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Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG bonds reports potential trouble
ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2022
Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG bonds reports potential trouble

In its annual audited financial statement, Emerson Equity reported that problems related to an unnamed offering potentially could harm the firm.

By Bruce Kelly
Recession threat takes center stage
RIAS MAY 23, 2022
Recession threat takes center stage

Financial advisers scramble to keep clients on track as markets drive lower, inflation climbs and an economic slowdown seems unavoidable.

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC orders First Republic to pay $1.8 million over conflicts
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2022
SEC orders First Republic to pay $1.8 million over conflicts

The agency says the RIA unit, which breached fiduciary duty over compensation from an affiliate, consented to a cease-and-desist order and a censure.

By InvestmentNews
$5 trillion 'wealth shock' is cracking Americans' nest eggs
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 23, 2022
$5 trillion 'wealth shock' is cracking Americans' nest eggs

Households had piled up an extra $38.5 trillion in wealth over the last two years, but since the start of this year, wealth has plunged at least $5 trillion, JPMorgan Chase estimates.

By Bloomberg
Stock sell-off to intensify as fresh 10% plunge looms, survey finds
FIXED INCOME MAY 23, 2022
Stock sell-off to intensify as fresh 10% plunge looms, survey finds

The Fed’s hawkish-at-all-costs posture, the chaos in supply chains and intensifying threats to the business cycle are all undermining confidence.

By Bloomberg
Placating stakeholders could drive a stake through corporate reputation
OPINION MAY 23, 2022
Placating stakeholders could drive a stake through corporate reputation

Companies need to be able to recognize changing facts on the ground, assess corporate values and capabilities, and decide on a response in real time.

By Nir Kossovsky and Denise Williamee
SEC orders Wells Fargo to pay $7 million for anti-money-laundering failures
WIREHOUSES MAY 20, 2022
SEC orders Wells Fargo to pay $7 million for anti-money-laundering failures

The firm was more than five months late on average in filing suspicious activity reports involving wire transfers to and from foreign countries suspected of terrorism financing and other illegal money movements.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Wells Fargo used fake job interviews to promote diversity: Report
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2022
Wells Fargo used fake job interviews to promote diversity: Report

The job interviews seemed designed to bolster Wells Fargo's record of its diversity efforts rather than actually hiring women or people of color, the New York Times reported.

By Bruce Kelly
Strategic Retirement Partners picks Securian for its PEP
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2022
Strategic Retirement Partners picks Securian for its PEP

Securian will serve as the pooled plan provider and ERISA 3(16) fiduciary, while Strategic Retirement will provide ERISA 3(38) investment management and consulting services.

By InvestmentNews
IMA Wealth offers small-plan retirement program
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2022
IMA Wealth offers small-plan retirement program

Alerus serves as the designated 3(16) plan administrator and T. Rowe Price serves as record keeper.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley's Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management
RIAS MAY 20, 2022
Morgan Stanley's Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management

Two filings show that Parametric is moving beyond its current focus on separate accounts and direct indexing to subadvise strategies for Innovator ETFs.

By Jeff Benjamin
No longer 'annuicide': How insurance products are reaching the fee-based channel
RIAS MAY 20, 2022
No longer 'annuicide': How insurance products are reaching the fee-based channel

RIA Lab session looks at the insurance industry's evolution toward providing custodial-like relationships with advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
T. Rowe nabs ESG exec from BlackRock
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2022
T. Rowe nabs ESG exec from BlackRock

Poppy Allonby, who will work out of T. Rowe’s London office, will oversee the company's ESG strategy at a high level.

By ESG Clarity
Mass outflows hit every asset class as recession fears climb
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 20, 2022
Mass outflows hit every asset class as recession fears climb

Global equity funds had $5.2 billion of outflows in the week to May 18, led by redemptions from mutual funds.

By Bloomberg
Convergence of health care costs and retirement planning
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
Convergence of health care costs and retirement planning

Software helps advisers incorporate clients' Medicare expenses into their retirement plans.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Merrill team managing $409 million joins Raymond James
BROKER DEALERS MAY 19, 2022
Merrill team managing $409 million joins Raymond James

The three advisers, based in Spokane, Washington, will operate as Panorama Wealth Management of Raymond James.

By InvestmentNews
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product

DOL acting assistant secretary Ali Khawar isn't reassured by the consumer safeguards included in Fidelity's Bitcoin offering for retirement plans.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisor Group to buy large bank broker
BROKER DEALERS MAY 19, 2022
Advisor Group to buy large bank broker

Infinex Investments Inc. has 750 financial advisers at bank and credit union programs who control more than $30 billion in client assets.

By Bruce Kelly
Strategists see lower returns as economy mirrors 1970s
ALTERNATIVES MAY 19, 2022
Strategists see lower returns as economy mirrors 1970s

Mohamed El-Erian and Niall Ferguson are seeing echoes of the 1970s in today's market. Will the '70s strategies work in the 2020s?

By Gregg Greenberg
Retirement savings up in a down market, says Fidelity
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
Retirement savings up in a down market, says Fidelity

More people were saving for retirement in Q1, data show. Unfortunately, the market's sell-off caused them to lose money.

By Gregg Greenberg