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Putnam planning 5 new active ESG-focused ETFs
ESG JUN 08, 2022
Putnam planning 5 new active ESG-focused ETFs

The new exchange-traded funds will serve as the underlying components for Putnam's ESG-focused target-date series, in addition to the company's existing Sustainable Leaders ETF and Sustainable Future ETF.

By InvestmentNews
Volatile market, worried clients keep advisers from unplugging this summer
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2022
Volatile market, worried clients keep advisers from unplugging this summer

Advisers may get away from the office physically, but during these uncertain times they can't leave work behind completely.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Group Plan Systems launches PEP
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2022
Group Plan Systems launches PEP

The plan documents are engineered to allow an employer to hire or fire 3(38) managers.

By InvestmentNews
Trouble with the IRS? Let an ERPA guide you
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2022
Trouble with the IRS? Let an ERPA guide you

A second-generation enrolled retirement plan agent explains how he helps companies smooth out plan problems with the IRS.

By Gregg Greenberg
SageView acquires $825 million RIA
RIAS JUN 08, 2022
SageView acquires $825 million RIA

kPlans, based in Valencia, California, is a retirement plan consultant with a focus on defined-benefit and cash balance plans.

By InvestmentNews
How advisers can drive growth in any environment
OPINION JUN 08, 2022
How advisers can drive growth in any environment

Here are some of advisers' best strategies for boosting growth, ranging from optimizing efficiency to engaging prospects.

By Kristine McManus
In its first RIA buy, Alera Group nearly quadruples its assets to $4.7 billion
RIAS JUN 08, 2022
In its first RIA buy, Alera Group nearly quadruples its assets to $4.7 billion

Private equity-backed Alera Group acquires $3.5 billion Wharton Business Group and says it plans to buy more firms.

By Jeff Benjamin
Advisers seeking a deal should look for a seat at the table
OPINION JUN 08, 2022
Advisers seeking a deal should look for a seat at the table

The wealth management space needs to move beyond traditional models and put advisers at the center of a firm's mission and purpose.

By Arthur Ambarik
Credit Suisse weighs new round of job cuts
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2022
Credit Suisse weighs new round of job cuts

The head count reductions would be part of a renewed push to cut costs after the bank warned of a second-quarter loss.

By InvestmentNews
6 best brokerages ranked by independent advisers: J.D. Power
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 08, 2022
6 best brokerages ranked by independent advisers: J.D. Power

See which brokerage firms are doing the best job of keeping independent advisers happy. J.D. Power surveyed more than 3,000 advisers, both independent and employee, for its annual survey on adviser satisfaction.

By InvestmentNews
Wells Fargo pauses diversity rules for hiring after report of sham interviews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 07, 2022
Wells Fargo pauses diversity rules for hiring after report of sham interviews

CEO Charlie Scharf said in a memo that the bank would halt the use of diversity guidelines for hiring as it reviews the reports of fake interviews.

By Bloomberg
Sweeping US crypto legislation targets stablecoins, mining
ALTERNATIVES JUN 07, 2022
Sweeping US crypto legislation targets stablecoins, mining

While chances of passage are slim ahead of November’s midterm elections, it could act as a starting point for negotiations next year.

By Bloomberg
Paxos to help broker-dealers introduce crypto trading to advisers
ALTERNATIVES JUN 07, 2022
Paxos to help broker-dealers introduce crypto trading to advisers

The blockchain infrastructure company is launching a business aimed at introducing cryptocurrency across a broker-dealer's workforce of financial advisers.

By Ryan W. Neal
Stretch IRAs still exist for some beneficiaries
IRA ALERT JUN 07, 2022
Stretch IRAs still exist for some beneficiaries

Although the SECURE Act eliminated stretch IRAs for most beneficiaries, replacing them with the 10-year post-death payout rule, some beneficiaries can still use a stretch IRA.

By Ed Slott
Vanguard survey highlights retirement complexity, 'Great Resignation' mobility
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2022
Vanguard survey highlights retirement complexity, 'Great Resignation' mobility

Vanguard's influential 'How America Saves' report shows 401(k) plan participants are facing increasingly complex financial situations and life events.

By Gregg Greenberg
Fending off taxes, fees and other state threats to adviser autonomy and growth
OPINION JUN 07, 2022
Fending off taxes, fees and other state threats to adviser autonomy and growth

Fees, financial literacy and the freedom to work as an independent contractor are all under debate in state legislatures — and relevant to the growth of advisers' practices

By Dale Brown
Key factors indicate imminent inflation relief
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2022
Key factors indicate imminent inflation relief

Prices are easing for forward-looking elements of manufacturing and shipping, which could ease inflation.

By Bloomberg
SEC weighs sending retail stock orders to auctions for execution
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 07, 2022
SEC weighs sending retail stock orders to auctions for execution

Changes would impact the exchange businesses which display prices and aggregate trading data.

By Bloomberg
Classic stock certificates offer break from bear market
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2022
Classic stock certificates offer break from bear market

Stocks have taken a beating recently, but the hobby of collecting old stock and bond certificates is going strong.

By Gregg Greenberg
Wirehouse recruiting losses have accelerated
WIREHOUSES JUN 07, 2022
Wirehouse recruiting losses have accelerated

In 2017, Morgan Stanley and UBS shook up the industry when they exited an agreement on recruiting brokers. Take a look at the data on brokers leaving the wirehouses before and after 2017.

By Bruce Kelly