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5 ways to win clients’ trust
OPINION JUN 22, 2021
5 ways to win clients’ trust

With trust at the foundation of the client acquisition process, everything you say and do is being evaluated by potential clients — for good or for bad.

By Robert Sofia
Wells Fargo team managing $800M joins Snowden Lane
RIA NEWS JUN 22, 2021
Wells Fargo team managing $800M joins Snowden Lane

Led by Tony Esses, the group based in Coral Gables, Florida, focuses on Argentinian investors.

By InvestmentNews
Betterment rolls out a prepackaged tech stack for RIAs
FINTECH JUN 22, 2021
Betterment rolls out a prepackaged tech stack for RIAs

Betterment tapped RIA in a Box, RightCapital, and Wealthbox to provide new and breakaway RIAs a predetermined tech stack.

By Nicole Casperson
Banks' robust capital mitigates risks, regulators tell Biden
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 21, 2021
Banks' robust capital mitigates risks, regulators tell Biden

At a meeting at the White House Monday, regulators including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler reassured the president that the financial system is doing well.

By Bloomberg
Maine legislature passes auto IRA bill
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 21, 2021
Maine legislature passes auto IRA bill

The Maine Retirement Savings Program would allow private-sector workers to contribute to a Roth IRA from their paychecks. The bill has gone to Maine Gov. Janet Mills.

By InvestmentNews
Supreme Court's Goldman decision declared a win by investor advocates
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 21, 2021
Supreme Court's Goldman decision declared a win by investor advocates

Remanding the shareholder suit against Goldman to the appeals court leaves unresolved questions about the legal weight of conflict-of-interest pledges.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Gen Xers are most likely to buy annuities: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 21, 2021
Gen Xers are most likely to buy annuities: Survey

Pensions are all but nonexistent for younger workers, and many are worried about cuts to Social Security.

By Emile Hallez
Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 21, 2021
Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL

The six-adviser group led by Larry Boggs is forming Boggs & Co. Wealth Management in Cumberland, Maryland.

By InvestmentNews
Berthel Fischer sees sharp decline in commissions, turns to building RIA
RIA NEWS JUN 21, 2021
Berthel Fischer sees sharp decline in commissions, turns to building RIA

Revenues have dropped sharply, by as much as 40%, at the broker-dealer over the past seven years as the industry moved away from commissions on alternative investments to recurring revenue from managed money products.

By Bruce Kelly
Orion adds behavioral finance to its adviser tech
FINTECH JUN 21, 2021
Orion adds behavioral finance to its adviser tech

Orion rolls out the first tech tool that incorporates its merger with Brinker Capital and its acquisition of risk management software HiddenLevers. The tool helps firms understand investors' emotional reactions to market volatility.

By Nicole Casperson
Supreme Court gives Goldman chance to end shareholder suit
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 21, 2021
Supreme Court gives Goldman chance to end shareholder suit

The justices set aside a federal appeals court ruling in a lawsuit that accuses the company of misleading shareholders by masking conflicts of interest related to mortgage-backed securities it sold. Goldman argued the case made it too easy for shareholders to press class-action fraud suits.

By Bloomberg
A tireless retirement team
OPINION JUN 21, 2021
A tireless retirement team

Retirement is a beat that’s covered extensively by InvestmentNews, and this week's edition is no exception.

By Paul Curcio
There’s no room for crypto in employee 401(k) plans
OPINION JUN 21, 2021
There’s no room for crypto in employee 401(k) plans

Digital assets are slowly being accepted by big financial firms, but given the critical role that 401(k)s play in building Americans’ retirement savings, the plans should be one of the last places to sign up for crypto.

By InvestmentNews
Rhode Island enacts financial literacy legislation
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 18, 2021
Rhode Island enacts financial literacy legislation

The state’s students will receive personal finance education before graduating from high school.

By InvestmentNews
ESG getting nods from institutions. Why does it lag in 403(b)s?
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 18, 2021
ESG getting nods from institutions. Why does it lag in 403(b)s?

Much like 401(k)s, 403(b) plans have very little explicit consideration for environmental, social and governance criteria. An estimated 1% of plan assets are in ESG funds.

By Emile Hallez
Insurance-focused B-D received $550,400 PPP loan last year
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 18, 2021
Insurance-focused B-D received $550,400 PPP loan last year

The sum, received by The Leaders Group Inc., appears to be in the middle range of government loans received by privately held broker-dealers who obtained Covid-19 business relief.

By Bruce Kelly
U.S. sues to block Aon’s $30 billion Willis Towers deal
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 18, 2021
U.S. sues to block Aon’s $30 billion Willis Towers deal

The Justice Department says the deal, which would create the world's largest insurance brokerage, is anticompetitive.

By Bloomberg
First state to require divestment of fossil fuels
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 18, 2021
First state to require divestment of fossil fuels

New law will require Maine treasury and giant pension fund to dump coal, oil and gas holdings by 2026.

By Bloomberg
Looking through the eyes of another
OPINION JUN 18, 2021
Looking through the eyes of another

Empathy is a good beginning, but it needs to be accompanied by action.

By Lee Baker
Bank of America makes Juneteenth a holiday, joining JPMorgan, Wells Fargo
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2021
Bank of America makes Juneteenth a holiday, joining JPMorgan, Wells Fargo

The banks told U.S. employees they'll receive a floating paid day off to mark the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., which President Biden signed into law Thursday.

By Bloomberg