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Widow’s dilemma: When to claim Social Security
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 05, 2022
Widow’s dilemma: When to claim Social Security

Survivors are subject to an earnings limit if they claim the benefit before reaching full retirement age.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Securities America team managing $195 million switches to Commonwealth
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 05, 2022
Securities America team managing $195 million switches to Commonwealth

Four-adviser Opus 111 Group has offices in Seattle and Spokane, Washington.

By InvestmentNews
Four Idaho advisers managing $648 million join Raymond James
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 05, 2022
Four Idaho advisers managing $648 million join Raymond James

Employee unit adds two-person teams from Wells Fargo and UBS.

By InvestmentNews
Mariner Wealth acquires New Hampshire firm
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 05, 2022
Mariner Wealth acquires New Hampshire firm

Granite Investment Advisors, in combination with two new advisers who joined, collectively add $1.3 billion in AUA.

By InvestmentNews
Political tension could permeate the SEC's 2022 agenda
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 05, 2022
Political tension could permeate the SEC's 2022 agenda

Republican commissioners have criticized SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's expansive agenda.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Planning for beyond the new year
OPINION JAN 05, 2022
Planning for beyond the new year

If you want to grow and improve, you've almost certainly got to change. But embracing change is one of the hardest things you can do.

By Scott Hanson
Creative Planning acquires $300 million Ohio RIA
RIAS JAN 04, 2022
Creative Planning acquires $300 million Ohio RIA

Berno Financial Management was founded in 1993 and is based in Cincinnati.

By InvestmentNews
EP Wealth Advisors acquires Bay Area RIA
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 04, 2022
EP Wealth Advisors acquires Bay Area RIA

Mindful Money in Berkeley, California, managed $346 million

By InvestmentNews
MAI acquires $725 million RIA book
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 04, 2022
MAI acquires $725 million RIA book

Patrick Gingras was a co-founder of Brenton Point Wealth Advisors

By InvestmentNews
SEC punts again on NYDIG Bitcoin ETF
ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2022
SEC punts again on NYDIG Bitcoin ETF

The agency said it needs another 60 days to make a determination, pushing the new deadline to March 16.

By Bloomberg
Project aims to grade 14,000 school districts' 403(b) plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 04, 2022
Project aims to grade 14,000 school districts' 403(b) plans

403bwise is using a traffic-light rating system as it starts to assess the retirement plans that school districts offer teachers.

By Emile Hallez
Why RPAs must expand relationships with participants
OPINION JAN 04, 2022
Why RPAs must expand relationships with participants

The conversation with a participant is not about selling a product. It’s about listening, identifying needs and solving problems.

By Matthew Eickman
Finology makes debut in continuing education
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 04, 2022
Finology makes debut in continuing education

Jacob Wagner and Natalie Wagner Willis are carrying on their late father Dick Wagner's work on finology, which examines a person's internal relationship with money.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $60 million over data breach
FINTECH JAN 04, 2022
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $60 million over data breach

Morgan Stanley allegedly learned of the breach when it was contacted by a man who said he had purchased used IT equipment from an internet vendor that came with access to sensitive customer data.

By Sean Allocca
Advisers find shelter from vax mandates at Christian RIA
RIAS JAN 04, 2022
Advisers find shelter from vax mandates at Christian RIA

Inspire Advisors recruits a $250 million duo from Financial Engines with promise that it will never require vaccines.

By Jeff Benjamin
Hightower adds $1.6 billion TC Wealth Partners
RIAS JAN 04, 2022
Hightower adds $1.6 billion TC Wealth Partners

The deal, which closed Dec. 31, includes the acquisition of Trust Company of Illinois, which is a subsidiary of Chicago-based TC Wealth.

By Jeff Benjamin
Correcting the blind spots in our practices
OPINION JAN 04, 2022
Correcting the blind spots in our practices

By identifying our unconscious biases or set ways of doing things, we can limit our risk and increase our chance of success.

By Kristine McManus
Advisers to focus on staying home in 2022
BROKER DEALERS JAN 04, 2022
Advisers to focus on staying home in 2022

Advisers like the autonomy of working from home and don’t want to have to go back to the office and wear a suit again.

By Bruce Kelly
Finra rule to rein in rogue brokers goes into force
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 03, 2022
Finra rule to rein in rogue brokers goes into force

The New Year may not be so happy for firms that employ a high number of registered reps with disciplinary histories.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
DOL tones down Trump-era statements on PE in 401(k)s
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 03, 2022
DOL tones down Trump-era statements on PE in 401(k)s

In a recent supplement to a 2020 letter, the agency made clear that it does not endorse the use of private equity in defined-contribution plans.

By Emile Hallez