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Fidelity updates its Wealthscape tech platform
NEWS RIAS FEB 03, 2022
Fidelity updates its Wealthscape tech platform

Refreshes mobile app and adds a digital empowerment tool.

By InvestmentNews
Janus Henderson investors pull $5.2 billion as exodus persists
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 03, 2022
Janus Henderson investors pull $5.2 billion as exodus persists

The fourth quarter marked the 17th straight quarter of net outflows for the asset manager, giving activist investor Nelson Peltz more leverage to push for changes.

By Bloomberg
Bessemer Trust sued over 401(k) plan
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2022
Bessemer Trust sued over 401(k) plan

The lawsuit argues the company’s use of its own Old Westbury line of mutual funds in the plan benefited Bessemer at the expense of plan participants.

By InvestmentNews
Father-son team managing $200 million opt for LPL
NEWS ADVISOR MOVES FEB 02, 2022
Father-son team managing $200 million opt for LPL

The duo in Omaha, Nebraska, had been affiliated with Raymond James.

By InvestmentNews
Smaller firms may not be ready for DOL fiduciary rule now in force
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 02, 2022
Smaller firms may not be ready for DOL fiduciary rule now in force

Under the Labor Department rule that took effect this week, advisers must declare their fiduciary status and material conflicts of interest in writing and follow impartial conduct standards.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Caribou lands $3 million to manage health care costs for clients
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2022
Caribou lands $3 million to manage health care costs for clients

The health care planning fintech is aiming to make complex health insurance decisions easier by collecting data about clients’ plans, usage and medications to find the best possible strategies.

By Sean Allocca
Judge rips Wells, Finra, in decision over arbitration claim
NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 02, 2022
Judge rips Wells, Finra, in decision over arbitration claim

At the center of the judge's order to vacate the arbitration decision were questions about whether or not Finra arbitration was a neutral forum for investors.

By Bruce Kelly
Creative Planning adds $600 million RIA
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 02, 2022
Creative Planning adds $600 million RIA

Paradigm Financial Advisors will become the core of a St. Louis ‘hub’ that will provide estate planning, tax planning and tax preparation services.

By InvestmentNews
Hub acquires assets of West Coast RIA
NEWS RIAS FEB 02, 2022
Hub acquires assets of West Coast RIA

Kornerstone, based in Chico, California, manages $560 million.

By InvestmentNews
AllianceBernstein makes late push into ETFs
NEWS ETFS FEB 02, 2022
AllianceBernstein makes late push into ETFs

AB plans to launch active ETFs in the U.S. later this year, and it has recruited Noel Archard from State Street to head the effort.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bonuses rain on Wall Street bankers as pay packages swell
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 02, 2022
Bonuses rain on Wall Street bankers as pay packages swell

It’s a long-awaited moment for a generation of rising executives who’ve spent years missing out on the riches reaped by those before them.

By Bloomberg
Private equity influence on wealth management is big and getting bigger
NEWS RIAS FEB 02, 2022
Private equity influence on wealth management is big and getting bigger

The 38 direct PE investments in wealth management last year compares to 23 in 2020 and 11 in 2019. Now PE is eyeing the wealthtech space.

By Jeff Benjamin
Regulators charge metals dealer with $67 million fraud
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 01, 2022
Regulators charge metals dealer with $67 million fraud

The SEC, NASAA and the CFTC take action to stop Safeguard Metals and its owner, Jeffrey Santulan, whose scheme allegedly targeted investors who were at or nearing retirement.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
River Wealth Advisors sells minority stake to Merchant Investment Management
NEWS RIAS FEB 01, 2022
River Wealth Advisors sells minority stake to Merchant Investment Management

Merchant insists the noncontrolling investment is distinct from traditional private equity capital, which often comes with a short-term commitment.

By Jeff Benjamin
UBS wealth management Americas nabs assets, looks to digital
NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 01, 2022
UBS wealth management Americas nabs assets, looks to digital

Like its competitors, the Swiss bank had a strong quarter when it came to reeling in net new client assets.

By Bruce Kelly
Hightower takes stake in business management firm
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 01, 2022
Hightower takes stake in business management firm

Los Angeles-based Grant Tani Barash & Altman provides clients with personal chief financial officer services.

By InvestmentNews
Raymond James nabs team managing $350 million
NEWS ADVISOR MOVES FEB 01, 2022
Raymond James nabs team managing $350 million

BBVA trio switches to SmartBank unit affiliated with firm’s bank channel.

By InvestmentNews
60/40 portfolio suffers worst loss since March 2020
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 01, 2022
60/40 portfolio suffers worst loss since March 2020

Both equities and bond prices dropped sharply in January as markets priced in a faster pace of interest-rate tightening during 2022 from the Federal Reserve.

By Bloomberg
Schwab study says RIAs need to up their staffing and compensation game
NEWS RIAS FEB 01, 2022
Schwab study says RIAs need to up their staffing and compensation game

Hiring is getting more competitive at every level of an advisory firm, and compensation alone won't allow firms to keep pace.

By Jeff Benjamin
Social Security faces a customer service backlog
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2022
Social Security faces a customer service backlog

Expect delays as the Social Security Administration's field offices reopen to the public after closing in March 2020 amid the pandemic.

By Mary Beth Franklin