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Goldman Sachs is getting into Bitcoin — who’s next?
ALTERNATIVES APR 01, 2021
Goldman Sachs is getting into Bitcoin — who’s next?

Goldman Sachs enters the race to offer wealth management clients access to Bitcoin following Morgan Stanley. Which wirehouse could be next?

By Nicole Casperson
SageView buys retirement plan practice of Oregon firm
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 01, 2021
SageView buys retirement plan practice of Oregon firm

Arnerich Massena is shedding retirement assets to focus on private wealth management, endowments and foundations.

By InvestmentNews
Latest levered ETFs offer triple market performance — with a catch
EQUITIES APR 01, 2021
Latest levered ETFs offer triple market performance — with a catch

The flipside of the new Innovator Capital Management products is the performance is capped and they can be more expensive than some of the cheaper indexed options.

By Jeff Benjamin
Captrust acquires RIA managing $700 million
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 01, 2021
Captrust acquires RIA managing $700 million

Pacific Investment Consultants is based in Folsom, California.

By InvestmentNews
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Planning
OPINION APR 01, 2021
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Planning

In the final part of a three-part series, the authors examine planning's role in the changing preferences of next-generation clients.

By Alvina Lo and Stephanie Luedke
Trends in high-performing financial adviser teams
OPINION APR 01, 2021
Trends in high-performing financial adviser teams

“Mega teams” with the scale to grow, greater diversity, sophisticated tools and the flexibility to adapt to any environment will lead the way.

By Sterling Shea
In-plan income is key to retirement security
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2021
In-plan income is key to retirement security

Not having a retirement income solution within a DC plan is like having the pilots on a commercial flight parachute off midflight, forcing passengers to land the plane.

By Fred Barstein
Interactive Brokers, Schwab plan to fight $4.6 million arbitration award
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 31, 2021
Interactive Brokers, Schwab plan to fight $4.6 million arbitration award

The companies are concerned about bias on the arbitration panel. But an attorney for the claimants said the two failed to warn investors of red flags detected in their accounts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Wave of PEPs hits the market
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2021
Wave of PEPs hits the market

In the past week alone, at least three PEPs have been announced. Those include plans from American Trust, Access Retirement Solutions and a new entity from venture capital firm Magis Capital Partners, Sallus Retirement.

By Emile Hallez
3 principles for growing your firm
OPINION MAR 31, 2021
3 principles for growing your firm

We’ve gone from $2 billion to over $10 billion in AUM in four years because we’ve consistently adhered to three broad principles: Everything must be repeatable, measurable and scalable.

By Scott Hanson
SEI acquires defunct adviser fintech platform Oranj
FINTECH MAR 31, 2021
SEI acquires defunct adviser fintech platform Oranj

Oranj founder David Lyon is joining SEI along with 13 engineers, developers, cloud specialists and client service personnel. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

By Nicole Casperson
SEC charges Kansas RIA with defrauding clients
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 31, 2021
SEC charges Kansas RIA with defrauding clients

The complaint also alleges that Douglas E. Elstun misled clients about his trading in high risk, daily leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds by failing to disclose the substantial risks of buying and holding these products.

By InvestmentNews
Demographics, Covid speed looming retirement crisis
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2021
Demographics, Covid speed looming retirement crisis

A report from the Alliance for Lifetime Income calls for new retirement income model that includes annuities.

By Mary Beth Franklin
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Asset allocation
OPINION MAR 31, 2021
The changing preferences of next-gen clients: Asset allocation

In the second of a three-part series, the authors examine the importance of asset allocation in the changing preferences of next-gen clients.

By Alvina Lo and Stephanie Luedke
Adapting to the changing preferences of next-gen clients
OPINION MAR 30, 2021
Adapting to the changing preferences of next-gen clients

The first of a three-part series breaks down important preferences of next-gen clients as wealth managers manage the transfer of wealth.

By Alvina Lo and Stephanie Luedke
Merrill Lynch advisers can now send video account summaries
FINTECH MAR 30, 2021
Merrill Lynch advisers can now send video account summaries

Say goodbye to PDF documents and hello to narrated and personalized videos for client accounts.

By Nicole Casperson
CARES Act distributions unlikely to be paid back, report finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2021
CARES Act distributions unlikely to be paid back, report finds

That will likely have a lasting effect on retirement savings for those workers, nearly 70% of whom said they will not pay back any portion of the distributions they took under the CARES Act, according to data from Principal Financial Services.

By Emile Hallez
Retirement plan aggregator Captrust shores up wealth management business
RIA NEWS MAR 30, 2021
Retirement plan aggregator Captrust shores up wealth management business

With $600 billion in assets under advisement, Captrust has appointed a head of wealth management to lead the growing $24 billion under management business.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wall Street banks summoned by regulators over Hwang’s blowup
ALTERNATIVES MAR 30, 2021
Wall Street banks summoned by regulators over Hwang’s blowup

The Securities and Exchange Commission summoned the banks for hasty meetings on what triggered the forced sale of more than $20 billion of stocks linked to Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management.

By Bloomberg
Former rep sentenced to more than 17 years for defrauding clients
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2021
Former rep sentenced to more than 17 years for defrauding clients

He was suspended by the Certified Financial Planners Board of Standards in 2013, and was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking in 2015.

By InvestmentNews