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Market risk, longevity still worry plan participants
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2021
Market risk, longevity still worry plan participants

About 40% of retirement plan participants say they're unsure how to make their money last, an American Century study finds.

By InvestmentNews
HSAs keep growing, but employer support lags, report finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2021
HSAs keep growing, but employer support lags, report finds

Just over a third of companies that have high-deductible health plans automatically enroll workers covered by those plans into HSAs, the report from PSCA notes. About 15% of those enrolled in eligible plans do not participate in HSAs.

By Emile Hallez
Wealthtech funding drops 21% to $4.4 billion in Q2
FINTECH AUG 10, 2021
Wealthtech funding drops 21% to $4.4 billion in Q2

Despite the slump, 12 wealthtechs raised mega-rounds and a growing interest in alternative investment platforms also drove funding in adviser technology.

By Nicole Casperson
DPL and tech firm launch online insurance marketplace
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2021
DPL and tech firm launch online insurance marketplace

The platform, called the SS&C Advent Insurance Marketplace, allows advisers to access a range of fee-only products through Black Diamond Wealth Platform and DPL's proprietary Product Discovery tools.

By InvestmentNews
SEC accuses adviser of scamming $700,000 from sect members
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 10, 2021
SEC accuses adviser of scamming $700,000 from sect members

Evarist Amah of New Rochelle, New York, is charged with producing phony statements to fleece co-religionists.

By InvestmentNews
How COLA affects Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2021
How COLA affects Social Security benefits

Those 62 and older profit from cost-of-living adjustments even if they're not yet collecting benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Group-of-plans model good alternative for those waiting on PEPs
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2021
Group-of-plans model good alternative for those waiting on PEPs

The model provides simplicity, with a single investment lineup, and also offers record-keeping pricing advantages.

By Fred Barstein
CI Financial acquires $3.4 billion Ohio-based RIA
RIA NEWS AUG 10, 2021
CI Financial acquires $3.4 billion Ohio-based RIA

The addition of Budros Ruhlin & Roe will give the Toronto-based aggregator a total of $74 billion in U.S. wealth management assets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Driving diversity and inclusion in the independent financial services industry
OPINION AUG 10, 2021
Driving diversity and inclusion in the independent financial services industry

To fulfill our mission of expanding access to financial advice to all corners of the country, our membership and our profession must reflect the makeup of our overall society.

By Dale Brown
American Express returns to financial planning
FINTECH AUG 09, 2021
American Express returns to financial planning

The company unveiled a new tool, called My Financial Plan, that is certainly akin to the work done by financial advisers, but is stressing publicly that it is not eying an avenue back into the wealth management business.

By Bruce Kelly
Morgan Stanley bucks trend of more advisers leaving wirehouses
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 09, 2021
Morgan Stanley bucks trend of more advisers leaving wirehouses

The company maintained its healthy recruiting pace over the first two quarters of the year even as losses continued to mount among its wirehouse competitors.

By Devin McGinley
How fintechs are tackling racial and gender wealth gaps
FINTECH AUG 09, 2021
How fintechs are tackling racial and gender wealth gaps

Fintechs have the opportunity to confront race and gender wealth gaps by creating more opportunities for wealth building and investing.

By Nicole Casperson
Indies managing $376 million switch to Securities America
RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2021
Indies managing $376 million switch to Securities America

Robert Batick moves from Westport Capital, while Norman Coates made the switch from LPL Financial.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley liable for trading Apple stock without customer's consent
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 09, 2021
Morgan Stanley liable for trading Apple stock without customer's consent

The three-person, all-public panel awarded the investor $640,747, mostly in compensatory damages, but denied punitive damages, according to a Finra arbitration award.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
A chance meeting leads an adviser to a bountiful niche practice
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2021
A chance meeting leads an adviser to a bountiful niche practice

As a rookie adviser, Vidal Peoples met a doctor in need of comprehensive financial planning. He taps into the kind of professionals whose incomes can skyrocket but are also saddled with mountains of student loan debt.

By Jeff Benjamin
Merrill Lynch veteran Michelle Avan dies
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 09, 2021
Merrill Lynch veteran Michelle Avan dies

Avan recently became SVP and head of global women's and under-represented talent strategy, global human resources for Bank of America.

By Liz Skinner
Nasdaq wins SEC support for plan to diversify boards
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2021
Nasdaq wins SEC support for plan to diversify boards

The exchange will direct its listed companies to pursue board diversity — by having at least one female board member and at least one who identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ — or explain why they don’t.

By Bloomberg
Why adviser groups won't completely shun lawmakers who voted to overturn the 2020 election
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 06, 2021
Why adviser groups won't completely shun lawmakers who voted to overturn the 2020 election

The Investment Adviser Association isn't giving to the 147 legislators who voted to decertify presidential results. The Investment Company Institute has suspended donations for now. Other groups left the door open.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Envestnet bolsters $315 billion AUM with expanded services
FINTECH AUG 06, 2021
Envestnet bolsters $315 billion AUM with expanded services

The leading TAMP by assets is racking up the number of advisers on its platform and new accounts are opening at a faster pace than prior quarters, said CEO Bill Crager in an earnings call.

By Nicole Casperson
Washington state testing long-term care program
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2021
Washington state testing long-term care program

The effort, WA Cares, is the first of its kind in the US and could serve as a model for other states.

By Emile Hallez