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ESG debt pile barreling toward $5 trillion 
FIXED INCOME JAN 27, 2023
ESG debt pile barreling toward $5 trillion 

The Institute of International Finance forecasts a rebound in environmental, social bond issuance.

By Bloomberg
2022 saw an annuity explosion: Limra
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 27, 2023
2022 saw an annuity explosion: Limra

Total annuity sales surged to $310.6 billion last year, a 22% spike from 2021 results and 17% above the record set in 2008.

By Gregg Greenberg
Portfolio manager providing retirement investors diversification, defense
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 26, 2023
Portfolio manager providing retirement investors diversification, defense

Fund manager Michael Cuggino talks about the value that asset classes like precious metals and real estate can provide.

By Gregg Greenberg
Cetera to buy Securian’s wealth business
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 25, 2023
Cetera to buy Securian’s wealth business

The deal will bring Cetera more than 1,000 advisors with $24.8 billion in assets under management and $47.4 billion in assets under administration.

By InvestmentNews
Popular 401(k) funds off to strong start in 2023
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2023
Popular 401(k) funds off to strong start in 2023

After tanking in 2022, some of the biggest actively managed funds in 401(k)s are outperforming thanks to a comeback in tech stocks.

By Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley's ETF debut strikes chord with fees, tests market with ESG focus
RIA NEWS JAN 25, 2023
Morgan Stanley's ETF debut strikes chord with fees, tests market with ESG focus

Nearly a year after it announced plans to enter the ETF space, the wirehouse is banking on its Calvert brand to carry the day.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wisconsin advisor pulled $1.9 million fraud on clients
RIA NEWS JAN 25, 2023
Wisconsin advisor pulled $1.9 million fraud on clients

The advisor, Anthony B. Liddle, 40, was barred from the securities industry last June by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

By Bruce Kelly
Does the 60/40 rule need revising given the surge in alts?
ALTERNATIVES JAN 25, 2023
Does the 60/40 rule need revising given the surge in alts?

At a panel at FSI OneVoice, one speaker suggested the revised math for portfolios could wind up in the neighborhood of 55% stocks, 35% bonds and 10% alternative investments.

By Bruce Kelly
Bloomberg pays $5 million to settle SEC charges regarding fixed-income valuations
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2023
Bloomberg pays $5 million to settle SEC charges regarding fixed-income valuations

The agency alleged that from 2016 through last October, the company's BVAL failed to disclosed that valuations could be based on a single data input, rather than other methodologies it presented.

By Ryan W. Neal
New software aims to reduce risk in target-date funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2023
New software aims to reduce risk in target-date funds

Soteria blends personalized safe-landing target-date fund glide paths with the personalization of managed accounts.

By Gregg Greenberg
SPY celebrates birthday, marking 30 years of ETFs
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2023
SPY celebrates birthday, marking 30 years of ETFs

Here are some key events in the evolution of exchange-traded funds as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF hits 30.

By InvestmentNews
Is the new generation of nontraded REITs really any better than the last?
ALTERNATIVES JAN 23, 2023
Is the new generation of nontraded REITs really any better than the last?

Wall Street has revitalized the product, but these REITs face new scrutiny because of an old problem: Investors are demanding liquidity.

By Bruce Kelly
Tribes place generational wealth in their own hands
EMERGING MARKETS JAN 23, 2023
Tribes place generational wealth in their own hands

Native Americans are gaining economic muscle, and that expands horizons for investors and advisors who want to be part of their rise.

By Joanne Cleaver
With yields on cash climbing, advisors struggle to keep some clients in stocks
RIA NEWS JAN 20, 2023
With yields on cash climbing, advisors struggle to keep some clients in stocks

Even though history suggests the best strategy has always been to stay invested for the long haul, a safe 4% return is luring more investors to the sidelines.

By Jeff Benjamin
Clients increase demands to cash out of REITs; KKR latest to hit limits
ALTERNATIVES JAN 20, 2023
Clients increase demands to cash out of REITs; KKR latest to hit limits

The industry, which saw a 27% rise in requests for redemptions of NAV nontraded REIT shares in the fourth quarter, should be ready for continued redemptions at the start of this year, according to investment bank Robert A. Stanger & Co.

By Bruce Kelly
FNZ acquires YieldX to accelerate US growth
FINTECH JAN 20, 2023
FNZ acquires YieldX to accelerate US growth

YieldX’s technology will be integrated into FNZ’s existing product to enable advisors to scan the universe of fixed-income securities.

By Ryan W. Neal
Crypto lender Nexo pays $45 million in fines to SEC, states
ALTERNATIVES JAN 19, 2023
Crypto lender Nexo pays $45 million in fines to SEC, states

The SEC said Nexo's Earn Interest Product amounted to a security that should have been registered with the agency.

By Bloomberg
George Santos, Wall Street and Washington
ALTERNATIVES JAN 19, 2023
George Santos, Wall Street and Washington

Since the credit crisis, investment frauds have proliferated in ways most Wall Street executives and financial advisors in 2008 never would have foreseen.

By Bruce Kelly
Ex-LPL broker sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 18, 2023
Ex-LPL broker sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud

James Couture of Worcester, Massachusetts, had pleaded guilty in September to being involved in a scheme to steal $2.8 million from clients.

By Bruce Kelly
Principal partners with YieldX, Smartleaf on fixed-income direct indexing
FINTECH JAN 18, 2023
Principal partners with YieldX, Smartleaf on fixed-income direct indexing

Other direct indexing products have avoided the fixed-income space because it has a different liquidity profile and requires going directly to dealers.

By Ryan W. Neal