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Hightower bulks up in Illinois with $700 million RIA
NEWS RIAS NOV 30, 2021
Hightower bulks up in Illinois with $700 million RIA

The Chicago aggregator will seal the deal with Clear Perspective Advisors by year end.

By Jeff Benjamin
Creative Planning acquires $800 million Illinois firm
NEWS RIAS NOV 30, 2021
Creative Planning acquires $800 million Illinois firm

The Oak Brook-based Dashboard Wealth Advisors was founded in 2013 by Scott Schuster, who has known Creative Planning CEO Peter Mallouk since their grade school days.

By InvestmentNews
Focus Financial adds $585 million Alley Co. to its ranks
NEWS RIAS NOV 30, 2021
Focus Financial adds $585 million Alley Co. to its ranks

The latest deal by the New York-based RIA aggregator follows a trend of firms wrapping up deals before year-end.

By Jeff Benjamin
The evolution of the advising business
NEWS OPINION NOV 30, 2021
The evolution of the advising business

The industry is consolidating amid an explosion in mergers and acquisitions.

By Scott Hanson
Helping clients through black swan events
NEWS OPINION NOV 30, 2021
Helping clients through black swan events

Financial planners working with clients as they confront crises like the recent supply chain disruptions need to have a holistic view of planning, increase their own emotional intelligence and improve their communications skills.

By David Dubofsky and Lyle Sussman
Demand for Social Security advice increases
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2021
Demand for Social Security advice increases

The pandemic is boosting retirement among baby boomers, as well as their questions about when to claim benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Goldman Sachs adds employee benefits to fight burnout
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 29, 2021
Goldman Sachs adds employee benefits to fight burnout

The firm is boosting its matching contributions to retirement accounts for U.S. workers and eliminating the one-year waiting period for contributions for new joiners.

By Bloomberg
VCA Inc. latest to face 401(k) class action
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 29, 2021
VCA Inc. latest to face 401(k) class action

VCA participants paid annual record-keeping fees of up to $105, while some comparably sized 401(k)s have fees closer to $38, plaintiffs claim.

By Emile Hallez
Biden's tough tax talk fuels record M&A activity
NEWS RIAS NOV 29, 2021
Biden's tough tax talk fuels record M&A activity

The threat of higher taxes in 2022 is giving RIAs another reason to make a deal before year-end, while the lingering Covid-19 pandemic is forcing financial advisers to focus on succession planning.

By Jeff Benjamin
Team managing $1.2 billion at BofA joins Baird
NEWS BROKER DEALERS NOV 29, 2021
Team managing $1.2 billion at BofA joins Baird

The four-adviser HBGW Group is moving to Baird’s office in Greenville, South Carolina.

By InvestmentNews
Vanguard plants flag in China with active equity fund
NEWS EQUITIES NOV 29, 2021
Vanguard plants flag in China with active equity fund

In a change of pace for the big provider of index funds, Vanguard has filed to launch an actively managed fund focused on a single country.

By Jeff Benjamin
A link to ink leads to a tattoo artist advisory niche
NEWS RIAS NOV 29, 2021
A link to ink leads to a tattoo artist advisory niche

Colton Etherton admits he was nervous about carving out such a unique niche, but he now knows he made the right decision.

By Jeff Benjamin
El-Erian says Fed should recognize inflation isn't transitory
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 29, 2021
El-Erian says Fed should recognize inflation isn't transitory

Allianz's chief economic adviser suggests the central bank 'ease your foot off the accelerator starting now.'

By Bloomberg
What 2021 has taught us
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 26, 2021
What 2021 has taught us

The six major industry developments of 2021 truly reflect news-making markers in the areas of regulation, investments, taxes, technology, retirement plans and the economic condition of the advice business.

By InvestmentNews
DOL's EBSA investigations, recoveries down from record in 2021
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2021
DOL's EBSA investigations, recoveries down from record in 2021

The Labor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration recovered about $2.4 billion in fiscal 2021, down from $3.1 billion a year prior.

By Emile Hallez
Cerity Partners adds $5 billion RIA in San Francisco
NEWS RIAS NOV 24, 2021
Cerity Partners adds $5 billion RIA in San Francisco

The addition of Bingham Osborn & Scarborough will push the New York-based aggregator to nearly $40 billion in total RIA assets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wealth apps get poor scores for client satisfaction: J.D. Power
NEWS FINTECH NOV 24, 2021
Wealth apps get poor scores for client satisfaction: J.D. Power

While wealth management firms are spending big on updates — with 31% introducing major feature updates this year — legacy technology and the complex array of services offered by wealth apps have presented unique challenges.

By Sean Allocca
Wall Street's $22 trillion carbon time bomb
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 24, 2021
Wall Street's $22 trillion carbon time bomb

According to Moody's, financial institutions in the Group of 20 nations have $22 trillion of exposure to carbon-intensive industries, equal to roughly 20% of their total loans and investments.

By Bloomberg
Maryland auto IRA to include retirement income, emergency savings
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2021
Maryland auto IRA to include retirement income, emergency savings

MarylandSaves will automatically make payments to account holders when they reach 'retirement age,' unless they specify otherwise.

By Emile Hallez
JPMorgan has $20 billion at stake as Dimon jokes about China
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 24, 2021
JPMorgan has $20 billion at stake as Dimon jokes about China

The CEO issued a statement Wednesday saying he regretted his quip that JPMorgan is likely to outlast China's Communist Party. The bank has ambitions to expand further in China.

By Bloomberg