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Latest levered ETFs offer triple market performance — with a catch
NEWS EQUITIES APR 01, 2021
Latest levered ETFs offer triple market performance — with a catch

The flipside of the new Innovator Capital Management products is the performance is capped and they can be more expensive than some of the cheaper indexed options.

By Jeff Benjamin
Captrust acquires RIA managing $700 million
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 01, 2021
Captrust acquires RIA managing $700 million

Pacific Investment Consultants is based in Folsom, California.

By InvestmentNews
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Planning
NEWS OPINION APR 01, 2021
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Planning

In the final part of a three-part series, the authors examine planning's role in the changing preferences of next-generation clients.

By Alvina Lo and Stephanie Luedke
Beacon Pointe acquires Texas-based Wealthstreet
NEWS RIAS APR 01, 2021
Beacon Pointe acquires Texas-based Wealthstreet

The deal will add more than $1 billion to Beacon Pointe's assets under management.

By InvestmentNews
In-plan income is key to retirement security
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2021
In-plan income is key to retirement security

Not having a retirement income solution within a DC plan is like having the pilots on a commercial flight parachute off midflight, forcing passengers to land the plane.

By Fred Barstein
Wave of PEPs hits the market
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2021
Wave of PEPs hits the market

In the past week alone, at least three PEPs have been announced. Those include plans from American Trust, Access Retirement Solutions and a new entity from venture capital firm Magis Capital Partners, Sallus Retirement.

By Emile Hallez
Boenning & Scattergood acquires Columbus Macro
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2021
Boenning & Scattergood acquires Columbus Macro

The deal for the Pittsburgh-based investment boutique adds $400 million to Boenning's assets under management.

By InvestmentNews
Vanguard, BlackRock join investors pledging to hit net zero
NEWS ESG MAR 31, 2021
Vanguard, BlackRock join investors pledging to hit net zero

The two asset management giants were among 43 firms with more than $22.8 trillion of assets that signed onto the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

By Bloomberg
SEI acquires defunct adviser fintech platform Oranj
NEWS FINTECH MAR 31, 2021
SEI acquires defunct adviser fintech platform Oranj

Oranj founder David Lyon is joining SEI along with 13 engineers, developers, cloud specialists and client service personnel. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

By Nicole Casperson
Goldman close to offering Bitcoin to wealth management clients
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAR 31, 2021
Goldman close to offering Bitcoin to wealth management clients

The firm plans to begin rolling out digital assets to clients in the second quarter.

By Bloomberg
Demographics, Covid speed looming retirement crisis
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2021
Demographics, Covid speed looming retirement crisis

A report from the Alliance for Lifetime Income calls for new retirement income model that includes annuities.

By Mary Beth Franklin
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Asset allocation
NEWS OPINION MAR 31, 2021
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Asset allocation

In the second of a three-part series, the authors examine the importance of asset allocation in the changing preferences of next-gen clients.

By Alvina Lo and Stephanie Luedke
Adapting to the changing preferences of next-gen clients
NEWS OPINION MAR 30, 2021
Adapting to the changing preferences of next-gen clients

The first of a three-part series breaks down important preferences of next-gen clients as wealth managers manage the transfer of wealth.

By Alvina Lo and Stephanie Luedke
Merrill Lynch advisers can now send video account summaries
NEWS FINTECH MAR 30, 2021
Merrill Lynch advisers can now send video account summaries

Say goodbye to PDF documents and hello to narrated and personalized videos for client accounts.

By Nicole Casperson
CARES Act distributions unlikely to be paid back, report finds
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2021
CARES Act distributions unlikely to be paid back, report finds

That will likely have a lasting effect on retirement savings for those workers, nearly 70% of whom said they will not pay back any portion of the distributions they took under the CARES Act, according to data from Principal Financial Services.

By Emile Hallez
Retirement plan aggregator Captrust shores up wealth management business
NEWS RIAS MAR 30, 2021
Retirement plan aggregator Captrust shores up wealth management business

With $600 billion in assets under advisement, Captrust has appointed a head of wealth management to lead the growing $24 billion under management business.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wall Street banks summoned by regulators over Hwang’s blowup
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAR 30, 2021
Wall Street banks summoned by regulators over Hwang’s blowup

The Securities and Exchange Commission summoned the banks for hasty meetings on what triggered the forced sale of more than $20 billion of stocks linked to Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management.

By Bloomberg
Former rep sentenced to more than 17 years for defrauding clients
NEWS RIAS MAR 29, 2021
Former rep sentenced to more than 17 years for defrauding clients

He was suspended by the Certified Financial Planners Board of Standards in 2013, and was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking in 2015.

By InvestmentNews
CFP's spring advertising campaign focuses on retirement planning
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 29, 2021
CFP's spring advertising campaign focuses on retirement planning

The CFP Board has spent $10 million each year on the campaign since its launch in 2011. The campaign is funded by an additional $12 per month that is added to the annual CFP certification fee.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Hub launches 401(k) service for small businesses
NEWS RIAS MAR 29, 2021
Hub launches 401(k) service for small businesses

The company's new Retirement Select service is competing against state-sponsored auto IRAs, and it comes as other firms are exploring the pooled-employer plan market.

By Emile Hallez