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Navigating regulatory challenges in subscription services
OPINION FEB 04, 2025
Navigating regulatory challenges in subscription services

Offering subscription-based services can bring in additional revenue, but advisors must also keep state and federal regulators' compliance expectations in mind.

Technology, personalization in focus for advisors amid wealth transfer risks
FINTECH FEB 04, 2025
Technology, personalization in focus for advisors amid wealth transfer risks

Orion surveys reveal how advisors' tech investments could be a make-or-break factor for retaining millennial clients.

By Leo Almazora
Apollo reports spike in alt sales through wealth management group
RIA NEWS FEB 04, 2025
Apollo reports spike in alt sales through wealth management group

Alternatives are quickly becoming a mainstream allocation in wealth management.

By Bruce Kelly
Savvy Wealth, Nitrogen tap veterans for new growth strategies
RIA NEWS FEB 04, 2025
Savvy Wealth, Nitrogen tap veterans for new growth strategies

The wealth tech platform providers are looking to reach more advisors and firms with key leadership additions to their respective leadership teams.

By Leo Almazora
SEC lawyers will need leadership's green light for formal probes
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 03, 2025
SEC lawyers will need leadership's green light for formal probes

In a move that risks slowing down enforcement, staff must reportedly first get a thumbs up from the commission's newly installed Republican-led leadership before formally undertaking investigations.

By Leo Almazora
iCapital forges alts platform partnership with Apollo
ALTERNATIVES FEB 03, 2025
iCapital forges alts platform partnership with Apollo

Collaboration comes as the alternatives-focused tech provider rolls out other enhancements to its leading portfolio construction tool.

By Leo Almazora
B. Riley plans to spin off investment bank taking shape
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 03, 2025
B. Riley plans to spin off investment bank taking shape

“Bryant Riley’s strength is that he’s an amazing dealmaker and originator,” an industry executive said.

By Bruce Kelly
LPL nabs $600M Osaic team to continue recruiting momentum
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 03, 2025
LPL nabs $600M Osaic team to continue recruiting momentum

The broker-dealer giant is pressing on with its strategy to attract advisors as a Connecticut-based team joins its network.

By Leo Almazora
Advisor AI startup Jump completes $20M Series A funding
FINTECH FEB 03, 2025
Advisor AI startup Jump completes $20M Series A funding

The firm founded by serial fintech entrepreneurs aims to capitalize on its rise to leadership with continued innovation and expanded capacity to meet demand.

By Leo Almazora
US pension system is among the best in the world, but there are nine better
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2025
US pension system is among the best in the world, but there are nine better

New analysis of 71 pension systems finds US approach needs some reform.

By Steve Randall
When higher fees build client trust
OPINION JAN 31, 2025
When higher fees build client trust

Advisors who compete with below market rates for their services might not be doing themselves any favors.

By Scott Hanson
Advisor industry bands together for pass-through deduction parity
RIA NEWS JAN 31, 2025
Advisor industry bands together for pass-through deduction parity

FSI, IAA, CFP Board, and other voices have coalesced to help even the playing field on taxes for independent financial professionals.

By Leo Almazora
Leave 401(k)s alone, ICI report urges policymakers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2025
Leave 401(k)s alone, ICI report urges policymakers

Investment Company Institute issues call to protect DC plans' tax perks and other benefits for American retirement savers.

By Leo Almazora
LPL, Raymond James report strong growth in last three months of 2024
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 31, 2025
LPL, Raymond James report strong growth in last three months of 2024

Broker-dealers also optimistic that gains will be seen in current quarter.

By Steve Randall
Alts shops have their eyes on advisors
RIA NEWS JAN 30, 2025
Alts shops have their eyes on advisors

An increasing proportion of alternatives, from fully liquid to illiquid, will be sold in the wealth management channel in the coming years, according to Fuse Research. Traditional asset managers are cranking out products, and PE firms are warming up to advisors.

By Emile Hallez
Orion, Pontera strike new integration partnership
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2025
Orion, Pontera strike new integration partnership

The collaboration, billed as an industry first, will streamlines advisors' ability to manage 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and other held-away retirement accounts.

By Leo Almazora
Southwest Airlines hit with ERISA class action over alleged 401(k) fund mismanagement
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 29, 2025
Southwest Airlines hit with ERISA class action over alleged 401(k) fund mismanagement

The lawsuit filed in Texas says the carrier's failure to remove an underperforming fund option, which holds over $2 billion in assets, has cost plan members millions.

By Leo Almazora
$1B Salient Wealth Planning Group joins LPL from Osaic
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 29, 2025
$1B Salient Wealth Planning Group joins LPL from Osaic

The broker-dealer titan is expanding its footprint in the West Coast with a veteran-founded high-net-worth practice.

By Leo Almazora
Annuity sales surged to a $432.4B high in 2024
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2025
Annuity sales surged to a $432.4B high in 2024

Limra figures reveal third straight year of record sales, with demand for fixed-rate deferred annuities declining and robust momentum in RILAs.

By Leo Almazora
KKR hires exec to focus on 401(k) market
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2025
KKR hires exec to focus on 401(k) market

The firm in December brought on its first head of defined contribution, signifying a focus to get into 401(k)s and other plans meaningfully.

By Emile Hallez