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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
Oppenheimer rep managing $180 million joins Linsco
ADVISOR MOVES MAY 19, 2022
Oppenheimer rep managing $180 million joins Linsco

Randall Pickett joins LPL’s employee channel. The Pickett Group of LPL Financial will be the second team to join the Linsco office in Dallas.

By InvestmentNews
El-Erian says US can’t avoid stagflation even as Fed tightens
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2022
El-Erian says US can’t avoid stagflation even as Fed tightens

The chair of Gramercy Fund Management says stagflation is ‘worst thing’ for central banks.

By Bloomberg
Democrats push Biden to go big on forgiving student loan debt
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2022
Democrats push Biden to go big on forgiving student loan debt

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Raphael Warnock make appeal at White House.

By Bloomberg
Court ruling darkens constitutional cloud hanging over SEC judges
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2022
Court ruling darkens constitutional cloud hanging over SEC judges

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said the agency's house of in-house judges violated a hedge fund manager's constitutional right to a jury trial.

By Bloomberg
Consumer groups call for SEC probe of RIAs' use of mandatory arbitration
RIAS MAY 18, 2022
Consumer groups call for SEC probe of RIAs' use of mandatory arbitration

RIAs aren't adequately disclosing arbitration clauses in client contracts and are forcing clients into expensive dispute forums, the groups said.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Big GPB fund reports — finally — and posts revenue and income growth
ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2022
Big GPB fund reports — finally — and posts revenue and income growth

After the partnership missed its deadline to file audited financial statements in 2018 for its two largest private funds, the entire GPB enterprise struggled.

By Bruce Kelly
SEC pries into over 100 traders', bankers' phones in texting probe
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 18, 2022
SEC pries into over 100 traders', bankers' phones in texting probe

The agency has been sending firms lists of key positions including heads of certain investment banking teams or trading desks.

By Bloomberg
SEI plants its flag in ETF land with factor-based strategies
RIAS MAY 18, 2022
SEI plants its flag in ETF land with factor-based strategies

The four exchange-traded funds are well-timed given the current market environment.

By Jeff Benjamin
Mariner buys $612 million Michigan RIA
RIAS MAY 18, 2022
Mariner buys $612 million Michigan RIA

The deal for Emerson Wealth, which is based in Bloomfield Hills, gives Mariner its second office in the Detroit area.

By InvestmentNews
Northwestern Mutual adds ESG option for wealthy clients
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 18, 2022
Northwestern Mutual adds ESG option for wealthy clients

The new 'white glove, customized' options for high-net-worth clients are available from the company’s advisers.

By ESG Clarity
Powell says Fed will ‘keep pushing’ until inflation comes down
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 18, 2022
Powell says Fed will ‘keep pushing’ until inflation comes down

'This is a strong economy, and we think it’s well positioned to withstand less accommodative monetary policy,' the Fed chairman says.

By Bloomberg
Thinking about selling your RIA firm? Recent sellers share 3 key considerations
OPINION MAY 18, 2022
Thinking about selling your RIA firm? Recent sellers share 3 key considerations

Perhaps the biggest concern for RIAs contemplating a sale is how it would affect their employees and clients.

By Michael Bilotta
JPMorgan shareholders reject Jamie Dimon's pay plan
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 18, 2022
JPMorgan shareholders reject Jamie Dimon's pay plan

Just 31% of the bank's shareholders supported the pay packages for CEO Dimon and other company executives.

By Bloomberg
Allianz to sell US fund management unit to Voya after SEC ban
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 17, 2022
Allianz to sell US fund management unit to Voya after SEC ban

Voya Investment Management will add about $120 billion of assets under management as well as some investment teams.

By Bloomberg
Smarsh acquires tech to help firms monitor messaging apps
FINTECH MAY 17, 2022
Smarsh acquires tech to help firms monitor messaging apps

The Telemessage technology, combined with existing services from Smarsh, will assist in the ongoing struggle to monitor private messaging apps used by employees at financial services firms.

By Ryan W. Neal
Broker-dealers face risks aplenty, regulators warn
ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2022
Broker-dealers face risks aplenty, regulators warn

Firms should be watching out for employees chatting on WhatsApp, as well as brokers in need of heightened supervision and complex products being sold to retail customers.

By Bruce Kelly