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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
A prescription for advisers seeking to heal doctors with retirement woes
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2022
A prescription for advisers seeking to heal doctors with retirement woes

Doctors invest significant time and money into their careers upfront, which means starting out with a huge debt load. Meanwhile, their earnings don’t reach full potential until much later in life.

By Gregg Greenberg
Leading with intention, compassion creates a firm that attracts quality talent
OPINION DEC 20, 2022
Leading with intention, compassion creates a firm that attracts quality talent

When advisers are focused on the activities they enjoy, flexing their best skill set, they will win and be happy while doing it.

By Penny Phillips
Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge
BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2022
Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge

Accounting-oriented Strategic Planning Group is based in Fishers, Indiana.

By InvestmentNews
$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance
BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2022
$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance

Kansas-based Strategic Partners is affiliating with LPL through National Financial Alliance.

By InvestmentNews
Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion for mistreating customers
WIREHOUSES DEC 20, 2022
Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion for mistreating customers

The bank's settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deals with a variety of allegations and includes a $1.7 billion fine that's the biggest in CFPB history.

By Bloomberg
Gen Zers aiming to retire earlier than boomers, study shows
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 19, 2022
Gen Zers aiming to retire earlier than boomers, study shows

More than any other generation surveyed, members of Gen Z improved their financial habits during the pandemic, with 70% reporting higher savings over that time period.

By Gregg Greenberg
Thank you, 2022, from InvestmentNews
RIAS DEC 19, 2022
Thank you, 2022, from InvestmentNews

I’m grateful to have led the remarkable team at InvestmentNews as editor-in-chief in 2022, and we have great expectations for 2023.

By Paul Curcio
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.
Automatic e-delivery of investment documents gains bipartisan support
FINTECH DEC 19, 2022
Automatic e-delivery of investment documents gains bipartisan support

Legislation that would make electronic investor communication the default method for disclosures sends a message this year, but will have to be reintroduced next year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Dynasty IPO is still in the cards, Shirl Penney says
RIAS DEC 19, 2022
Dynasty IPO is still in the cards, Shirl Penney says

Despite Dynasty's sales of minority ownership stakes to Schwab and a private equity investor, a public stock offering is still the best long-term strategy for the platform, the CEO says.

By Jeff Benjamin
Prime Capital acquires $1.75 billion wealth planning firm
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 19, 2022
Prime Capital acquires $1.75 billion wealth planning firm

Liberty Wealth Advisors, led by James S. Gladney, has clients in more than 45 states.

By InvestmentNews
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.
This year should have been worse for broker-dealers
BROKER DEALERS DEC 19, 2022
This year should have been worse for broker-dealers

One of the big themes in 2022 was how well the broad retail wealth management industry has insulated itself from the downside of the bust part of the cycle.

By Bruce Kelly
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
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
Diversity imperatives snapped into focus
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 19, 2022
Diversity imperatives snapped into focus

Accountability for fulfilling vows of diversity and inclusion has been scarce, but a spate of new scholarship and outreach programs signaled progress.

By Joanne Cleaver
Ta-ta, TINA! The year in retirement investing
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 19, 2022
Ta-ta, TINA! The year in retirement investing

One thing every investor, and especially retirees, could plainly see was that they were making money for practically nothing each month or quarter for the first time in ages.

By Gregg Greenberg
Goldman weighs cutting up to 4,000 jobs
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 16, 2022
Goldman weighs cutting up to 4,000 jobs

CEO David Solomon is battling to contain a slump in profit and revenue after a costly expansion into consumer bank resulted in deep losses.

By Bloomberg