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Americans experiencing high levels of financial stress, CFP Board finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 03, 2020
Americans experiencing high levels of financial stress, CFP Board finds

Health care is the top financial concern, survey reveals; 32% worry about unemployment

By InvestmentNews
Year in review: Pandemic edition
OPINION DEC 03, 2020
Year in review: Pandemic edition

By taking stock of what clients got right in this very weird year, you can set the stage for a strong start in the New Year

By Sarah Newcomb
Another election, another change in investment advice regulation
OPINION DEC 03, 2020
Another election, another change in investment advice regulation

Fiduciary duty? Best interest? They’re ultimately political decisions

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
CIOs live in a world of nonstandard data
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
CIOs live in a world of nonstandard data

Retirement plan and investment data seldom come in a common format, making CIOs' jobs trickier

By Emile Hallez
J.P. Morgan Asset Management to acquire fintech 55ip
FINTECH DEC 02, 2020
J.P. Morgan Asset Management to acquire fintech 55ip

The acquisition will expand access to model portfolios and automated tax management technology for J.P. Morgan Asset Management's network of advisers

By Nicole Casperson
LPL to scoop up 900 Waddell & Reed advisers in latest deal
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 02, 2020
LPL to scoop up 900 Waddell & Reed advisers in latest deal

The transaction will cost LPL Financial $300 million and represents $63 billion in assets

By Bruce Kelly
The $6.5 billion market most RPAs ignore: Government plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
The $6.5 billion market most RPAs ignore: Government plans

They represent the next blue ocean for retirement plan advisers

By Fred Barstein
Fund sponsor M&A makes retirement CIO jobs more complicated
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
Fund sponsor M&A makes retirement CIO jobs more complicated

Mergers of fund management companies add to due diligence chores for retirement industry chief investment officers

By Emile Hallez
Fund companies see target-dates adding annuities in future: Report
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
Fund companies see target-dates adding annuities in future: Report

The all-in-one products could also eventually include private equity, Cerulli Associates found

By Emile Hallez
FMG Suite acquires digital marketer Twenty Over Ten
FINTECH DEC 02, 2020
FMG Suite acquires digital marketer Twenty Over Ten

The acquisition closes during a year when the largest planned increase in spending is expected to be in digital marketing

By Nicole Casperson
SEC charges boiler room operator with $2.1 million fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 02, 2020
SEC charges boiler room operator with $2.1 million fraud

Mark Lisser peddled 'pre-IPO' shares in New York and Florida

By InvestmentNews
Don’t just sort of retire
OPINION DEC 01, 2020
Don’t just sort of retire

Rather than stop working, many older advisers simply ‘retire in place.’ But are clients’ interests really that well served if you aren’t fully engaged?

By Scott Hanson
Advisers welcome additional educational requirements
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 01, 2020
Advisers welcome additional educational requirements

A NASAA model rule would impose 12 hours of CE annually for IARs

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Thomas Sporkin tapped by CFP Board to head enforcement
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 01, 2020
Thomas Sporkin tapped by CFP Board to head enforcement

The former SEC executive will beef up the organization's detection, investigation and prosecution

By InvestmentNews
Retirement savings for the suddenly self-employed
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2020
Retirement savings for the suddenly self-employed

Pandemic-induced gig work provides opportunities for tax savings

By Mary Beth Franklin
Finra slaps reps who carried client information out the door
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 01, 2020
Finra slaps reps who carried client information out the door

Two former wirehouse brokers run afoul of Reg S-P, according to Finra

By Bruce Kelly
Nasdaq plans to require more diversity on listed company boards
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 01, 2020
Nasdaq plans to require more diversity on listed company boards

Under the proposed rules, most companies on the U.S. exchange would have to have one woman director and one who is minority or LGBTQ

By Bloomberg
Orion taps Ascensus veteran to expand 529 offering
FINTECH NOV 30, 2020
Orion taps Ascensus veteran to expand 529 offering

Orion currently serves as program manager for Texas' 529 plan and partners with the program managers for Mississippi and Vermont

By Nicole Casperson
401(k) litigators target Coca-Cola bottler
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2020
401(k) litigators target Coca-Cola bottler

The lawsuit, like others, cites allegedly excessive investment and administrative fees

By Emile Hallez
Diversity among those developing financial products and services is crucial to full engagement
OPINION NOV 30, 2020
Diversity among those developing financial products and services is crucial to full engagement

Need inclusive culture to help attract and retain investors of the future

By Lule Demmissie