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OneDigital acquires $240 million retirement plan manager
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 29, 2021
OneDigital acquires $240 million retirement plan manager

Keystone Retirement & Insurance Advisors is based in Houston.

By InvestmentNews
How the 401(k) industry can help attract young advisers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2021
How the 401(k) industry can help attract young advisers

Training advisers to be financial coaches or mentors is more appealing to the younger generation. Rather than cold-calling or selling insurance or high-priced annuities, these younger advisers would be contacting 'clients' of their firm with the blessing, and fiduciary oversight, of their employer.

By Fred Barstein
Fidelity opens securities lending platform to all comers
NEWS EQUITIES APR 28, 2021
Fidelity opens securities lending platform to all comers

The agency lending platform joins a compact group of less than a dozen companies that enable funds to lend securities to be sold short.

By Jeff Benjamin
OSJ with $2 billion switches to Cadaret Grant from Securities America
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 28, 2021
OSJ with $2 billion switches to Cadaret Grant from Securities America

Cedar Brook Group, led by William Glubiak, is based in Cleveland and oversees 20 licensed professionals.

By InvestmentNews
UBS adviser managing $215 million goes indie with LPL
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 28, 2021
UBS adviser managing $215 million goes indie with LPL

Chad Taylor launches Seapoint Wealth Advisors in San Diego using LPL's services for breakaway brokers.

By InvestmentNews
Bitcoin in annuities? Several insurers are working on it
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2021
Bitcoin in annuities? Several insurers are working on it

The annuities business, while being an early mover, still lags where some consumers want to see it, according to NYDIG. Recently, several insurance companies have made big investments in the firm.

By Emile Hallez
Value investor Charles de Vaulx found dead
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 28, 2021
Value investor Charles de Vaulx found dead

In March, his International Value Advisers had announced it would liquidate its two funds and cease operations.

By InvestmentNews
Structured note platform adds annuities
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2021
Structured note platform adds annuities

Halo Investing will offer fixed, variable and registered index-linked annuities from several carriers.

By InvestmentNews
Weighing in on disputed language in IRS 10-year RMD rule
NEWS IRA ALERT APR 28, 2021
Weighing in on disputed language in IRS 10-year RMD rule

While the IRS has not corrected the publication that suggested annual required minimum distributions under the 10-year rule, no one believes this to be correct.

By Ed Slott
Empower launches finances website for participants
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2021
Empower launches finances website for participants

Investors will see a more complete financial picture, not just retirement balances, the company says.

By InvestmentNews
Pandemic's impact on Social Security services, funding
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 27, 2021
Pandemic's impact on Social Security services, funding

Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul warns that underfunding the system will increase benefit delays.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Rising inflation? No problem for fans of emergency cash
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2021
Rising inflation? No problem for fans of emergency cash

Financial advisers continue to recommend hefty cash reserves yielding almost nothing and losing ground to inflation, under the premise that safety trumps yield.

By Jeff Benjamin
UBS ropes in new fee-generating assets in Q1
NEWS ALTERNATIVES APR 27, 2021
UBS ropes in new fee-generating assets in Q1

The wirehouse reported strong results, but also disclosed a significant hit from trading losses after the implosion of the family office and hedge fund Archegos Capital Management.

By Bruce Kelly
UBS announces surprise $861 million Archegos hit
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2021
UBS announces surprise $861 million Archegos hit

Like Morgan Stanley, UBS kept its investors in the dark for weeks about the size of the losses it incurred in the collapse of Bill Hwang's family office.

By Bloomberg
Creative Planning acquires $320 million RIA
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2021
Creative Planning acquires $320 million RIA

Castle Wealth Advisors, founded by Gary Pittsford, is the oldest fee-only adviser in Indiana.

By InvestmentNews
Is Inflation Around the Corner?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 27, 2021
Is Inflation Around the Corner?

How valid are concerns over rising inflation as the US emerges from a pandemic-driven recession? Learn more about the Federal Reserve’s expectations for short-term inflation scenarios.

By Parametric
Stone Point, GIC near $3B deal for Ascensus
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 26, 2021
Stone Point, GIC near $3B deal for Ascensus

The investment firms are buying the company from backers including Genstar Capital, Aquiline Capital and Atlas Merchant Capital.

By Bloomberg
Why Wells Fargo is adding the eMoney planning tool for its advisers
NEWS FINTECH APR 26, 2021
Why Wells Fargo is adding the eMoney planning tool for its advisers

For years, Wells Fargo Advisors has touted its in-house investment management and planning platform for clients and advisers, called Envision. Now, it is introducing the outside eMoney Advisor.

By Bruce Kelly
House bill seeks to open 403(b) plans to CITs
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 26, 2021
House bill seeks to open 403(b) plans to CITs

CITs, which are bank products, have been gaining market share in 401(k)s for years, but they are not expressly permitted in 403(b) plans.

By Emile Hallez
Top independent broker-dealers 2021
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2021
Top independent broker-dealers 2021

This ranking of the top IBDs is based on their revenue and reflects data collected from firms that participated in InvestmentNews' independent broker-dealer surveys.

By InvestmentNews