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Equally Weighting within Sectors: Impact and Potential Applications
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2023
Equally Weighting within Sectors: Impact and Potential Applications

The outperformance of equal weight indices is well documented, especially for the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index’s 20 years of live history.

By Hamish Preston, Director, U.S. Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices
JPMorgan tells 1,000 First Republic employees they're losing their jobs
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 25, 2023
JPMorgan tells 1,000 First Republic employees they're losing their jobs

The bank offered full-time or transitional roles to almost 85% of the nearly 7,000 employees still working at First Republic when it collapsed, and told the rest they wouldn't get offers.

By Bloomberg
Advisor Group's Jamie Price talks about the firm's rebranding
ALTERNATIVES MAY 25, 2023
Advisor Group's Jamie Price talks about the firm's rebranding

In a Q&A, the Advisor Group CEO discusses what's involved in squeezing the giant operation under one broker-dealer roof and brand.

By Bruce Kelly
Retirement Clearinghouse reports data breach
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2023
Retirement Clearinghouse reports data breach

Social Security and account numbers were compromised in a phishing attack, but accounts were not accessed, according to the firm.

By Emile Hallez
Gensler forcefully defends mutual fund reform to skeptical industry audience
ETFS MAY 25, 2023
Gensler forcefully defends mutual fund reform to skeptical industry audience

The SEC chair drew the ire of fund officials when he suggested that the agency looks out for investors while the industry looks out for itself.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Thrivent Advisor Network adds 25th affiliate to its turnkey RIA platform
RIAS MAY 25, 2023
Thrivent Advisor Network adds 25th affiliate to its turnkey RIA platform

Since launching as a spinoff of Thrivent Financial in 2019, the platform has grown to $5 billion in client assets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Advisor Group is latest B-D to report data breach
FINTECH MAY 25, 2023
Advisor Group is latest B-D to report data breach

The breach involved 'a systems intrusion' at R.R. Donnelley, a third-party vendor that Advisor Group uses for some of its client mailings.

By Bruce Kelly
Former Morgan Stanley advisor gets 7 years for ripping off clients
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 25, 2023
Former Morgan Stanley advisor gets 7 years for ripping off clients

Shawn Edward Good pleaded guilty to stealing $7.2 million from retirees and used the money to pay off earlier investors and to fund a lavish lifestyle.

By Bloomberg
12 key points to consider on the debt ceiling and the markets
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 25, 2023
12 key points to consider on the debt ceiling and the markets

As talks on the debt ceiling continue, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute looks at how the situation could affect Treasury securities, other fixed-income instruments and the stock market.

By Jeff Benjamin
Could $25 billion in Social Security payments on June 2 force debt-limit deal?
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 24, 2023
Could $25 billion in Social Security payments on June 2 force debt-limit deal?

Those due to receive their Social Security benefits next week are retirees aged 88 and older, along with low-income individuals with disabilities.

By Bloomberg
'Ow!' — not 'wow' — drives client change
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2023
'Ow!' — not 'wow' — drives client change

The pivot point is salience: the motivational magic that's sparked when a piece of information has immediate relevance to the client's situation or expectations.

By Joanne Cleaver
Vanguard CEO Buckley tiptoes around ESG, embraces AI
FINTECH MAY 24, 2023
Vanguard CEO Buckley tiptoes around ESG, embraces AI

'ESG funds are not the next great innovation,’ Tim Buckley said at an Investment Company Institute conference. 'They’re a client preference, and we need to treat it as such.'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
One-in-four chance US will hit debt ceiling X-date
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 24, 2023
One-in-four chance US will hit debt ceiling X-date

The odds of passing the X-date without an increase in the debt is around 25% and rising, according to JPMorgan.

By Bloomberg
Modernize your service model, both for your next client and your succession plan  
OPINION MAY 24, 2023
Modernize your service model, both for your next client and your succession plan  

You’ll have a tough time acquiring new clients, or eventually selling your firm and retiring, if your service model is stuck back in the '90s.

By Scott Hanson
Concurrent restructures to recruit advisors from across wealth management
RIAS MAY 24, 2023
Concurrent restructures to recruit advisors from across wealth management

Since becoming a hybrid RIA, Concurrent has added five new firms that combine for $440 million and it's ramping up to co-brand advisors from every possible direction.

By Jeff Benjamin
UBS advisor managing $220 million switches to LPL
BROKER DEALERS MAY 24, 2023
UBS advisor managing $220 million switches to LPL

Jonathan Kesselman is opening an independent practice, Kesselman Wealth Management, in Westlake, Ohio.

By InvestmentNews
Key Media to acquire InvestmentNews
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 24, 2023
Key Media to acquire InvestmentNews

KM Business Information US Inc., a Key Media company, is buying InvestmentNews for $4.1 million in cash.

By InvestmentNews
Retirement battle Round 3: Boomers respond, along with everyone else
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2023
Retirement battle Round 3: Boomers respond, along with everyone else

The torrent of emails we received from members of all generations in response to 'Boomers bite back' was something we'd never experienced before.

By Gregg Greenberg
Crypto startup gets special purpose broker-dealer license with SEC
ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2023
Crypto startup gets special purpose broker-dealer license with SEC

The approval allows Prometheum Ember Capital to safekeep digital asset securities on behalf of individual and institutional clients as a qualified custodian.

By Bloomberg
How innovations in non-listed REIT redemption programs meet investor needs
OPINION MAY 23, 2023
How innovations in non-listed REIT redemption programs meet investor needs

The new generation of nontraded REITs has been designed with monthly or quarterly repurchase limits to align the interests of stockholders with the less liquid nature of the assets.

By Anya Coverman