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Here's what your clients need to ask themselves before retiring
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 03, 2022
Here's what your clients need to ask themselves before retiring

T. Rowe Price retirement expert Stuart Ritter explains what individuals need to learn about themselves — both financially and nonfinancially — as they plan for retirement.

By Gregg Greenberg
SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for endorsing crypto token on Instagram
ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2022
SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for endorsing crypto token on Instagram

The securities watchdog said she broke US rules by not disclosing she was paid for the promotion.

By Bloomberg
Credit Suisse attempts to reassure markets backfire as stock hits fresh low
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2022
Credit Suisse attempts to reassure markets backfire as stock hits fresh low

CEO Ulrich Koerner had sought to calm employees and the markets over the weekend only to see his carefully worded memo have the opposite effect.

By Bloomberg
3 Questions to Ask Retirement Clients About Their Real Estate Investments
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2022
3 Questions to Ask Retirement Clients About Their Real Estate Investments

Too many advisers skip over investment property, missing the potential to create a stronger financial plan and ignoring a potential retirement income source.

By InvestmentNews Create
Independent Financial Partners to offer Sallus pooled 401(k)s
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2022
Independent Financial Partners to offer Sallus pooled 401(k)s

The Sallus pooled employer 401(k) plan is aimed at small to midsize businesses.

By InvestmentNews
Finra sanctions reform means larger firms could see tougher penalties
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2022
Finra sanctions reform means larger firms could see tougher penalties

The self-regulator formally removes the $310,000 ceiling on the fines that can be imposed on midsize and big brokerages.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Stay the course despite market volatility, says T. Rowe Price
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2022
Stay the course despite market volatility, says T. Rowe Price

Study finds 95% of retirement plan participants made no changes to investments in year’s first half.

By InvestmentNews
SEC charges ex-LPL broker with stealing $1.3 million from elderly client
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2022
SEC charges ex-LPL broker with stealing $1.3 million from elderly client

Bradley A. Goodbred, who's based in suburban Chicago, allegedly defrauded a client who's now 97 and suffers from dementia.

By Bruce Kelly
RBC to offer small-business pooled retirement plan
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2022
RBC to offer small-business pooled retirement plan

Transamerica will serve as the plan's record keeper and Ascensus' FuturePlan will be the third-party administrator.

By InvestmentNews
Finra expels New York-based NYPPEX for securities fraud
ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2022
Finra expels New York-based NYPPEX for securities fraud

The firm's former CEO, Laurence Allen, is barred and its current CEO, Michael Schunk, is suspended.

By InvestmentNews
Five advisers honored by Invest in Others Foundation
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 30, 2022
Five advisers honored by Invest in Others Foundation

The foundation, which recognizes the community-minded efforts of financial advisers, will donate a total of $275,000 to the charities with which the honoree volunteers work.

By InvestmentNews
Senate confirms Lisa Gomez as assistant secretary of Labor, EBSA head
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 29, 2022
Senate confirms Lisa Gomez as assistant secretary of Labor, EBSA head

She takes the helm of the agency that oversees employee retirement plans as it is writing another iteration of an investment advice rule.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
IAA members encourage lawmakers to kill AML rider, pass Secure 2.0
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 29, 2022
IAA members encourage lawmakers to kill AML rider, pass Secure 2.0

The organization representing SEC-registered advisers held its advocacy day on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisers and clients slammed by Hurricane Ian
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 29, 2022
Advisers and clients slammed by Hurricane Ian

Florida, full of retirees looking for sunshine and low state taxes, is also densely populated with financial advisers.

By Bruce Kelly and Ryan W. Neal
Wealth Enhancement Group acquires Ohio hybrid
RIAS SEP 29, 2022
Wealth Enhancement Group acquires Ohio hybrid

Cincinnati-based Bohmer Kilcoyne Wealth Management manages $677 million.

By InvestmentNews
LPL offers advisers access to broker-savvy bookkeepers
BROKER DEALERS SEP 29, 2022
LPL offers advisers access to broker-savvy bookkeepers

The bookkeeping service, which aims to boost advisers' efficiency and productivity, follows LPL's offering earlier this year of a paraplanner service.

By InvestmentNews
From the Great Resignation to unretirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 28, 2022
From the Great Resignation to unretirement

Boomerang workers may have to rethink their plans for claiming Social Security.

By Mary Beth Franklin
SEC's Gensler says investors don’t distinguish between advisers, brokers
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 28, 2022
SEC's Gensler says investors don’t distinguish between advisers, brokers

The agency's chair implies at an Investment Adviser Association conference that investors should receive best-interest advice regardless of which type of financial professional they work with.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Wells Fargo facing class action over 401(k) stock purchases
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 28, 2022
Wells Fargo facing class action over 401(k) stock purchases

Three plan participants are suing the bank, alleging that it overpaid for company stock in its employees’ retirement plan.

By Gregg Greenberg
The opportunity presented by middle-class millionaires
OPINION SEP 28, 2022
The opportunity presented by middle-class millionaires

Instead of pursuing ultra-high-net-worth clients, more advisers should target the largest group in need of wealth management advice in America.

By Scott Hanson