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Morgan Stanley defies bank diversity trend
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2021
Morgan Stanley defies bank diversity trend

The leadership changes announced May 20 position a slate of potential successors to CEO James Gorman who are mostly white and male.

By Bloomberg
SEC charges BTIG with short-selling violations
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 20, 2021
SEC charges BTIG with short-selling violations

The agency says the New York institutional firm mismarked hedge fund orders.

By InvestmentNews
Legislators move to boost ESG in 401(k)s
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2021
Legislators move to boost ESG in 401(k)s

The legislation introduced Thursday would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to specifically allow plans to consider ESG factors 'when they are expected to have an impact on investment outcomes, provided plans consider them in a prudent manner consistent with their fiduciary obligations.'

By Emile Hallez
What advisers really want from the next in-person conference
NEWS RIAS MAY 20, 2021
What advisers really want from the next in-person conference

More than a year of virtual events highlighted the appeal of quality content, and could change the look and feel of industry events that will now have to balance glitz, content, fees and virtual access.

By Jeff Benjamin
Emergency savings accounts draw attention of big-name employers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2021
Emergency savings accounts draw attention of big-name employers

Best Buy and ADP have joined Voya, UPS, Mastercard and others in working with BlackRock's Emergency Savings Initiative.

By Emile Hallez
Vanguard to offer private equity access to individual investors
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 20, 2021
Vanguard to offer private equity access to individual investors

The program broadens the relationship the fund company began last year with HarbourVest to serve institutional clients.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman revamps leadership
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2021
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman revamps leadership

Andy Saperstein, head of wealth management, was named co-president along with Ted Pick, head of trading, as Gorman positions a small group as his most likely successors.

By Bloomberg
UBS to cut 700 jobs across wealth unit, investment bank
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 19, 2021
UBS to cut 700 jobs across wealth unit, investment bank

Over the next three years, the positions are expected to be eliminated in Switzerland alone, with the bulk at the corporate cost center and about 200 between wealth management and the bank’s Swiss unit for personal and corporate banking.

By Bloomberg
403(b)s would open to PEPs, MEPs under bill floated Wednesday
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2021
403(b)s would open to PEPs, MEPs under bill floated Wednesday

Companies that have waded into the PEPs business as pooled plan providers see tax-exempt organizations as very attractive, having even more potential than groups eligible to operate 401(k)s.

By Emile Hallez
UBS nabs $1.8 billion duo from J.P. Morgan
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 19, 2021
UBS nabs $1.8 billion duo from J.P. Morgan

John Farrell and Joel East are joining the UBS branch in Fort Worth, Texas.

By InvestmentNews
Auto-IRA measures move forward in New York and Illinois
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2021
Auto-IRA measures move forward in New York and Illinois

The states advanced respective bills, with the one in New York amending its voluntary IRA law to an automatic design and the one in Illinois dramatically lowering the threshold for mandatory participation in its existing program.

By Emile Hallez
How convergence can help increase revenue
NEWS OPINION MAY 19, 2021
How convergence can help increase revenue

It can close the savings gaps for employees and create revenue opportunities.

By Francesca Messano
Wealthtech funding hits record $5.6 billion in Q1
NEWS FINTECH MAY 19, 2021
Wealthtech funding hits record $5.6 billion in Q1

In the first quarter, a total of 86 deals took place, and the wealthtech sector already has outpaced 2020’s year-end total funding of $5.2 billion.

By Nicole Casperson
FIS to take over record-keeping tech, operations for T. Rowe Price
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2021
FIS to take over record-keeping tech, operations for T. Rowe Price

About 800 T. Rowe employees will be offered jobs with FIS; the transition is effective Aug. 1.

By InvestmentNews
Edelman Financial Engines acquires tax-oriented firm
NEWS RIAS MAY 19, 2021
Edelman Financial Engines acquires tax-oriented firm

Viridian Advisors, an $846 million RIA, will bring CPAs and tax expertise to Edelman.

By InvestmentNews
Specter of 1960s inflation haunts U.S. economy today
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2021
Specter of 1960s inflation haunts U.S. economy today

The U.S. is seeing a supercharged federal budget combine with a lax monetary policy posture, just as in the 1960s, when the combination led to the start of a years-long climb in inflation.

By Bloomberg
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2021
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields

Professionals in any trade “have a sacred obligation to the client and society as a whole,” Blaine Aikin, founder of Fiduciary Insights, said in the keynote presentation at the InvestmentNews RIA Summit.

By Emile Hallez and Liz Skinner
PIABA finds arbitrators grant expungement 90% of the time
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 18, 2021
PIABA finds arbitrators grant expungement 90% of the time

Lawyers group says regulators and the customers who had complaints should be able to present evidence in expungement requests.

By InvestmentNews
Move over, Robinhood — Fidelity democratizes investing for teens
NEWS FINTECH MAY 18, 2021
Move over, Robinhood — Fidelity democratizes investing for teens

Teens will be able to trade U.S.-listed stocks, Fidelity mutual funds and most exchange-traded funds, with no account fees or commissions.

By Nicole Casperson
Life settlements seen increasing as population ages
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 18, 2021
Life settlements seen increasing as population ages

Selling unneeded insurance policies to a third party can provide retirees with needed income.

By Mary Beth Franklin