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SEC busts RIA for padding advisory fees by 40%
RIAS MAY 28, 2019
SEC busts RIA for padding advisory fees by 40%

In addition to overcharging clients, Stephen Brandon Anderson overstated his assets under management in SEC filings.

By Jeff Benjamin
Mohamed El-Erian named president of Queens' College at Cambridge University
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 28, 2019
Mohamed El-Erian named president of Queens' College at Cambridge University

The chief economic adviser at Allianz will take up the position at Cambridge in October 2020, succeeding John Eatwell.

By Bloomberg
Are China trade tensions a concern among your clients?
EMERGING MARKETS MAY 28, 2019
Are China trade tensions a concern among your clients?

The situation goes beyond tariff increases, so be ready to explain why China matters to the U.S. economy and investors.

By Liz Skinner
JPMorgan's Dimon criticizes Wells Fargo CEO transition
WIREHOUSES MAY 28, 2019
JPMorgan's Dimon criticizes Wells Fargo CEO transition

Chief executive says it was 'irresponsible' for the bank to announce Tim Sloan's departure without a succession plan in place.

By Bloomberg
Winning in a crowded field
OPINION MAY 28, 2019
Winning in a crowded field

What the Golden State Warriors' success can teach advisory firms.

By Joe Duran
Finra bars former Commonwealth rep for non-cooperation
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 28, 2019
Finra bars former Commonwealth rep for non-cooperation

Benjamin Bourgeois Jr. failed to give regulator information for its investigation.

By InvestmentNews
How to replicate a stretch IRA
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 28, 2019
How to replicate a stretch IRA

Stretch IRA is no longer a retirement planning strategy when the SECURE Act was passed in 2019. There are still other options – find out what they are

By Ramon Berenguer
SEC to tackle thorny topic: How much advice brokers can give without being an adviser
RIAS MAY 28, 2019
SEC to tackle thorny topic: How much advice brokers can give without being an adviser

Language in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 exempts brokers from registering as investment advisers — and being fiduciaries — if their advice is "solely incidental" to their work.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
What to do when your marketing campaign isn't really a campaign
OPINION MAY 28, 2019
What to do when your marketing campaign isn't really a campaign

A campaign is not a one-time sales email with no follow-up or a landing page that sits all alone on the web where no one will ever find it.

By Angel Gonzalez
How to battle sequence-of-returns risk
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2019
How to battle sequence-of-returns risk

Retiring during the longest-running bull market in history can be scary, as some begin to wonder when the good times will end.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Factor investing another step in the evolution of the adviser's role
OPINION MAY 25, 2019
Factor investing another step in the evolution of the adviser's role

As advisers step farther away from stock-picking, their work guiding clients on the bigger financial picture becomes more important and their value potentially greater.

By crain-api
SEC, NASAA and Finra issue Senior Safe Act fact sheet
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 24, 2019
SEC, NASAA and Finra issue Senior Safe Act fact sheet

Information is intended to help promote greater reporting of suspected financial exploitation.

By InvestmentNews
Tony Robbins loses role with RIA amid charges of sexual misconduct
RIAS MAY 24, 2019
Tony Robbins loses role with RIA amid charges of sexual misconduct

Creative Planning had hired the self-help guru three years ago as chief of investor psychology.

By Jeff Benjamin
Legg Mason cuts 12% of staff in revamp as investor Peltz joins board
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2019
Legg Mason cuts 12% of staff in revamp as investor Peltz joins board

Most of the 120 employees being let go are in the United States.

By Bloomberg
Reverse mortgage lenders pivot as sales falter
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 24, 2019
Reverse mortgage lenders pivot as sales falter

HECMs are seeing heavy competition from proprietary products for the first time in a decade.

By Greg Iacurci
Team managing $100 million at Merrill Lynch goes indie with LPL
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 23, 2019
Team managing $100 million at Merrill Lynch goes indie with LPL

Father-and-son duo in Lufkin, Texas, affiliates with B-D and uses RIA platform.

By InvestmentNews
SEC files amended complaint in Woodbridge Ponzi scheme case
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2019
SEC files amended complaint in Woodbridge Ponzi scheme case

Adds names of 16 "advisers" and unlicensed financial firms to civil suit.

By InvestmentNews
DOL sets date to propose new fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2019
DOL sets date to propose new fiduciary rule

The regulation, expected in December, likely will be contoured to the SEC's new advice standards.

By Greg Iacurci
House passes SECURE retirement bill with massive bipartisan support
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2019
House passes SECURE retirement bill with massive bipartisan support

The measure allows small employers to band together to offer plans and raises the RMD age. Another provision eases use of annuities in 401(k)s, which critics say goes too far

By Greg Iacurci
Auditor: Future of broker-dealer with history of problems is in doubt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2019
Auditor: Future of broker-dealer with history of problems is in doubt

Newbridge Securities faces large deficit and negative cash flows.

By Bruce Kelly