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Wells Fargo used fake job interviews to promote diversity: Report
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2022
Wells Fargo used fake job interviews to promote diversity: Report

The job interviews seemed designed to bolster Wells Fargo's record of its diversity efforts rather than actually hiring women or people of color, the New York Times reported.

By Bruce Kelly
Strategic Retirement Partners picks Securian for its PEP
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2022
Strategic Retirement Partners picks Securian for its PEP

Securian will serve as the pooled plan provider and ERISA 3(16) fiduciary, while Strategic Retirement will provide ERISA 3(38) investment management and consulting services.

By InvestmentNews
IMA Wealth offers small-plan retirement program
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2022
IMA Wealth offers small-plan retirement program

Alerus serves as the designated 3(16) plan administrator and T. Rowe Price serves as record keeper.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley's Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management
NEWS RIAS MAY 20, 2022
Morgan Stanley's Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management

Two filings show that Parametric is moving beyond its current focus on separate accounts and direct indexing to subadvise strategies for Innovator ETFs.

By Jeff Benjamin
No longer 'annuicide': How insurance products are reaching the fee-based channel
NEWS RIAS MAY 20, 2022
No longer 'annuicide': How insurance products are reaching the fee-based channel

RIA Lab session looks at the insurance industry's evolution toward providing custodial-like relationships with advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
T. Rowe nabs ESG exec from BlackRock
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2022
T. Rowe nabs ESG exec from BlackRock

Poppy Allonby, who will work out of T. Rowe’s London office, will oversee the company's ESG strategy at a high level.

By ESG Clarity
Mass outflows hit every asset class as recession fears climb
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 20, 2022
Mass outflows hit every asset class as recession fears climb

Global equity funds had $5.2 billion of outflows in the week to May 18, led by redemptions from mutual funds.

By Bloomberg
Convergence of health care costs and retirement planning
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
Convergence of health care costs and retirement planning

Software helps advisers incorporate clients' Medicare expenses into their retirement plans.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Merrill team managing $409 million joins Raymond James
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 19, 2022
Merrill team managing $409 million joins Raymond James

The three advisers, based in Spokane, Washington, will operate as Panorama Wealth Management of Raymond James.

By InvestmentNews
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product

DOL acting assistant secretary Ali Khawar isn't reassured by the consumer safeguards included in Fidelity's Bitcoin offering for retirement plans.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisor Group to buy large bank broker
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 19, 2022
Advisor Group to buy large bank broker

Infinex Investments Inc. has 750 financial advisers at bank and credit union programs who control more than $30 billion in client assets.

By Bruce Kelly
Strategists see lower returns as economy mirrors 1970s
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 19, 2022
Strategists see lower returns as economy mirrors 1970s

Mohamed El-Erian and Niall Ferguson are seeing echoes of the 1970s in today's market. Will the '70s strategies work in the 2020s?

By Gregg Greenberg
Retirement savings up in a down market, says Fidelity
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
Retirement savings up in a down market, says Fidelity

More people were saving for retirement in Q1, data show. Unfortunately, the market's sell-off caused them to lose money.

By Gregg Greenberg
Oppenheimer rep managing $180 million joins Linsco
NEWS ADVISOR MOVES MAY 19, 2022
Oppenheimer rep managing $180 million joins Linsco

Randall Pickett joins LPL’s employee channel. The Pickett Group of LPL Financial will be the second team to join the Linsco office in Dallas.

By InvestmentNews
El-Erian says US can’t avoid stagflation even as Fed tightens
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2022
El-Erian says US can’t avoid stagflation even as Fed tightens

The chair of Gramercy Fund Management says stagflation is ‘worst thing’ for central banks.

By Bloomberg
Democrats push Biden to go big on forgiving student loan debt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2022
Democrats push Biden to go big on forgiving student loan debt

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Raphael Warnock make appeal at White House.

By Bloomberg
Consumer groups call for SEC probe of RIAs' use of mandatory arbitration
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2022
Consumer groups call for SEC probe of RIAs' use of mandatory arbitration

RIAs aren't adequately disclosing arbitration clauses in client contracts and are forcing clients into expensive dispute forums, the groups said.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
SEI plants its flag in ETF land with factor-based strategies
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2022
SEI plants its flag in ETF land with factor-based strategies

The four exchange-traded funds are well-timed given the current market environment.

By Jeff Benjamin
Mariner buys $612 million Michigan RIA
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2022
Mariner buys $612 million Michigan RIA

The deal for Emerson Wealth, which is based in Bloomfield Hills, gives Mariner its second office in the Detroit area.

By InvestmentNews
Northwestern Mutual adds ESG option for wealthy clients
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 18, 2022
Northwestern Mutual adds ESG option for wealthy clients

The new 'white glove, customized' options for high-net-worth clients are available from the company’s advisers.

By ESG Clarity