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Markets tumble as trade war escalates
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 13, 2019
Markets tumble as trade war escalates

The S&P headed for the biggest slide in four months and the Dow slumped more than 500 points after China targeted some of the nation's biggest exporters.

By Bloomberg
Financial firms must attract millennial advisers to serve new generation of clients
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2019
Financial firms must attract millennial advisers to serve new generation of clients

Here's how to recruit the next generation of talent as wealth moves into the hands of young people.

By John Pierce
Reg BI looks strong, if you squint just right
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 13, 2019
Reg BI looks strong, if you squint just right

Despite SEC commissioner Peirce's comments last week, absent real mitigation, the rule is toothless.

By Bloomberg
Whistle-blower Ted Siedle sees pensions as hotbed for fraud
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 10, 2019
Whistle-blower Ted Siedle sees pensions as hotbed for fraud

The man who won the largest whistle-blower award in SEC history thinks pension mismanagement is hobbling U.S. retirement security.

By Greg Iacurci
Goldman Sachs said to be near deal to buy United Capital
NEWS RIAS MAY 10, 2019
Goldman Sachs said to be near deal to buy United Capital

Goldman is paying $750 million for the RIA aggregator, according to one source.

By Bruce Kelly
Average Fidelity 401(k) balance increases sixfold over past decade to almost $300,000
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2019
Average Fidelity 401(k) balance increases sixfold over past decade to almost $300,000

Gen X investors saw average accounts rise to $268,900 from $37,000.

By Bloomberg
Only 13% of adult children would use parents' adviser: Cerulli
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2019
Only 13% of adult children would use parents' adviser: Cerulli

Almost 9 in 10 said they never even considered it.

By InvestmentNews
Advisor Group expected to be sold for $2.3 billion
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2019
Advisor Group expected to be sold for $2.3 billion

Private equity buyer would grab a 75% stake in IBD network that produced $1.7 billion in revenue last year and has nearly 11,800 advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
Actively managed TDFs are getting edged out
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2019
Actively managed TDFs are getting edged out

Passive target-date funds, which invest primarily in index funds, got nearly all the new money flowing into target-date funds last year

By Greg Iacurci
California hybrid managing $200 million switches from Cetera to SA Stone
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 09, 2019
California hybrid managing $200 million switches from Cetera to SA Stone

SB Wealth of San Clemente will use firm's broker-dealer and RIA.

By InvestmentNews
Focus Financial sees brisk activity in the M&A market for RIAs
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2019
Focus Financial sees brisk activity in the M&A market for RIAs

The aggregator reported 24 transactions either pending or closed so far this year.

By Bruce Kelly
Nobel laureate Richard Thaler accepts advisory role at Pimco
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 09, 2019
Nobel laureate Richard Thaler accepts advisory role at Pimco

Mr. Thaler will research decision-making around retirement saving.

By Bloomberg
Softer side of wealth management will prevail in the future
NEWS RIAS MAY 09, 2019
Softer side of wealth management will prevail in the future

As technology turns investment management into a commodity, advisers need to find better ways to add value.

By Jeff Benjamin
Reverence Capital Partners buys Advisor Group
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2019
Reverence Capital Partners buys Advisor Group

The B-D network produced $1.7 billion in total revenue last year.

By Bruce Kelly
Eaton Vance settles 401(k) lawsuit for $3.45 million
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2019
Eaton Vance settles 401(k) lawsuit for $3.45 million

Class-action suit alleged the firm mismanaged its own retirement plan and profited at the expense of employees.

By Greg Iacurci
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce says Reg BI is stronger than fiduciary duty
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 08, 2019
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce says Reg BI is stronger than fiduciary duty

And SEC chairman Jay Clayton tells senators his agency aims to preserve adviser, broker competition while bringing standards closer.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Morgan Stanley advisers win huge $6.4 million deferred comp claim against Credit Suisse
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 08, 2019
Morgan Stanley advisers win huge $6.4 million deferred comp claim against Credit Suisse

The two advisers left Credit Suisse after the company announced it was closing its U.S. brokerage operation.

By Bruce Kelly
Future retirees often overestimate Social Security benefits
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2019
Future retirees often overestimate Social Security benefits

Advisory clients are better informed about claiming strategies.

By Mary Beth Franklin
What 401(k) advisers can learn from a viral social media post
NEWS OPINION MAY 08, 2019
What 401(k) advisers can learn from a viral social media post

Advisers should use outside-the-box ways to communicate their values to clients.

By Aaron Pottichen
What happens during the 60 days stays in the 60 days
NEWS IRA ALERT MAY 08, 2019
What happens during the 60 days stays in the 60 days

IRA funds withdrawn and timely rolled back into the IRA are protected in bankruptcy — no matter what the funds were used for while outside the account.

By Ed Slott