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Smart-beta funds don't live up to the backtesting
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 03, 2020
Smart-beta funds don't live up to the backtesting

An academic study finds strategies that outperformed on paper disappoint once they're packaged as ETFs

By Bloomberg
Inside JPMorgan's strategy to hire hundreds of remote advisers
FINTECH SEP 03, 2020
Inside JPMorgan's strategy to hire hundreds of remote advisers

Since the onset of COVID-19, investors have become increasingly comfortable receiving advice through videoconference or phone calls

By Nicole Casperson
COVID-19 leads some to say they will work in retirement: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 03, 2020
COVID-19 leads some to say they will work in retirement: Survey

Most people have not stopped saving for retirement, but more are saying they will stay on the job past the traditional retirement age

By Emile Hallez
DOL advice proposal criticized by both sides at hearing
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 03, 2020
DOL advice proposal criticized by both sides at hearing

Fiduciary status test draws criticism for creating loopholes, casting net too widely

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Merrill team with $1.4 billion joins RBC
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 03, 2020
Merrill team with $1.4 billion joins RBC

Boca Raton, Florida-based Glasband Stempel Wealth Management includes five advisers

By InvestmentNews
Why ROI is the wrong metric for guaranteed income
OPINION SEP 03, 2020
Why ROI is the wrong metric for guaranteed income

Comparing annuities to traditional assets and focusing on rates of return undermines the value they provide

By Philip E. Caminiti
Hybrid managing $200 million switches to LPL from Cadaret Grant
BROKER DEALERS SEP 03, 2020
Hybrid managing $200 million switches to LPL from Cadaret Grant

Murphy Financial Advisors in Amarillo, Texas, also affiliates with Happy State Bank

By InvestmentNews
Robinhood probed by SEC over payments from high-speed traders
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 03, 2020
Robinhood probed by SEC over payments from high-speed traders

Regulator said to be looking at whether the online broker properly informed clients that it sold their stock orders to Wall Street firms

By Bloomberg
West Virginia securities official Lisa Hopkins to head NASAA
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 02, 2020
West Virginia securities official Lisa Hopkins to head NASAA

The new president plans to focus on SEC’s exempt offering framework, diversity and inclusion issues

By InvestmentNews
Just say no to annuities, one-third of RIAs say: Survey
RIAS SEP 02, 2020
Just say no to annuities, one-third of RIAs say: Survey

More advisers are becoming open to the products, but many still don't like their costs, complexity and lack of liquidity

By Emile Hallez
Finra sanctions two Wells Fargo B-Ds for failure to supervise VA switches
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 02, 2020
Finra sanctions two Wells Fargo B-Ds for failure to supervise VA switches

Firms will pay $1.4 million in restitution to about 100 clients and fines of $675,000

By InvestmentNews
401(k) plan savings challenge has been solved
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2020
401(k) plan savings challenge has been solved

It's clear auto enrollment and auto escalation help employees save. Why aren't more smaller plan sponsors using them?

By Fred Barstein
Advisers wary of becoming gatekeepers to private markets
RIAS SEP 02, 2020
Advisers wary of becoming gatekeepers to private markets

The Investment Adviser Association wants discretionary clients of fiduciaries to be accredited

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Latest 401(k) lawsuit filed in an avalanche of COVID-19 litigation
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2020
Latest 401(k) lawsuit filed in an avalanche of COVID-19 litigation

The law firm Capozzi Adler has brought numerous cases this year on behalf of plan participants

By Emile Hallez
Wells Fargo among the companies setting racial hiring quotas
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 02, 2020
Wells Fargo among the companies setting racial hiring quotas

The bank said it will increase Black leadership to 12%

By Bloomberg
Edward Jones new matchmaking tool takes cue from Tinder
FINTECH SEP 01, 2020
Edward Jones new matchmaking tool takes cue from Tinder

The digital platform, which matches clients with advisers based on personality, was designed to mimic popular dating apps

By Nicole Casperson
SEC charges Connecticut hybrid adviser with stealing $300,000 from client
BROKER DEALERS SEP 01, 2020
SEC charges Connecticut hybrid adviser with stealing $300,000 from client

Matthew Clason allegedly liquidated securities and transferred the proceeds to a joint account

By InvestmentNews
Massachusetts begins enforcing fiduciary rule despite Reg BI
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 01, 2020
Massachusetts begins enforcing fiduciary rule despite Reg BI

Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin could take a more aggressive approach toward advice regulation than the SEC

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Health savings account assets now top $73.5 billion
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 01, 2020
Health savings account assets now top $73.5 billion

The number of accounts has grown to more than 29 million in the past year

By InvestmentNews
Ascensus TPA president leaves company
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 01, 2020
Ascensus TPA president leaves company

Jerry Bramlett helped build FuturePlan into the country’s largest third-party administrator, according to the firm

By Emile Hallez