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Lawmakers include SECURE 2.0 in federal spending bill headed toward approval
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2022
Lawmakers include SECURE 2.0 in federal spending bill headed toward approval

The measure contains 92 retirement savings provisions — including increasing the RMD age, raising catch-up limits and expanding automatic enrollment — that give Republicans, Democrats and the financial industry plenty to love.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
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
INDEPENDENT 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
INDEPENDENT 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
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS 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
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
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS 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
The ESG rule, the SEC and sustainability
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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
INDEPENDENT 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
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
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
Lincoln Financial launches financial wellness marketplace
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 16, 2022
Lincoln Financial launches financial wellness marketplace

The first service offered in the marketplace will connect plan participants to student debt solutions.

By InvestmentNews
Fintech Bytes: STP acquires WealthSite, Docupace launches productivity tool kit
FINTECH DEC 16, 2022
Fintech Bytes: STP acquires WealthSite, Docupace launches productivity tool kit

Plus Stifel turns to KX to enhance analytics and decision making, and digital insurance brokerage Modern Life unveils a new platform for advisers.

By Ryan W. Neal
Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 16, 2022
Raymond James ordered to pay $12 million to Texas plane crash families

The pilot, Jeffrey Weiss, had been a financial adviser with Raymond James & Associates in Houston.

By Bruce Kelly
Blackstone nontraded REIT prompts SEC queries
ALTERNATIVES DEC 16, 2022
Blackstone nontraded REIT prompts SEC queries

After the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust and the Starwood Real Estate Income Trust limited redemptions, the SEC reached out to both firms to try to understand the events.

By Bloomberg
Delaying claiming Social Security beyond age 70
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 15, 2022
Delaying claiming Social Security beyond age 70

It sounds odd, since delayed retirement credits stop accumulating at age 70, but intentional late filing for benefits can shift income into the next tax year.

By Mary Beth Franklin