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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
Why hosting a two-day retreat is critical to your 2021 success
OPINION NOV 30, 2020
Why hosting a two-day retreat is critical to your 2021 success

You'll need new ideas to take your business to the next level, and you need time to develop those ideas

By Erin Botsford
San Diego hybrid managing $250 million returns to LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 30, 2020
San Diego hybrid managing $250 million returns to LPL

Nautica Wealth Advisors had moved with its OSJ to Cetera for three years

By InvestmentNews
SEC settles with RIA involved in $3 million Ponzi scheme
RIA NEWS NOV 30, 2020
SEC settles with RIA involved in $3 million Ponzi scheme

Craig Rumbaugh and his California-based firms will pay $1 million for misleading investors

By InvestmentNews
How women-led fintechs are combating the gender wealth gap
FINTECH NOV 28, 2020
How women-led fintechs are combating the gender wealth gap

Female-led fintechs use digital platforms to curate content and tools aimed at deconstructing systemic issues that have kept women from investing

By Nicole Casperson
Two sponsors settle 401(k) cases, Victoria's Secret owner sued
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 25, 2020
Two sponsors settle 401(k) cases, Victoria's Secret owner sued

A grocery chain is paying $17.5 million in one case, and a pharmaceutical company is shelling out more than $2.5 million in another

By Emile Hallez
Challenging all to play their role in improving diversity and inclusion
OPINION NOV 25, 2020
Challenging all to play their role in improving diversity and inclusion

Consider the role we can play in creating the radical change needed to improve diversity, inclusion and belonging

By Marg Franklin