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New York slaps AIG with $12 million penalty over pension risk transfers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 04, 2021
New York slaps AIG with $12 million penalty over pension risk transfers

Regulators say the insurance company’s American General Life subsidiary operated in the state without a license, undertaking four large-scale pension risk transfers and bidding on others.

By InvestmentNews
Creative Planning doubles retirement plan assets with $6 billion deal
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 04, 2021
Creative Planning doubles retirement plan assets with $6 billion deal

The deal brings on board all 15 employees from Iron Financial's retirement business, and more than doubles Creative Planning’s retirement plan assets to approximately $10 billion.

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC, Feds charge senior GPB executives with fraud
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 04, 2021
SEC, Feds charge senior GPB executives with fraud

GPB raised $1.8 billion from investors starting in 2013 through sales of private partnerships, but it has not paid investors steady returns, called distributions, since 2018.

By Bruce Kelly
Millennials still lag in wealth accumulation, study finds
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
Millennials still lag in wealth accumulation, study finds

This generation's longevity, combined with the fact that they'll get less support from Social Security, poses a retirement income problem.

By InvestmentNews
InvestCloud aims to be the Amazon of wealthtech with Tegra118 merger
NEWS FINTECH FEB 03, 2021
InvestCloud aims to be the Amazon of wealthtech with Tegra118 merger

Global fintech InvestCloud completed a recapitalization that establishes the firm as the latest fintech unicorn while positioning it to rival TAMP offerings, according to experts.

By Nicole Casperson
Unclaimed retirement accounts a big problem for most states
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
Unclaimed retirement accounts a big problem for most states

Few automatically match unclaimed retirement accounts with their owners. In most cases, only about 3% of accounts are claimed within two years of being turned over to the state.

By Emile Hallez
BDC sales tank in 2020 after product performs poorly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 03, 2021
BDC sales tank in 2020 after product performs poorly

Broker-dealers sold just $362.3 million in nontraded BDCs last year, the least since 2010, which was the year after the first product was launched, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc.

By Bruce Kelly
DeNoyior named head of Hub’s wealth management business
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
DeNoyior named head of Hub’s wealth management business

The former CEO of Washington Financial Group succeeds the late David Reich in the role of national president of Hub Retirement and Private Wealth.

By InvestmentNews
What clients won’t see on this year’s 1099-R form
NEWS IRA ALERT FEB 03, 2021
What clients won’t see on this year’s 1099-R form

Be ready to help worried clients (and their accountants), who will be calling you about 'mistakes' on their 1099-Rs regarding distributions from their IRAs. What they'll be calling about won’t be what’s on their form, but rather what’s not on there.

By Ed Slott
Franklin Templeton’s managed account product could be future for DCIOs
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
Franklin Templeton’s managed account product could be future for DCIOs

Managed accounts offer DCIOs the opportunity to be a more active and important part of the DC ecosystem. It moves them from being dependent on record keepers, advisers and plan sponsors to create the strategy to help participants, to being an advice provider of customized investment solutions.

By Fred Barstein
Captrust acquires $3.13 billion wealth management firm
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
Captrust acquires $3.13 billion wealth management firm

Sacramento, California-based Genovese Burford was founded in 1987 and has nearly 1,500 clients.

By InvestmentNews
Financial Services Institute defends Reg BI under new administration
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 02, 2021
Financial Services Institute defends Reg BI under new administration

Fiduciary advocates are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to overhaul the measure. FSI and other industry groups will lobby to keep it intact.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
InvestCloud recapitalization values firm at $1 billion
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 02, 2021
InvestCloud recapitalization values firm at $1 billion

Investor Motive Partners will contribute its Finantix and Tegra118 businesses, creating a global software-as-a-service wealth solutions platform.

By InvestmentNews
NextCapital gets managed-accounts deal with Prudential
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2021
NextCapital gets managed-accounts deal with Prudential

Prudential Retirement plans to launch the service, Advice and Income Engines, sometime during the first quarter of 2021. It will provide retirement planning and personalized portfolio management to Prudential’s defined-contribution plan participants.

By Emile Hallez
3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence
NEWS OPINION FEB 02, 2021
3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence

Wirehouse advisers who want freedom and more control over the business they’ve built are no longer hampered by some of the historical challenges that once came with taking the leap.

By Andrew Daniels
Finra zeroes in on online brokerage apps
NEWS FINTECH FEB 01, 2021
Finra zeroes in on online brokerage apps

The broker-dealer self-regulator cited a surge of new retail investors entering the markets via online platforms, which has led to a spike in more sophisticated kinds of trading, such as options.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
CFP Board forms commission to strengthen sanction guidelines
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 01, 2021
CFP Board forms commission to strengthen sanction guidelines

The Certified Financial Planner Board established a 15-member commission to review and recommend changes to its sanction guidelines for current mark holders as well as its fitness standards for candidates for certification.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Virginia presses on with auto-IRA bill
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
Virginia presses on with auto-IRA bill

The VirginiaSaves program would be similar to automatic IRAs used in several states, including Oregon, Illinois and California. Virginia’s House of Delegates passed the measure last week by a vote of 56 to 44.

By Emile Hallez
In first, B-D that sold GPB private placements loses arbitration
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 01, 2021
In first, B-D that sold GPB private placements loses arbitration

The first investor arbitration claims involving the products have been decided over the past few months, but the claim against Arete Wealth Management appears to be the first substantial win for investors against a broker-dealer.

By Bruce Kelly
INmail: Social Security rules for divorced spouses
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
INmail: Social Security rules for divorced spouses

Can a divorced person still collect Social Security benefits on an ex’s earnings record?

By Mary Beth Franklin