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Made a killing in crypto? Your tax bill is coming due
ALTERNATIVES APR 07, 2022
Made a killing in crypto? Your tax bill is coming due

Digital tokens like Bitcoin and Ethereum are classified as property by the Internal Revenue Service and taxed like stocks and bonds.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
UBS wealth unit launches group focused on inclusive investing
RIA NEWS APR 07, 2022
UBS wealth unit launches group focused on inclusive investing

The new team will offer investments that focus on promoting equality, expanding opportunities and improving outcomes for underrepresented or marginalized groups.

By Bloomberg
Ellevest raises $53 million in Series B funding
FINTECH APR 07, 2022
Ellevest raises $53 million in Series B funding

The company will use the capital to deepen its offerings and product solutions, and help women reach their money goals.

By InvestmentNews
Pelosi adviser among Biden's nominees for SEC commissioner slots
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2022
Pelosi adviser among Biden's nominees for SEC commissioner slots

President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jaime Lizarraga, a senior adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Mark Uyeda, who has spent a chunk of his career at the SEC.

By Bloomberg
Partisan split dims outlook for retirement bill approved by House panel
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2022
Partisan split dims outlook for retirement bill approved by House panel

Many provisions in the House Education and Labor Committee bill have only Democratic backing, which reduces their chances of being part of a bigger retirement savings measure later this year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Private equity investors take stakes in CAIS, Mather Group
RIA NEWS APR 06, 2022
Private equity investors take stakes in CAIS, Mather Group

The steady flow of PE money into wealth management illustrates the bullish outlook for the industry's fee-based revenue streams.

By Jeff Benjamin
Finra bars ex-Cetera rep who used clients’ money for own family's investments
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2022
Finra bars ex-Cetera rep who used clients’ money for own family's investments

The broker, Marianne O'Shee Smith, a 34-year veteran of the securities industry, used $45,100 she had received from three customers, all senior citizens.

By Bruce Kelly
Hub acquires $1.3 billion plan consultant
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2022
Hub acquires $1.3 billion plan consultant

Stace Hilbrant, managing director of Wilmette, Illinois-based 401(k) Advisors, will join Hub.

By InvestmentNews
Black Americans more engaged with investing,  especially outside the mainstream
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2022
Black Americans more engaged with investing, especially outside the mainstream

Black Americans increasingly turn to newer types of assets, like cryptocurrency, that are less likely to be associated with structural discrimination, according to a study from Ariel and Schwab.

By Joanne Cleaver
Democrat Joe Manchin opposes SEC’s climate proposal
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2022
Democrat Joe Manchin opposes SEC’s climate proposal

The senator expresseed concern that the proposal would unfairly burden carbon-intensive energy companies.

By Emile Hallez
Millennium Trust enters HSA market with purchase of PayFlex
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2022
Millennium Trust enters HSA market with purchase of PayFlex

The deal pushes Millennium up to 5 million individual client accounts and $47 billion of total assets under administration.

By Jeff Benjamin
Ex-BofA employees among 6 banned by Fed over Covid loan fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2022
Ex-BofA employees among 6 banned by Fed over Covid loan fraud

The Federal Reserve banned the former bank employees for fraudulently obtaining loans designed to provide economic relief to small businesses during the pandemic.

By Bloomberg
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $32.5 million to settle 401(k) lawsuit
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2022
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $32.5 million to settle 401(k) lawsuit

The settlement, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, relates to the 401(k) plan's use of the bank's own offerings.

By InvestmentNews
The limits of value-at-risk models
OPINION APR 05, 2022
The limits of value-at-risk models

Amid the current market volatility, advisers should recognize that using value-at-risk models to assess portfolio risk is not a foolproof approach.

By Andy Aziz
Burt White moves from LPL to Carson Group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 05, 2022
Burt White moves from LPL to Carson Group

As chief strategy officer, LPL's former chief investment officer will join the executive board and report directly to Ron Carson.

By Jeff Benjamin
10 IBDs with the highest average payouts
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 04, 2022
10 IBDs with the highest average payouts

See the IBDs where advisers took home the highest payouts in 2021, and how the numbers compare with the data from 2020.

By InvestmentNews
Supreme Court ruling could add uncertainty in Finra arbitration
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 04, 2022
Supreme Court ruling could add uncertainty in Finra arbitration

Petitions to confirm or vacate awards are now more likely to be heard in state courts, where judges tend to be more skeptical of arbitration than their federal counterparts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Our industry is not reading the room
OPINION APR 04, 2022
Our industry is not reading the room

Here are 5 steps financial advisers can take to promote diversity, inclusion and belonging.

By Dasarte Yarnway
The challenge of standing in a giant’s shadow
OPINION APR 04, 2022
The challenge of standing in a giant’s shadow

Which elements of a firm’s culture and principles that drove growth and which its visionary leader stood for and encouraged should be retained?

By InvestmentNews
Social Security rules when widows remarry
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 01, 2022
Social Security rules when widows remarry

Survivor benefits can continue for those who wait until they're 60 to wed.

By Mary Beth Franklin