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Are tools smart enough for tough times? Market volatility to test advisers’ tech
NEWS FINTECH JUL 11, 2022
Are tools smart enough for tough times? Market volatility to test advisers’ tech

Adviser fintech promised to make firms more efficient and build deeper client relationships. Those claims may soon be tested.

By Ryan W. Neal
Reg BI enters Top 15 of customer claims in Finra arbitration
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 08, 2022
Reg BI enters Top 15 of customer claims in Finra arbitration

Regulation Best Interest now ranks 14th on the list of the types of controversies involved in disputes between customers and brokerages. It likely will keep rising on the list.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Wentworth broker-dealer is going public via SPAC
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 08, 2022
Wentworth broker-dealer is going public via SPAC

The deal, which values the firm at $208 million, will take the enterprise public later this year as Binah Capital Group.

By Jeff Benjamin
LPL to acquire Boenning & Scattergood
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2022
LPL to acquire Boenning & Scattergood

The Pennsylvania-based firm's 40 advisers, who manage $5 billion in assets, will become part of LPL's employee channel.

By InvestmentNews
Statement shock is the beginning, but longevity may be clients’ biggest risk
NEWS OPINION JUL 08, 2022
Statement shock is the beginning, but longevity may be clients’ biggest risk

Longer lifespans increase the chance that your clients will outlive their money or have to drastically downgrade their lifestyle.

By Andrew Corn
Envestnet acquires fee and billing fintech Redi2 Technologies
NEWS FINTECH JUL 07, 2022
Envestnet acquires fee and billing fintech Redi2 Technologies

The acquisition brings more than 700 RIAs using Redi2's billing and invoicing software, BillFin, into the Envestnet ecosystem.

By Ryan W. Neal
Adviser killed in Highland Park shooting remembered as ‘kind and gentle,’ devoted to clients
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 07, 2022
Adviser killed in Highland Park shooting remembered as ‘kind and gentle,’ devoted to clients

Stephen Straus began his career in 1968 and was still showing up in the office every day at age 88.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Economic uncertainty has both advisers and clients delaying retirement
NEWS RIAS JUL 07, 2022
Economic uncertainty has both advisers and clients delaying retirement

Research from Ameriprise also shows that at least a quarter of financial advisers have no succession plan, and 14% expect to leave the business to a buyer.

By Jeff Benjamin
Sanctuary Wealth takes stake in GoalPath Solutions
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2022
Sanctuary Wealth takes stake in GoalPath Solutions

The Kansas-based firm provides advice and education to participants of workplace retirement plans.

By InvestmentNews
Sustainalytics buys real estate climate risk firm
NEWS ESG JUL 07, 2022
Sustainalytics buys real estate climate risk firm

Aquantix's climate-risk models use artificial intelligence to assess physical risks for about 500 million residential and commercial assets.

By ESG Clarity
Rising Interest Rates: Good or Bad for Real Estate?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 07, 2022
Rising Interest Rates: Good or Bad for Real Estate?

At a time when investors are struggling with rising interest rates and falling equity values, Grubb Properties explains why multi-family residential real estate could offer an attractive alternative.

By InvestmentNews
Risk of dissatisfied advisers taking flight is rising: J.D. Power
NEWS RIAS JUL 06, 2022
Risk of dissatisfied advisers taking flight is rising: J.D. Power

Ongoing discontent, worsened by the pandemic and tech shortfalls, has resulted in 15% of wirehouse advisers and 7% of independent advisers being 'at risk' of exiting their firms in the next two years.

By Gregg Greenberg
Advisers must weigh whether to be first to use testimonials for marketing
NEWS RIAS JUL 06, 2022
Advisers must weigh whether to be first to use testimonials for marketing

An Investment Adviser Association survey shows that for the second year in a row, the SEC advertising rule is the top compliance concern.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Making the case for mild recession and stock  rebound in the second half
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 06, 2022
Making the case for mild recession and stock rebound in the second half

Columbia Threadneedle analysts say that the U.S. might already be in recession and that the Fed might not need to raise the fed funds rate higher than 3%.

By Jeff Benjamin
Savant Wealth acquires $262 million Virgina-based RIA
NEWS RIAS JUL 06, 2022
Savant Wealth acquires $262 million Virgina-based RIA

Alliant Wealth Advisors' qualified plans division will become a part of Savant’s retirement plan services division.

By InvestmentNews
How financing options can help advisers drive growth
NEWS OPINION JUL 06, 2022
How financing options can help advisers drive growth

There have been exciting developments in terms of partner firms offering loans and equity options that can provide the capital advisers need to realize their business growth goals.

By Kristine McManus
WA Asset Management acquires $1 billion RIA
NEWS RIAS JUL 06, 2022
WA Asset Management acquires $1 billion RIA

The acquisition of BT Wealth Management expands WA Asset's reach into Georgia.

By InvestmentNews
3 retirement plan options for small-business owners
NEWS OPINION JUL 06, 2022
3 retirement plan options for small-business owners

These plan designs can help small-business clients save big on their taxes while building their retirement nest egg.

By Joel Mee
Mercer Global acquires woman-owned $250 million planning firm
NEWS WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY JUL 06, 2022
Mercer Global acquires woman-owned $250 million planning firm

Starks Financial Group, which was founded in 1999, is based in Asheville, North Carolina.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley seeks to bar broker accused of shooting co-worker
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 06, 2022
Morgan Stanley seeks to bar broker accused of shooting co-worker

The firm asked for a restraining order against 90-year-old Leonard Bernstein in Oklahoma County District Court Tuesday that would bar him from its offices and from any contact with former colleagues.

By Bloomberg