy Big Benefits as Branch Offices

In response to changes in the industry, many small broker-dealers are opting to become super branches under a larger broker-dealer. Learn why this could be the best choice for your practice.

By Gillian Albert
OPINION MAY 01, 2019
Fixed income investing: the active advantage

Active fixed income strategies may offer more benefits to investors than passive index strategies

By William (Bill) Martin
ETrade to add cryptocurrencies to platform
ALTERNATIVES APR 30, 2019
ETrade to add cryptocurrencies to platform

Firm will start with bitcoin and Ethereum.

By Bloomberg
Adviser involved in college admissions probe revealed as Oppenheimer rep
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 30, 2019
Adviser involved in college admissions probe revealed as Oppenheimer rep

Qui Xue Yang works at firm's Summa Group unit in Los Angeles.

By InvestmentNews
Advisers need to be more personal on social media
FINTECH APR 30, 2019
Advisers need to be more personal on social media

New Hearsay Systems study finds advisers post too much about the industry.

By Ryan W. Neal
Choppy stock market leads to fewer wirehouse reps fleeing the coop
WIREHOUSES APR 30, 2019
Choppy stock market leads to fewer wirehouse reps fleeing the coop

First-quarter breakaway broker numbers drop by 36%.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 30, 2019
State regulators urge SEC not to try to block state fiduciary laws

NASAA doesn't want regulator to assert federal preemption in advice rule.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Congress should let innovation fuel lifetime income projections
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 30, 2019
Congress should let innovation fuel lifetime income projections

Proposed legislation should give employers leeway to provide projections that take into account many variables.

By Edmund F. Murphy III
Why is basic financial literacy so elusive?
OPINION APR 30, 2019
Why is basic financial literacy so elusive?

Lack of basic knowledge of money among Americans has been consistent finding over the years

By Barry Ritholtz