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Appeal of higher yields has more advisers trading individual bonds instead of funds
EQUITIES DEC 22, 2022
Appeal of higher yields has more advisers trading individual bonds instead of funds

While stock and bond funds have seen assets decline, direct ownership of individual bonds has increased over the past year.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69
ETFS DEC 22, 2022
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69

She earned the nickname 'SPDR Woman' for her work on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which State Street Corp. introduced in 1993.

By Bloomberg
GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives
ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2022
GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives

GWG was a 'classic Ponzi scheme,' according to a group representing investors.

By Bruce Kelly
Newsweek ranks LPL as a ‘Most Respectable Company’
ESG DEC 21, 2022
Newsweek ranks LPL as a ‘Most Respectable Company’

Recognition based on survey of 11,000 people about their perceptions of companies related to corporate social responsibility.

By InvestmentNews
Plenty of nontraded REIT liquidity to go around: Report
ALTERNATIVES DEC 20, 2022
Plenty of nontraded REIT liquidity to go around: Report

Meanwhile, 2022 has been another excellent year for sales of alternative investments, according to the report from Robert A. Stanger & Co.

By Bruce Kelly
Complex products: You have to know them when you see them
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Complex products: You have to know them when you see them

One of the challenges of regulating these investments is that there’s no agreed-upon definition for them.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
There's no simple approach to complex products
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
There's no simple approach to complex products

As financial advisers turn to complex products to help clients navigate volatile markets and rising interest rates, regulators are scrutinizing the investments more closely than ever.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Aaron Judge baseball caught by adviser auctioned for $1.5 million
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Aaron Judge baseball caught by adviser auctioned for $1.5 million

Cory Youmans, an adviser in Plano, Texas, snagged Judge’s historic 62nd home run of the season on Oct. 4.

By Bruce Kelly
The ESG rule, the SEC and sustainability
ESG DEC 19, 2022
The ESG rule, the SEC and sustainability

If SEC Chairman Gary Gensler can engage with potential opponents while keeping advocates on the SEC’s side, ESG could score more policy wins next year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ESG got caught between party lines
ESG DEC 19, 2022
ESG got caught between party lines

The year saw major developments in legislation and regulation that affect sustainable investing, including proposals from the SEC and a long-awaited final rule from the Department of Labor.

By Emile Hallez
Had a bad year? It could’ve been worse
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Had a bad year? It could’ve been worse

2022 was marked by soaring inflation and a sinking stock market, but it had some redeeming features, including the fact that increasingly fee-based revenues make it easier for advisory firms to weather such storms.

By InvestmentNews
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?
ETFS DEC 19, 2022
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?

From asset flows out of mutual funds and into ETFs, to mutual fund-to-ETF conversions and the emergence of single-stock ETFs, the liquid, low-cost, tax-efficient ETF wrapper has notched a lot of wins this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
Fintech challenged by market forces
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Fintech challenged by market forces

While most adviser-facing fintechs were spared the pain felt across the wider technology landscape, not everyone escaped the year unscathed.

By Ryan W. Neal
No 2022 capital gains on Schwab exchange-traded funds
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 16, 2022
No 2022 capital gains on Schwab exchange-traded funds

The asset manager announced that all 29 of its ETFs will avoid such distributions this year.

By InvestmentNews
Blackstone nontraded REIT prompts SEC queries
ALTERNATIVES DEC 16, 2022
Blackstone nontraded REIT prompts SEC queries

After the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust and the Starwood Real Estate Income Trust limited redemptions, the SEC reached out to both firms to try to understand the events.

By Bloomberg
Northern Trust report upends traditional way of looking at risks versus returns
EQUITIES DEC 15, 2022
Northern Trust report upends traditional way of looking at risks versus returns

Institutional investors are over-diversifying and taking on too much uncompensated risk, leaving them with expensive index portfolios.

By Jeff Benjamin
Big Three's grip on ETF market continues to slip
ETFS DEC 15, 2022
Big Three's grip on ETF market continues to slip

Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street still command about 79% of all U.S. exchange-traded fund assets, but that's down from 91% in 2006.

By Bloomberg
Nontraded REIT math is still bedeviling
ALTERNATIVES DEC 14, 2022
Nontraded REIT math is still bedeviling

This market is triggering some tricky math for nontraded REITs, and it's the bean counting behind proration that could prove tormenting.

By Bruce Kelly
Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules
ESG DEC 14, 2022
Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules

Anti-greenwashing proposals are already having an effect, results of a US SIF survey suggest.

By Emile Hallez
5 biggest crypto hacks of 2022
ALTERNATIVES DEC 13, 2022
5 biggest crypto hacks of 2022

The money pouring into digital assets has attracted the attention of criminals.

By Ryan W. Neal