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Advisers misjudge client interest in annuities: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2020
Advisers misjudge client interest in annuities: Survey

Consumers are interested in guaranteed income products, but not when they're called annuities

By Emile Hallez
Partnership gives family offices greater access to private markets
FINTECH JUN 09, 2020
Partnership gives family offices greater access to private markets

ShareNett, an investment platform for family offices, announced a partnership with digital trading platform ClearList

By Bloomberg
Her Voice Matters: Inspiring change with shareholder advocacy
OPINION JUN 09, 2020
Her Voice Matters: Inspiring change with shareholder advocacy

Advisers can help clients push companies to deliver on ESG criteria

By Kristin Hull
How to profitably serve mass affluent clients
OPINION JUN 09, 2020
How to profitably serve mass affluent clients

It takes efficient systems, technology and people to make this approach work

By Scott Hanson
6 ways to build client relationships during crises
OPINION JUN 09, 2020
6 ways to build client relationships during crises

Everyone feels vulnerable during the panic, so here are some ways to help your clients cope

By Amy Florian
What an RIA should think about if it's considering disclosing a PPP loan
OPINION JUN 08, 2020
What an RIA should think about if it's considering disclosing a PPP loan

Examining the Securities and Exchange Commission's response to a question on this topic can provide some guidance

By Matt Boos
Formula for change
OPINION JUN 08, 2020
Formula for change

Most of the time what’s holding you back from making a change is fear of some far-fetched negative outcome or, worse still, the dreaded unknown

By Stephanie Bogan
Pru is one contender for MassMutual's retirement business
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2020
Pru is one contender for MassMutual's retirement business

There's considerable overlap in the types of defined-contribution plans the two companies serve, particularly in the Taft-Hartley, government and nonprofit areas

By Emile Hallez
Merrill Lynch rolls out tech-driven adviser workstation
FINTECH JUN 08, 2020
Merrill Lynch rolls out tech-driven adviser workstation

With the tool, advisers can personalize the work experience from connecting with clients to customizing data figures

By Nicole Casperson
SEC bars adviser charged with fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 08, 2020
SEC bars adviser charged with fraud

Tamara Steele and her Indianapolis-based firm, Steele Financial, agreed to disgorgement of $845,760 and a $75,000 civil penalty

By InvestmentNews
INmail: Switching between retirement and survivor benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2020
INmail: Switching between retirement and survivor benefits

Could I stop collecting my retirement benefit, switch to my survivors benefit and then switch back to my retirement benefit at age 70?

By Mary Beth Franklin
Trio managing $370 million exits Wells Fargo for LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 08, 2020
Trio managing $370 million exits Wells Fargo for LPL

The Springfield, Ill., employee brokers are affiliating through the Private Advisor Group, one of LPL's largest OSJs

By InvestmentNews
MassMutual looks to sell retirement biz: report
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2020
MassMutual looks to sell retirement biz: report

The financial services firm sold its OppenheimerFunds business a couple of years ago

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley adds to bet on steepening yield curve
WIREHOUSES JUN 08, 2020
Morgan Stanley adds to bet on steepening yield curve

The firm's strategists say that with the U.S. economy improving, 10-year Treasury rates will become a key driver

By Bloomberg
RIAs taking PPP loans is not so black and white
OPINION JUN 07, 2020
RIAs taking PPP loans is not so black and white

Some in the industry are questioning whether it's appropriate for advisers to accept these forgivable loans

By InvestmentNews
Retirement worries rise most for women during pandemic
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 05, 2020
Retirement worries rise most for women during pandemic

Already facing greater retirement-security challenges, women said the crisis has put them farther behind, according to a recent survey

By Emile Hallez
Finra's fine proceeds to upgrade technology, track trading, educate investors
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 05, 2020
Finra's fine proceeds to upgrade technology, track trading, educate investors

The self-regulator used $39.5 million in fines plus another $31.6 million from reserves for the initiatives

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Court says fraud will cost Navellier more than $31 million
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 05, 2020
Court says fraud will cost Navellier more than $31 million

The SEC case alleged the firm and its founder knew, but didn’t tell, about misrepresentations of fund performance

By InvestmentNews
Finra adds human resources officer
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 05, 2020
Finra adds human resources officer

Rainia Washington becomes the lone African-American executive at the regulator

By Jeff Benjamin
Goldman executive has advice for his white colleagues
OPINION JUN 05, 2020
Goldman executive has advice for his white colleagues

Frederick Baba, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, recalls a litany of black deaths and the protests that followed

By Frederick Baba