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Fidelity’s health business booms as Americans pile into HSAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2023
Fidelity’s health business booms as Americans pile into HSAs

More than half of consumers say they’ve taken steps to lower health care costs over the last two years, Fidelity reports.

By Gregg Greenberg
Financial advisors are jumping on the bull market bandwagon
RIA NEWS APR 11, 2023
Financial advisors are jumping on the bull market bandwagon

As some of the worst performers of 2022 rebound in the first quarter, the outlook for the financial markets looks rosy.

By Jeff Benjamin
Nuveen gets new muni bond leader amid lawsuit settlement
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2023
Nuveen gets new muni bond leader amid lawsuit settlement

As the firm announces a settlement of suits brought by Preston Hollow Community Capital, Nuveen announced that John Miller is retiring and will be replaced by Daniel Close.

By Emile Hallez
Client wasn’t lovin’ it:  Wells Fargo loses arbitration case over McDonald’s stock
ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2023
Client wasn’t lovin’ it:  Wells Fargo loses arbitration case over McDonald’s stock

Finra arbitrators order the firm and a broker to pay about $500,000 to a former McDonald's franchise owner after an options trading snafu.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
The 5-minute rule for evaluating alternative investments
OPINION APR 10, 2023
The 5-minute rule for evaluating alternative investments

Advisors evaluating alts for their clients should focus on what clients want to achieve as part of a well-diversified portfolio and understand their clients' cash flow requirements.

By Jenny Zhan
Insurance fintech adds long-term care products
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2023
Insurance fintech adds long-term care products

Modern Life is adding long-term care and hybrid long-term care products to its menu of insurance for financial advisors.

By Ryan W. Neal
DWS ESG fund launch sets record for sales, at another ETF's expense
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 05, 2023
DWS ESG fund launch sets record for sales, at another ETF's expense

A big client moved $2 billion from a different Xtrackers ESG exchange-traded fund to the new fund, the Xtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETF.

By Emile Hallez
BlackRock to offer two buffer ETFs that aim to limit investors' losses
ETFS APR 03, 2023
BlackRock to offer two buffer ETFs that aim to limit investors' losses

The two funds would both track the returns of the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, using options to try to reduce potential fluctuations in investors' returns.

By Bloomberg
Potential investor claims go through the roof at Berthel Fisher
ALTERNATIVES APR 03, 2023
Potential investor claims go through the roof at Berthel Fisher

Open claims against the Iowa-based broker-dealer totaled $32.1 million at the end of 2022, eight times what it reported a year earlier, according to an SEC filing.

By Bruce Kelly
Blockchain dividend distributions emerge as latest threat to traditional finance
ALTERNATIVES APR 03, 2023
Blockchain dividend distributions emerge as latest threat to traditional finance

Crypto experts say distributions via blockchain technology will soon be commonplace.

By Jeff Benjamin
Blackstone’s BREIT sees $4.5 billion of withdrawal requests in March
ALTERNATIVES APR 03, 2023
Blackstone’s BREIT sees $4.5 billion of withdrawal requests in March

The real estate trust, which has limited redemptions for a fifth straight month, had already hit 2% monthly limits in January and February.

By Bloomberg
MSCI to downgrade ESG ratings on over 30,000 funds
ETFS APR 03, 2023
MSCI to downgrade ESG ratings on over 30,000 funds

The firm’s ratings unit overhauls its methodology as ESG score providers continue to draw criticism for using inconsistent approaches that have yet to be properly regulated.

By Bloomberg
Love it or hate it, ESG has been around for decades — and it isn’t going away
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 03, 2023
Love it or hate it, ESG has been around for decades — and it isn’t going away

Interest both for and against sustainable investing will almost certainly be rising — and that means that financial advisors can’t afford to ignore it.

By Emile Hallez
Why that $6.2 billion outflow from an ESG ETF is not the end of sustainable investing
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2023
Why that $6.2 billion outflow from an ESG ETF is not the end of sustainable investing

Excluding the iShares ESG Aware ETF, sustainable funds saw positive net sales so far this year, according to data from Morningstar Direct.

By Emile Hallez
Growth in HSAs robust in 2022, study shows
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2023
Growth in HSAs robust in 2022, study shows

At the end of last year, approximately $104 billion was saved in 35.5 million health savings accounts, a year-over-year increase of 6% for assets and 9% for accounts, a Devenir survey shows.

By Gregg Greenberg
2022 was rough year for near-retirees in target-date funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 29, 2023
2022 was rough year for near-retirees in target-date funds

While stock and bond allocations hurt the performance of TDFs last year, fees declined and assets flowed to collective investment trusts, Morningstar found.

By Emile Hallez
Investors focus on climate, abortion access in potential record proxy season
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 27, 2023
Investors focus on climate, abortion access in potential record proxy season

After last year's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, more companies face votes on reproductive health care.

By Emile Hallez
Financial advisors torn between trusting the Fed and trusting the bond market
RIA NEWS MAR 27, 2023
Financial advisors torn between trusting the Fed and trusting the bond market

The money flowing into Treasuries has some market watchers believing that the Fed's next move will be a rate cut, and that it could come as soon as June.

By Jeff Benjamin
Green funds have run out of ‘investible’ assets, Impax CEO says
RIA NEWS MAR 27, 2023
Green funds have run out of ‘investible’ assets, Impax CEO says

Without more green investments, the likelihood of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change becomes increasingly remote, according to the IPCC.

By Bloomberg
American Funds gets the trophy at Lipper Awards
EQUITIES MAR 24, 2023
American Funds gets the trophy at Lipper Awards

In the economic aftermath of the pandemic, some strategies performed better than others.

By Emile Hallez