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Don't sell your winners, donate them to charity instead
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2025
Don't sell your winners, donate them to charity instead

If you are going to let your winners run, let them run for a good cause while lowering your tax bill.

By Gregg Greenberg
Is LPL gearing up for another major acquisition?
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 19, 2025
Is LPL gearing up for another major acquisition?

"LPL's salespeople are all over the place," said one senior industry executive.

By Bruce Kelly
Judge rejects Franklin Templeton’s bid to revive defenses in blockchain case
FINTECH MAR 18, 2025
Judge rejects Franklin Templeton’s bid to revive defenses in blockchain case

Ruling allows trade secrets and contract claims over fintech technology to proceed to trial.

More senior executives leave rebranded SoCal B-D, Realta
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 18, 2025
More senior executives leave rebranded SoCal B-D, Realta

The firm’s CFO, head of recruiting, and head of advisor relations have followed its CEO out the door.

By Bruce Kelly
When the chainsaw comes for the SEC
OPINION MAR 18, 2025
When the chainsaw comes for the SEC

Sound guidance from financial advisors and brokers – whether fiduciary or best interest – may be increasingly important.

By InvestmentNews
The hidden currency risk in global investing: what advisors need to know
OPINION MAR 18, 2025
The hidden currency risk in global investing: what advisors need to know

For those seeking international exposure amid economic uncertainty, understanding the impact of the US dollar's strength over other currencies is more important than ever.

By Stuart Thomas
SEC accuses RIA firm, owner of violating settlement in multi-year fraud
RIA NEWS MAR 18, 2025
SEC accuses RIA firm, owner of violating settlement in multi-year fraud

Commission says that fund and its investors lost $1.6M as a result.

By Steve Randall
Stifel loses another hefty arbitration case – this time to ex-advisors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 17, 2025
Stifel loses another hefty arbitration case – this time to ex-advisors

This dispute centered on a group of Stifel Financial advisors who left the firm two years ago to an RIA.

By Bruce Kelly
'We have something special here'
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 17, 2025
'We have something special here'

Janney Montgomery Scott's president and CEO tells IN about the firm's acquisition by KKR, the equity ownership arrangement for all its advisor employees, and how it plans to continue for another 200 years.

By Leo Almazora
More workers dipped into their retirement savings last year, Vanguard finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2025
More workers dipped into their retirement savings last year, Vanguard finds

Sneak peek into annual defined contribution plan report shows average participant balances reached an all-time high amid rising equity markets.

By Leo Almazora
Social Security Administration sets record straight on dead people getting benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2025
Social Security Administration sets record straight on dead people getting benefits

Of millions of deaths reported yearly, just a fraction of a percent are "erroneously reported" cases that need to be corrected, the agency said.

By Leo Almazora
Risks and opportunities ahead of the great wealth transfer
OPINION MAR 17, 2025
Risks and opportunities ahead of the great wealth transfer

Younger heirs may “be more dubious about forming traditional client-advisor relationships, having grown up with different expectations about financial guidance”.

Financial advisors, what is your volatility game plan for client management?
OPINION MAR 14, 2025
Financial advisors, what is your volatility game plan for client management?

With targeted "comfort calls" and strategically automated follow-ups, advisors who leverage their CRM systems effectively can show up when clients need them most.

By Adrian Johnstone
No new trial for convicted GPB Capital executives
ALTERNATIVES MAR 14, 2025
No new trial for convicted GPB Capital executives

"I've seen lots of denial in this business but this GPB thing take the cake," says one industry executive.

By Bruce Kelly
Edward Jones hit with lawsuit claiming discrimination against white advisors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 14, 2025
Edward Jones hit with lawsuit claiming discrimination against white advisors

Former advisor alleges an incentive for veteran advisors to give business to women and nonwhite rookies disadvantages straight white male advisors.

By Leo Almazora
Is FINRA on the ropes?
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 13, 2025
Is FINRA on the ropes?

The current legal battle with a broker-dealer, Alpine Securities, is the latest challenge for the industry regulator.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisors' gen AI adoption lags growing interest
FINTECH MAR 13, 2025
Advisors' gen AI adoption lags growing interest

A pair of surveys shed light on how advisors want to use generative AI – and the biggest barriers holding them back.

By Leo Almazora
Citing 'egregious conduct,' Finra panel awards Stifel clients a stunning $132.5 million
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 13, 2025
Citing 'egregious conduct,' Finra panel awards Stifel clients a stunning $132.5 million

“The arbitration panel really threw the book at Stifel,” according to one plaintiff’s attorney.

By Bruce Kelly
What makes a great offsite?
OPINION MAR 13, 2025
What makes a great offsite?

Key ingredients to get the most out of staff meetings away from the office.

By Scott Hanson
Financial advisors respond to the rise in recession talk
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2025
Financial advisors respond to the rise in recession talk

Recession fears are rising, or at least more people are talking about the potential one. Here's what financial advisors are saying - and doing - about it.

By Gregg Greenberg