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Robinhood nears debut of retirement accounts
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2022
Robinhood nears debut of retirement accounts

The company has begun adding support for individual retirement accounts and Roth IRAs within its app, as well as pension accounts.

By Bloomberg
Court dismisses ERISA case against Principal
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2022
Court dismisses ERISA case against Principal

The judge says the insurer didn’t violate its fiduciary duty by retaining agreed-upon investments.

By InvestmentNews
Massachusetts judge strikes down state’s fiduciary rule
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 31, 2022
Massachusetts judge strikes down state’s fiduciary rule

Michael Kitces says Massachusetts chief securities regulator William Galvin misfired by trying to impose fiduciary duty on brokers. Robinhood celebrates its win.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Schwab launches direct indexing
NEWS FINTECH MAR 31, 2022
Schwab launches direct indexing

Schwab Personalized Indexing will bring the benefits of direct indexing, like better tax management and portfolio management capabilities, to a wider spectrum of investors and advisers.

By Sean Allocca
J.P. Morgan's remote advice offering takes shape
NEWS FINTECH MAR 31, 2022
J.P. Morgan's remote advice offering takes shape

J.P. Morgan hired Boaz Lahovitsky from Vanguard in 2020 to oversee the call center and video conferencing program.

By Bruce Kelly
LPL adds SMAs to model wealth platform
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 31, 2022
LPL adds SMAs to model wealth platform

The addition permits advisers to create unified managed accounts for their clients.

By InvestmentNews
Hightower takes stake in $2.7 billion RIA
NEWS RIAS MAR 31, 2022
Hightower takes stake in $2.7 billion RIA

Purchase, New York-based Altium Wealth Management specializes in direct indexing.

By InvestmentNews
First Eagle Investments to acquire Napier Park Global Capital
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2022
First Eagle Investments to acquire Napier Park Global Capital

Napier, which will operate as a wholly-owned unit, will broaden First Eagle’s capabilities in the alternative credit market.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley spins off $15 billion RIA business
NEWS RIAS MAR 31, 2022
Morgan Stanley spins off $15 billion RIA business

The asset sale suggests Morgan Stanley won't be following some competing Wall Street firms that are migrating toward the RIA space.

By Jeff Benjamin
Net contributions to target-date funds topped $170 billion in 2021
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2022
Net contributions to target-date funds topped $170 billion in 2021

Roughly 86% of last year's net inflows went into collective investment trusts, which now hold 45% of total TDF assets.

By InvestmentNews
Women-owned $220 million hybrid shifts to Commonwealth from Triad
NEWS ADVISOR MOVES MAR 30, 2022
Women-owned $220 million hybrid shifts to Commonwealth from Triad

Four-adviser Stonebridge Financial Planning Group, which is based in Orlando, Florida, specializes in working with women in transition.

By InvestmentNews
SEC emphasizes weighing costs of account recommendations
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 30, 2022
SEC emphasizes weighing costs of account recommendations

Advisers don't always have to recommend the least expensive option, but they'd better explain why they opted for the costlier one.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Will 2022 see an RIA white whale — a mega mega-deal?
NEWS RIAS MAR 30, 2022
Will 2022 see an RIA white whale — a mega mega-deal?

When will one of the 40 or so large strategic buyers of registered investment advisory firms emerge from the depths to swim with another?

By Bruce Kelly
Cresset hires advisers managing $800 million
NEWS ADVISOR MOVES MAR 30, 2022
Cresset hires advisers managing $800 million

Chris Georgopoulos joins in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Thomas McKeown joins in Chicago.

By InvestmentNews
Daughter of convicted adviser pleads guilty to fraud
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2022
Daughter of convicted adviser pleads guilty to fraud

Vania May Bell is former chief compliance officer of Executive Compensation Planners Inc., where her father was president.

By Bruce Kelly
Financial help a top concern for aspiring advisers
NEWS FINTECH MAR 30, 2022
Financial help a top concern for aspiring advisers

A new survey of some 4,300 financial advisers and students found that a lack of financial assistance was the No. 1 barrier to entry into the industry, with nearly half of the respondents citing finances as a top concern.

By Sean Allocca
Riskalyze doubles down on fixed-income analysis
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAR 30, 2022
Riskalyze doubles down on fixed-income analysis

The risk-analysis platform plans to more than double its bond coverage by adding 800,000 more individual bonds this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
Payout grids for independent broker-dealers
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 30, 2022
Payout grids for independent broker-dealers

See the payout grids for 49 IBDs, based on data the firms provided to InvestmentNews Research.

By InvestmentNews
House approves SECURE 2.0 with strong bipartisan vote
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 29, 2022
House approves SECURE 2.0 with strong bipartisan vote

Supporters of the legislation, which would raise the RMD age to 75, are pushing for Senate action to get a final bill to President Biden later this year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Senate HELP Chair Murray promises bipartisan retirement savings bill soon
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 29, 2022
Senate HELP Chair Murray promises bipartisan retirement savings bill soon

The measure would be another piece of Senate legislation that complements the SECURE 2.0 bill poised for House approval.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.