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Price tag for Trump tax cuts swells to $4.6T
TAX MAY 08, 2024
Price tag for Trump tax cuts swells to $4.6T

Estimates from Congressional Budget Office project renewed fiscal measures will more than double the cost of the original 2017 cuts.

By Bloomberg
Financial advisors pipe up on private credit allocations
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2024
Financial advisors pipe up on private credit allocations

Advisors say private credit is a great way to add to diversification to a client portfolio, despite often lacking liquidity.

By Gregg Greenberg
Wealthspire to snap up all-women practice in Ohio
RIAS MAY 08, 2024
Wealthspire to snap up all-women practice in Ohio

The New York-based RIA is extending its Midwestern presence with plans to acquire the $420M independent serving multigenerational clients.

By Leo Almazora
Raymond James boosts Northeast presence with $800M team
ADVISOR MOVES MAY 08, 2024
Raymond James boosts Northeast presence with $800M team

The five-advisor group based in Massachusetts has joined the firm’s independent advisor unit after being affiliated with Commonwealth.

By Leo Almazora
AdvicePay eyes next growth chapter with new president
FINTECH MAY 08, 2024
AdvicePay eyes next growth chapter with new president

The fintech platform catering to fee-for-service financial planners has elevated a key team member to its executive leadership.

By Leo Almazora
LPL completes deal for Crown Capital’s $5B wealth business
RIAS MAY 08, 2024
LPL completes deal for Crown Capital’s $5B wealth business

The deal for the Orange County, California-based firm’s wealth business is set to add around 125 advisors to LPL.

By Leo Almazora
The return of client events
OPINION MAY 08, 2024
The return of client events

Events are a great way to strengthen your bond with clients, and registrations and attendance have come roaring back.

By Scott Hanson
Fossil fuels, food, and farming - investors need to look through the same lens
OPINION MAY 08, 2024
Fossil fuels, food, and farming - investors need to look through the same lens

The travails of meatpacking company JBS is a warning to investors, who must stay attuned to the risks associated with similar stock.

By Annie Sanders
Wealth Enhancement Group adds $809M California advisor team
ADVISOR MOVES MAY 08, 2024
Wealth Enhancement Group adds $809M California advisor team

Fourth firm to join WEG this year takes its total AUM to near $83B.

By Steve Randall
'Federal law is not a suggestion' CFPB warns as fintech to pay $4.55M
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2024
'Federal law is not a suggestion' CFPB warns as fintech to pay $4.55M

The agency has issued a stark warning to financial firms.

By Steve Randall
FTX victims could recoup total losses plus interest
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2024
FTX victims could recoup total losses plus interest

Collapsed crypto exchange has more cash than it needs for creditors.

By Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley cautious about China stock rally
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2024
Morgan Stanley cautious about China stock rally

Wall Street strategists favor individual, thematics rather than index.

By Bloomberg
Real estate investors gain as rents stay higher for longer
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2024
Real estate investors gain as rents stay higher for longer

US, Canada among markets where rents are likely to be last to fall.

By Bloomberg
Jay-Z's no 'Cowboy Carter' as Pendulum investment deal nears
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2024
Jay-Z's no 'Cowboy Carter' as Pendulum investment deal nears

Marcy Venture Partners in advanced talks for 'California merge 'em'.

By Bloomberg
Banking giant hoping for “global resolution” to drug-money probes
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 07, 2024
Banking giant hoping for “global resolution” to drug-money probes

The financial titan’s CEO urges employees to “hold heads high” as it faces anti-money-laundering actions from multiple regulators.

By Bloomberg
$585M Wells Fargo team hops to Ohio-based RIA
RIAS MAY 07, 2024
$585M Wells Fargo team hops to Ohio-based RIA

Advising high-net-worth families and individuals, the two veterans are breaking away from the wirehouse giant to join the $2.5B independent.

By Leo Almazora
LPL expands in the Northeast with $830M team
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2024
LPL expands in the Northeast with $830M team

Serving multigenerational clients, the three former Janney Montgomery Scott advisors in Connecticut include a 46-year industry veteran.

By Leo Almazora
After losing arbitration, brokers file bankruptcy
BROKER DEALERS MAY 07, 2024
After losing arbitration, brokers file bankruptcy

"Another schlocky broker-dealer gets hit with an arbitration award and the owner and everyone else declare bankruptcy," said one attorney.

By Bruce Kelly
Breaking the $90K college barrier
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2024
Breaking the $90K college barrier

University costs are eye-watering for parents, but the new stratospheric prices offer advisors an opportunity to provide real value to clients and their families.

By Gregg Greenberg
If it’s a rollover, it’s fiduciary
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 07, 2024
If it’s a rollover, it’s fiduciary

The new fiduciary rule will pull a lot of brokers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and harkens back to the levelized compensation from the 2016 rule.

By Emile Hallez