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How to keep elderly clients safe from scams this holiday season
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2022
How to keep elderly clients safe from scams this holiday season

There are many ways financial advisers can protect elderly clients from financial abuse. The first trick is to spot it.

By Gregg Greenberg
Implementing direct indexing using sector ETFs
OPINION NOV 30, 2022
Implementing direct indexing using sector ETFs

It can be hard to keep direct-index portfolios from 'drifting' from their benchmark index as stocks are swapped in and out.

By Matthew Liebman
Finra arbitrators order barred broker to pay investors $5.7 million for Reg D offering
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 30, 2022
Finra arbitrators order barred broker to pay investors $5.7 million for Reg D offering

Dana Vietor of Independence, Iowa, had solicited investments to buy a building in Dallas to house cancer treatment and other equipment.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Securian and Qualified Plan Advisors offer personalized managed accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2022
Securian and Qualified Plan Advisors offer personalized managed accounts

The accounts are to be used in retirement plans, and Stadion Money Management will serve as the program's fiduciary.

By InvestmentNews
UBS retreats from plans to target US mass affluent clients
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 30, 2022
UBS retreats from plans to target US mass affluent clients

Chairman Colm Kelleher said the bank has been slow to identify cross-selling opportunities to wealth management clients.

By Bloomberg
4 keys to preparing your firm for a transaction
OPINION NOV 30, 2022
4 keys to preparing your firm for a transaction

Even if you have no plans to sell, taking these steps will mean you're running a better business.

By Scott Hanson
Aspiring next-gen advisers crave inspiration
OPINION NOV 30, 2022
Aspiring next-gen advisers crave inspiration

Next Gen advisers want to know that their investment in their careers is also an investment in others, and in the world.

By Sameer Somal
Last chance to switch Medicare drug plans and save
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 29, 2022
Last chance to switch Medicare drug plans and save

Most beneficiaries who stay in their current plans will pay more in 2023, and Medicare open enrollment, which lets beneficiaries change plans, ends next week.

By Mary Beth Franklin
InvestCloud launches latest adviser-client matching service
FINTECH NOV 29, 2022
InvestCloud launches latest adviser-client matching service

The Find My Advisor app enters an increasingly crowded field of services hoping to connect clients and advisers.

By Ryan W. Neal
Like sand through an hourglass: Gensler puts ‘intermediaries’ in regulatory crosshairs
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 29, 2022
Like sand through an hourglass: Gensler puts ‘intermediaries’ in regulatory crosshairs

The SEC chairman wants to reduce the costs of the men and women in the middle of the market. That means you, InvestmentNews readers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Former LPL exec Bill Morrissey to head Atria's independent channel
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 29, 2022
Former LPL exec Bill Morrissey to head Atria's independent channel

The private equity-backed firm operates six broker-dealers, including Cadaret Grant, NEXT Financial and Western International Securities.

By InvestmentNews
Bitwise files for bitcoin futures ETF despite crypto woes
ALTERNATIVES NOV 28, 2022
Bitwise files for bitcoin futures ETF despite crypto woes

The Bitcoin Strategy Optimum Yield ETF would offer managed exposure to bitcoin futures contracts traded on the CME and investments in short-term debt securities.

By Bloomberg
DOL turns its focus to next iteration of investment advice reg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 28, 2022
DOL turns its focus to next iteration of investment advice reg

Now that the agency has finalized the ESG rule, it's likely to cast a wider net to establish who has a fiduciary duty to retirement savers. A new deadline is pending.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Are semitransparent ETFs inadvertently creating a market for fully transparent ETFs?
RIA NEWS NOV 23, 2022
Are semitransparent ETFs inadvertently creating a market for fully transparent ETFs?

After nearly a decade of fighting for regulatory approval of semitransparent ETFs, the asset management industry is realizing what investors really want.

By Jeff Benjamin
J.P. Morgan, Charles Schwab and Edward Jones deliver best mobile wealth management apps: J.D. Power
FINTECH NOV 23, 2022
J.P. Morgan, Charles Schwab and Edward Jones deliver best mobile wealth management apps: J.D. Power

J.P. Morgan Wealth Management scored 728 out of a possible 1,000 points in J.D. Power’s study, which was based on a survey of more than 6,000 investors.

By Ryan W. Neal
Finra spanks Morgan Stanley over sales of high-risk stocks
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 23, 2022
Finra spanks Morgan Stanley over sales of high-risk stocks

The Finra penalty included a fine of $200,000 and restitution to clients of $498,000 plus interest.

By Bruce Kelly
How do you keep client risk tolerance stable as markets gyrate?
OPINION NOV 23, 2022
How do you keep client risk tolerance stable as markets gyrate?

Counterintuitively, advisers can instill a sense of calm in clients and attract new clients to the firm by inviting a risk-focused conversation into the room.

By Aaron Klein
Loans and hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s on the rise
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 23, 2022
Loans and hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s on the rise

The portion of savers taking money from their retirement accounts for hardships spiked 24% in the 12 months through Sept. 30.

By Bloomberg
Commerce Bank's brokerage unit to use LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 23, 2022
Commerce Bank's brokerage unit to use LPL

The St. Louis-based bank is moving its wealth management business, with 30 advisers and $4.4 billion in assets, to LPL's platform.

By InvestmentNews
Goldman Sachs to pay $4 million SEC penalty in ESG fund case
RIA NEWS NOV 22, 2022
Goldman Sachs to pay $4 million SEC penalty in ESG fund case

The regulator claims Goldman's asset management unit failed to properly weigh environmental, social and governance factors in some investment products.

By Bloomberg