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Team managing $750 million at Merrill Lynch moves to UBS
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2021
Team managing $750 million at Merrill Lynch moves to UBS

The four-person, two-adviser unit will partner with an existing group at UBS Private Wealth Management in Kenwood, Ohio.

By InvestmentNews
IRS delays tax deadline to mid-May
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 17, 2021
IRS delays tax deadline to mid-May

The change comes after calls from accountants and leaders in Congress to delay the due date as new legislation and pandemic-related work changes disrupt taxpayer plans.

By Bloomberg
Online brokerage eToro to go public via SPAC
NEWS FINTECH MAR 17, 2021
Online brokerage eToro to go public via SPAC

With pressures on Robinhood, eToro’s large user base and scale places the U.K.-based challenger front and center to disrupt the U.S. market.

By Nicole Casperson
Colorado seeking investment, plan consultants for auto-IRA
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2021
Colorado seeking investment, plan consultants for auto-IRA

The program would apply to businesses with as few as five employees, requiring companies to participate and automatically enroll workers, unless they already provide retirement plans.

By Emile Hallez
ESG investing is just investing
NEWS ESG MAR 17, 2021
ESG investing is just investing

With the Biden administration ramping up the focus on climate change, ESG investing is expected to see another wave of growth.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bill Gross says he made $10 million shorting GameStop
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 17, 2021
Bill Gross says he made $10 million shorting GameStop

At one point, his position was "in the hole by about $10 million," but he stuck with it to sell at a profit, the legendary investor said.

By Bloomberg
Credit Suisse weighs splitting asset management, wealth units
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 16, 2021
Credit Suisse weighs splitting asset management, wealth units

The possibility comes as CEO Thomas Gottstein grapples with the aftermath of the Greensill scandal across the bank's businesses.

By Bloomberg
One in six people now aim to retire before 55
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2021
One in six people now aim to retire before 55

Of the roughly 70 million U.S. households with primary breadwinners younger than 55, 11.5 million are planning to retire by that age, according to a report from Hearts & Wallets.

By Emile Hallez
Finding diversification beyond market-cap-weighted indexes
NEWS EQUITIES MAR 16, 2021
Finding diversification beyond market-cap-weighted indexes

The equally weighted S&P 500 index has outperformed its cap-weighted counterpart this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
Quirks in required minimum distributions this year
NEWS IRA ALERT MAR 16, 2021
Quirks in required minimum distributions this year

Here’s one 2021 oddity: It's impossible for anyone to have a required beginning date in 2021!

By Ed Slott
Allianz Life appoints Jasmine Jirele president and CEO
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2021
Allianz Life appoints Jasmine Jirele president and CEO

The insurance company's chief growth officer succeeds Walter White, who will retire at year-end.

By InvestmentNews
Warburg Pincus takes stake in Edelman Financial Engines
NEWS RIAS MAR 16, 2021
Warburg Pincus takes stake in Edelman Financial Engines

Hellman & Friedman, which bought a stake in Edelman in 2015 and combined it with Financial Engines in 2018, will remain majority shareholder.

By InvestmentNews
Capital Group launches practice management platform for advisers
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 16, 2021
Capital Group launches practice management platform for advisers

The new tool, called PracticeLab, is similar to the services advisers are getting from custodians and other business partners.

By Jeff Benjamin
Cybersecurity guidance for 401(k) fiduciaries is lacking, GAO says
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Cybersecurity guidance for 401(k) fiduciaries is lacking, GAO says

The GAO concluded that plan sponsors, record keepers and others have little to go on as far as guidelines from the Department of Labor and that it isn’t clear whether fiduciaries have the responsibility to minimize cybersecurity risks.

By Emile Hallez
Out of work and looking for income: Can annuities help?
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Out of work and looking for income: Can annuities help?

Annuities are one of the leading recommendations for near retirees who are concerned about running out of money. But they are also poorly understood by many consumers, and that puts people at risk for being sold inappropriate products in amounts that represent an outsize proportion of their savings.

By Emile Hallez
CI Financial buys $4.7 billion Brightworth for third deal of 2021
NEWS RIAS MAR 15, 2021
CI Financial buys $4.7 billion Brightworth for third deal of 2021

Less than a week after notching its 15th deal in as many months, Toronto-based CI Financial announced the acquisition of an Atlanta-based RIA with $4.7 billion in client assets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Edward Jones eases back into hiring financial advisers
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 15, 2021
Edward Jones eases back into hiring financial advisers

The firm is cautiously increasing hiring at the moment, essentially new advisers, but at a lower rate than in the past. Training financial advisers takes time and is also expensive, with a high percentage of trainees typically not making the cut.

By Bruce Kelly
Will Fuller named president and CEO of Transamerica
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Will Fuller named president and CEO of Transamerica

Fuller, who had been executive vice president of Lincoln Group, succeeds Mark Mullin, who becomes board chairman.

By InvestmentNews
Fidelity fends off suit over 401(k) access fees for fund managers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Fidelity fends off suit over 401(k) access fees for fund managers

The plaintiffs maintained that Fidelity was a fiduciary to the plan in respect to the selection of investment options, but courts did not buy that argument. Separately, New York Life and USI Insurance face new 401(k) lawsuits.

By Emile Hallez
Team managing $440 million joins LPL from Royal Alliance
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 15, 2021
Team managing $440 million joins LPL from Royal Alliance

The eight-adviser Monteverde Group is based in Pittsburgh.

By InvestmentNews