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Energy, financials, real estate sectors riding inflation wave
EQUITIES JUL 01, 2021
Energy, financials, real estate sectors riding inflation wave

Investors are betting that fiscal and monetary policies will continue to fuel inflationary pressures.

By Jeff Benjamin
Ric Edelman's digital assets council rebrands
ALTERNATIVES JUL 01, 2021
Ric Edelman's digital assets council rebrands

The new name, Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, reflects a broader charter to serve every company and all financial advisers, Edelman says.

By Nicole Casperson
Three more states adopt annuity suitability rules
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 29, 2021
Three more states adopt annuity suitability rules

Virginia, Maine and Alabama recently adopted rules tracking the model ‘best interest’ measure approved in 2020 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

By InvestmentNews
J.P. Morgan acquisition of OpenInvest gives wealth managers another ESG tool
EQUITIES JUN 29, 2021
J.P. Morgan acquisition of OpenInvest gives wealth managers another ESG tool

The bank is expected to pair OpenInvest with 55ip to enhance its private banking technology platform.

By Jeff Benjamin
Principal to halt sales of retail fixed annuities, consumer life insurance
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2021
Principal to halt sales of retail fixed annuities, consumer life insurance

The insurer will also pursue sales of blocks of those assets that are already in force. It said that it will continue selling variable annuities.

By Bloomberg
Halo adds AIG annuities
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2021
Halo adds AIG annuities

The fee-based products will be part of Halo's digital platform, which also offers structured notes, market-linked CDs and buffered ETFs.

By InvestmentNews
Covid highlights need for long-term care planning
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2021
Covid highlights need for long-term care planning

While the pandemic undermined Americans' confidence in nursing homes and home care is preferred, its cost could exceed that of a nursing home.

By Mary Beth Franklin
BlackRock ETFs see massive inflows hinting at tax avoidance
ETFS JUN 25, 2021
BlackRock ETFs see massive inflows hinting at tax avoidance

Five exchange-traded funds took in about $13.5 billion amid the rebalancing of the FTSE Russell indexes, suggesting heartbeat trades designed to defer taxes faced by fund investors.

By Bloomberg
Citigroup joins rivals and helps wealthy clients access crypto
ALTERNATIVES JUN 24, 2021
Citigroup joins rivals and helps wealthy clients access crypto

The bank is forming a new digital assets group inside its burgeoning wealth management unit, and will help clients invest in cryptocurrencies, stable coins and non-fungible tokens.

By Bloomberg
Investors not interested in cryptocurrency in retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 24, 2021
Investors not interested in cryptocurrency in retirement plans

The ability to invest in cryptos ranked dead last among features that participants want to see in their retirement plans, Morningstar survey finds.

By InvestmentNews
Latest thematic ETF homes in on cleaner living
EQUITIES JUN 24, 2021
Latest thematic ETF homes in on cleaner living

Amplify DTOX fund tracks an index of 78 companies that derive at least 80% of revenues from one of five cleaner living market segments.

By Jeff Benjamin
Latest blow to 60/40 model is exodus of mom and pop investors
EQUITIES JUN 23, 2021
Latest blow to 60/40 model is exodus of mom and pop investors

Savers are ditching the formula that's anchored retirement plans for more than half a century, after already low interest rates hit rock bottom during the pandemic.

By Bloomberg
Decumulation in an evolving interest-rate environment
OPINION JUN 23, 2021
Decumulation in an evolving interest-rate environment

Current low interest rates add to the stress of establishing a retirement strategy because the 'cost' of generating retirement income from a portfolio of stocks and bonds is now higher.

By Philip E. Caminiti
Focus Financial evolves beyond PE ownership
RIA NEWS JUN 22, 2021
Focus Financial evolves beyond PE ownership

Private equity owner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is cashing out after Focus shares climb 65% from the firm's 2018 IPO.

By Jeff Benjamin
GPB lawsuits pile up against former broker
ALTERNATIVES JUN 22, 2021
GPB lawsuits pile up against former broker

The lack of a spotlight on individual brokers who sold GPB may be passing, as at least one former adviser, Jeffrey Dixson, has a BrokerCheck profile that is studded with investor complaints involving sales of GPB private placements.

By Bruce Kelly
Gen Xers are most likely to buy annuities: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 21, 2021
Gen Xers are most likely to buy annuities: Survey

Pensions are all but nonexistent for younger workers, and many are worried about cuts to Social Security.

By Emile Hallez
Investors flock to municipal bonds for yield and shelter
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 21, 2021
Investors flock to municipal bonds for yield and shelter

The $53 billion in assets flowing into tax-exempt municipal bond funds so far this year have already exceeded the inflows for all of last year.

By Jeff Benjamin
Former Morgan Stanley traders turn crypto startup into unicorn
ALTERNATIVES JUN 21, 2021
Former Morgan Stanley traders turn crypto startup into unicorn

Amber Group raised $100 million from investors in a Series B fundraising, boosting its valuation to $1 billion. Investors included DCM Ventures and Tiger Global Management.

By Bloomberg
Insurance-focused B-D received $550,400 PPP loan last year
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 18, 2021
Insurance-focused B-D received $550,400 PPP loan last year

The sum, received by The Leaders Group Inc., appears to be in the middle range of government loans received by privately held broker-dealers who obtained Covid-19 business relief.

By Bruce Kelly
U.S. sues to block Aon’s $30 billion Willis Towers deal
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 18, 2021
U.S. sues to block Aon’s $30 billion Willis Towers deal

The Justice Department says the deal, which would create the world's largest insurance brokerage, is anticompetitive.

By Bloomberg