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$450M team joins Raymond James from Merrill
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 27, 2024
$450M team joins Raymond James from Merrill

The Winter Park, Florida-based wealth practice caters to retirees, business owners, and aerospace and defense industry execs.

By Leo Almazora
LPL lands $1B team from Merrill Lynch
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 27, 2024
LPL lands $1B team from Merrill Lynch

The Pennsylvania-based private wealth team works with high-net-worth families, business owners, professionals and executives.

By Leo Almazora
B. Riley client misses payment to investors in collapsed fund
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 27, 2024
B. Riley client misses payment to investors in collapsed fund

The claim by a trustee overseeing the settlement is the latest twist in the failure of Prophecy Asset Management, where Brian Kahn, a B. Riley client, allegedly ran up massive losses.

By Bloomberg
Partnership announced that aims to transform RIA channel
FINTECH FEB 27, 2024
Partnership announced that aims to transform RIA channel

Invesco and Vestmark combine forces to enable greater portfolio personalization and tax management.

By Steve Randall
Showing how good or bad luck shapes retirement lifestyles
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2024
Showing how good or bad luck shapes retirement lifestyles

IncomePath software from Tamiko Toland and Michael Finke was inspired by the work of William Sharpe.

By Emile Hallez
New Fidelity benefit aims to help relieve student loan burden
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2024
New Fidelity benefit aims to help relieve student loan burden

The program enables employers to match workers' student loan repayments with contributions to their 401(k) accounts to help them save for retirement while paying down student debt.

By Gregg Greenberg
REIT sales tank, BDCs roll at start of 2024: Report
ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2024
REIT sales tank, BDCs roll at start of 2024: Report

Financial advisors' clients are turning to business development companies for better yields.

By Bruce Kelly
Cetera sweetens advisor growth offering with industry-first guarantee
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 26, 2024
Cetera sweetens advisor growth offering with industry-first guarantee

The broker-dealer giant is providing a money-back guarantee to newly affiliated advisors and firms.

By Leo Almazora
Michigan workers could gain retirement lifeline with auto-IRA proposal
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2024
Michigan workers could gain retirement lifeline with auto-IRA proposal

The state is the latest to move to fill the gap in employer-sponsored retirement programs.

By Leo Almazora
Most near-retirees lacking in Social Security knowledge
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2024
Most near-retirees lacking in Social Security knowledge

Quiz of 1,500 Americans exposes concerning gaps in what they know about retirement income and their estate planning readiness.

By Leo Almazora
Father-son team shares tips for business, relationship success
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 26, 2024
Father-son team shares tips for business, relationship success

UBS wealth manager Hannes Grascher was extremely careful when he brought his son Max onto his team.

By Gregg Greenberg
The case for PE in 401(k)s isn’t clear at all, new research finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2024
The case for PE in 401(k)s isn’t clear at all, new research finds

There’s no correlation between pension plans’ use of private equity and their performance, Morningstar finds.

By Emile Hallez
Don’t rush to open private equity floodgates
OPINION FEB 26, 2024
Don’t rush to open private equity floodgates

Change is in the air over what constitutes an accredited investor but how far should the industry go?

By InvestmentNews
Alt managers priming the retail sales pump for 2024
ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2024
Alt managers priming the retail sales pump for 2024

As investors pull money out of real estate investment trusts, asset managers are rolling out new products to get in front of financial advisors.

By Bruce Kelly
Chicago RIA unveils partnership with iCapital
ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2024
Chicago RIA unveils partnership with iCapital

The collaboration will allow the firm to offer more alternative invesstments to clients.

By Leo Almazora
A future without 401(k)s? Advisors don't like that one bit
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2024
A future without 401(k)s? Advisors don't like that one bit

401(k) accounts encourage workers to save, and changing the tax preferences could have a deleterious effect on retirement investing, advisors say.

By Emile Hallez
LPL inks deal for Wintrust wealth management businesses
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 23, 2024
LPL inks deal for Wintrust wealth management businesses

Roughly $16 billion of brokerage and advisory assets are set to change hands in the acquisition.

By Leo Almazora
SEC wants LPL to pony up $50 million over messaging apps, texts
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 23, 2024
SEC wants LPL to pony up $50 million over messaging apps, texts

'The large size of such fines underscores the point that regulators want this behavior to change quickly,' a compliance executive notes.

By Bruce Kelly
Envestnet sees Q4 bump with surge in nonrecurring revenue
FINTECH FEB 23, 2024
Envestnet sees Q4 bump with surge in nonrecurring revenue

The company’s annual revenue was virtually unchanged from 2022 even as it faced challenges from ballooning operating expenses.

By Leo Almazora
Wells Fargo appoints 34-year veteran to lead growing independent channel
WIREHOUSES FEB 23, 2024
Wells Fargo appoints 34-year veteran to lead growing independent channel

New leader will focus on growing market share for firm’s WIM business.

By Steve Randall