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Kestra bolsters alts focus with deepened iCapital partnership
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 10, 2024
Kestra bolsters alts focus with deepened iCapital partnership

The financial services firm's enhanced fintech collaboration integrates advanced capabilities to give advisors a more seamless experience.

Student debt defaults set for a comeback
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 09, 2024
Student debt defaults set for a comeback

Legal challenges to student loan forgiveness programs and data on consumer debt point to a profound reckoning for borrowers.

SEC hammers nine firms with $1.24m in penalties
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2024
SEC hammers nine firms with $1.24m in penalties

The regulator's marketing rule sweep found a raft of violations in the investment advisors' advertisements.

Capital Group enhances multi-asset shelf with blended target-date series
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 09, 2024
Capital Group enhances multi-asset shelf with blended target-date series

Combining CITs and ETFs, the firm's newest offerings include index-based passive exposures from State Street and BlackRock.

Cerity Partners taps Todd Cassler as first-ever growth chief
NEWS RIAS SEP 09, 2024
Cerity Partners taps Todd Cassler as first-ever growth chief

The Chicago-based RIA is harnessing the veteran's 20-plus years of experience, most recently at Mariner Wealth Advisors, to accelerate its strategic growth.

LPL expands in North Dakota with Cetera advisor duo
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 09, 2024
LPL expands in North Dakota with Cetera advisor duo

The broker-dealer's latest addition, an outdoors-focused planning practice, previously managed $225M in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets.

Luma forges alts alliance with Arete Wealth
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 09, 2024
Luma forges alts alliance with Arete Wealth

The strategic partnership promises to help advisors at the hybrid RIA grow their business around annuities and structured products.

Cresset hires First Republic alum Amy Hong for compliance chief role
NEWS RIAS SEP 09, 2024
Cresset hires First Republic alum Amy Hong for compliance chief role

Hong comes to the multi-family office and private investment firm with 25 years of experience, most recently at JPMorgan.

Massachusetts investment advisor fined over undisclosed WeChat communications
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 09, 2024
Massachusetts investment advisor fined over undisclosed WeChat communications

The general securities representative formerly with LPL had broken with firm policy by engaging with customers via the unapproved Chinese messaging platform.

IRS sweep for high-income back taxes hits $1.3B milestone
RETIREMENT TAX SEP 06, 2024
IRS sweep for high-income back taxes hits $1.3B milestone

Over the first six months of one targeted initiative, the agency scooped $172M from 21,000 wealthy individuals who've been delinquent on their tax filings since 2017.