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Unflinching guidance is your ultimate fiduciary duty
NEWS OPINION MAY 10, 2023
Unflinching guidance is your ultimate fiduciary duty

The longer the bear market continues, the more likely your clients will be to abandon their financial plans, sell their growth assets, and potentially impair their financial futures.

By Scott Hanson
More companies try to lure workers with benefits
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 10, 2023
More companies try to lure workers with benefits

Mentions of employee benefits in job postings on a recruiting website have soared to the highest rates on record, with one in four jobs now offering retirement plans.

By Bloomberg
Advisor, industry groups blast SEC custody proposal
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2023
Advisor, industry groups blast SEC custody proposal

Trade groups question a provision in the proposal that would deem advisors with discretionary authority over client accounts to have control of the assets.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisor Group B-D snares RBC advisors with $250 million in client assets
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 09, 2023
Advisor Group B-D snares RBC advisors with $250 million in client assets

Minnesota-based Tom Delich had worked at RBC for almost 23 years; he and his team are joining Financial Dimensions Group, a unit of Royal Alliance Associates.

By Bruce Kelly
Goldman to pay $215 million to settle case on underpaying women
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 09, 2023
Goldman to pay $215 million to settle case on underpaying women

The trial, which had been scheduled for next month in New York, would have provided a rare public forum for testimony about inequality inside the financial industry.

By Bloomberg
Ex-Brinker execs launch firm catering to RIAs and foreign banks looking to start RIAs
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2023
Ex-Brinker execs launch firm catering to RIAs and foreign banks looking to start RIAs

Jason Moore and John Coyne have high hopes for their three-pronged business model at Ategenos Capital.

By Jeff Benjamin
Audits on the rise amid a resurgent IRS
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2023
Audits on the rise amid a resurgent IRS

If the IRS thinks a taxpayer owes money, its efforts to collect could include levying bank accounts, placing liens on their home, garnishing their salary, and even refusing to issue a passport.

By Gregg Greenberg
Psychological factors keep advisors from growing assets: Study
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2023
Psychological factors keep advisors from growing assets: Study

A notable 43% of financial advisors worry about being perceived as 'pushy' when they're trying to grow their businesses.

By Gregg Greenberg
Schwab starts hedging interest-rate risk with derivatives  
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 09, 2023
Schwab starts hedging interest-rate risk with derivatives  

The derivatives were valued at $3.9 billion as of March 31, the Westlake, Texas-based company said in a regulatory filing.

By Bloomberg
Cresset bulks up multifamily office by merging with True Capital Management
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2023
Cresset bulks up multifamily office by merging with True Capital Management

True brings $1.7 billion and a raft of athlete and entertainer clients to the Cresset platform, which is hovering around $33 billion.

By Jeff Benjamin
First Republic advisor joins Certuity
NEWS RIAS MAY 08, 2023
First Republic advisor joins Certuity

Daniel Lee had been affiliated with First Republic since 2013 and was credited with bringing in $7 billion in assets.

By InvestmentNews
Maine legislators halt bill opposed to use of ESG factors
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2023
Maine legislators halt bill opposed to use of ESG factors

State pension professionals argued against it, saying the legislation would limit investment considerations.

By Emile Hallez
Advisors stick with Treasuries despite political tension over debt limit
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 08, 2023
Advisors stick with Treasuries despite political tension over debt limit

'It's sort of like the nicest house on an ugly block, which, relatively speaking, is the best place to be,' said one advisor.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Pinnacle Private Wealth goes indie with Commonwealth
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2023
Pinnacle Private Wealth goes indie with Commonwealth

The Wisconsin-based firm with $220 million in client assets had been with Associated Investment Services; it will join Commonwealth via an affiliated firm, Integrated Equity Management.

By InvestmentNews
Hightower takes stake in TEN Capital
NEWS RIAS MAY 08, 2023
Hightower takes stake in TEN Capital

The firm, with offices in Spokane and Seattle, Washington, oversees $1 billion in assets.

By InvestmentNews
LPL adds $210 million team from Wells Fargo
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 08, 2023
LPL adds $210 million team from Wells Fargo

The father-son duo of Jeffrey and Justin Katz are joining LPL’s employee channel and will operate as Katz Wealth Advisors of LPL Financial.

By InvestmentNews
5 tax planning strategies to consider in the wake of Tax Day
NEWS OPINION MAY 08, 2023
5 tax planning strategies to consider in the wake of Tax Day

What better time to work with your clients on positioning their portfolios for a better after-tax outcome than when paying taxes is fresh on their mind?

By Rob Kuharic
10 IBDs with the highest portion of female reps in 2022
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 08, 2023
10 IBDs with the highest portion of female reps in 2022

Women are underrepresented in the advice industry, but at some independent broker-dealers, they make up a significant portion of the producing reps.

By InvestmentNews
ESG could have saved Silicon Valley Bank
NEWS OPINION MAY 05, 2023
ESG could have saved Silicon Valley Bank

One of the nation’s largest banks experienced a series of governance lapses that resulted in the mismanagement of interest-rate risk.

By Andrew Siwo
Financial advisors shun 'sell in May' — but still make the case for selling
NEWS RIAS MAY 05, 2023
Financial advisors shun 'sell in May' — but still make the case for selling

History is on the side of sitting on the sidelines from May through October, but advisors say investing is not that simple.

By Jeff Benjamin