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Private equity leads public pension returns for 14th straight year
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2026
Private equity leads public pension returns for 14th straight year

A new AIC report finds a 13.2% median annualized return over 10 years, outpacing public equities, real estate, and fixed income.

By Steve Randall
Medicare gaps leave retirees dangerously exposed to health care costs
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2026
Medicare gaps leave retirees dangerously exposed to health care costs

Most Americans entering retirement lack a realistic picture of what health care will actually cost them and advisors may be their last line of defense.

By Steve Randall
Taxable accounts surpass retirement savings as US households diversify portfolios
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2026
Taxable accounts surpass retirement savings as US households diversify portfolios

New H&W data reveals $102.4 trillion in household investable assets, with taxable accounts outpacing retirement savings growth.

By Steve Randall
What a former RIA founder wants advisors to know about AI
TRANSFORMATION OCT 22, 2026
What a former RIA founder wants advisors to know about AI

Betterment’s Devon Klumb built and sold an RIA - now he’s telling advisors what he wished he’d known sooner.

By Steve Randall
Fintech bytes: 55ip, Vise, Syntax push tax-smart tools for RIAs
FINTECH OCT 21, 2026
Fintech bytes: 55ip, Vise, Syntax push tax-smart tools for RIAs

New UMA, direct indexing and asset location capabilities aim to cut manual work for advisors managing personalized portfolios.

By Leo Almazora
AI tech stack overlap tests RIAs as Focus adds Nevis to Jump
TRANSFORMATION OCT 21, 2026
AI tech stack overlap tests RIAs as Focus adds Nevis to Jump

As notetakers push into account opening, a consultant warns RIAs risk ‘buying redundancy’ instead of capability.

By Andrew Cohen
LPL taps veteran Hullings to lead recruiting in post-Commonwealth deal era
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 21, 2026
LPL taps veteran Hullings to lead recruiting in post-Commonwealth deal era

The senior recruiter position at LPL Financial can lead to future success and industry leadership.

By Bruce Kelly
Global website alert over flaw puts advisor websites and client portals at risk as attacks begin
FINTECH OCT 21, 2026
Global website alert over flaw puts advisor websites and client portals at risk as attacks begin

Hackers are already probing two bugs in software that runs most of the web. European Government and other major sites have already been taken down for emergency patches.

By Matthew Sellers
Trump Accounts auto-opened Oct. 1 but have your clients claimed theirs?
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2026
Trump Accounts auto-opened Oct. 1 but have your clients claimed theirs?

Unclaimed auto accounts can’t take family money, so advisors face questions on 529s, divorce terms, employer funding and stock gifts.

By Kiernan Green
SEC quorum rule could fast-track RIA performance fee proposal 
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 21, 2026
SEC quorum rule could fast-track RIA performance fee proposal 

Better Markets’ Benjamin Schiffrin says the change clears a path for interval-fund and accredited-investor rules, but won’t touch daily advisor work.

By Kiernan Green
HSA investment assets top $100 billion as investing overtakes cash
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2026
HSA investment assets top $100 billion as investing overtakes cash

Devenir finds 52% of HSA assets are now invested, reshaping how clients can plan for retirement health care costs.

By Mark Rosanes
Musk’s SpaceX gift puts Trump Accounts’ stock rules to the test
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2026
Musk’s SpaceX gift puts Trump Accounts’ stock rules to the test

Donated SpaceX stock generally can’t be refused or sold for years, leaving advisors to explain concentration risk to families.

By Leo Almazora
US retirement system scores C+ as aging crisis reshapes global pension outlook
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2026
US retirement system scores C+ as aging crisis reshapes global pension outlook

Aging populations and underfunded systems are forcing wealth managers to rethink how they prepare clients for retirement.

By Steve Randall
401(k) plans now rival healthcare as workers' most valued benefit
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2026
401(k) plans now rival healthcare as workers' most valued benefit

A new Morgan Stanley survey signals a fundamental shift in how employees view retirement benefits - and raises the stakes for plan advisors.

By Steve Randall
California billionaire tax may shrink state revenue, Stanford finds
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2026
California billionaire tax may shrink state revenue, Stanford finds

Proposition 40 wealth tax could raise $30 billion, not $100 billion, as departures erode the base and voters remain split.

By Leo Almazora
Jump, Zocks double down on AI meeting leadership with new partnerships
FINTECH OCT 20, 2026
Jump, Zocks double down on AI meeting leadership with new partnerships

Jump is piping FMG marketing content into post-meeting workflows as Zocks opens its platform to more than 32,000 LPL financial advisors.

By Leo Almazora
Independent contractor formerly associated with MML Investors Services pleads guilty to running Ponzi
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 20, 2026
Independent contractor formerly associated with MML Investors Services pleads guilty to running Ponzi

Trevor Uhls pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.

By Bruce Kelly
Osaic reels in LPL team with $2.3 billion in assets
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 20, 2026
Osaic reels in LPL team with $2.3 billion in assets

Osaic and LPL Financial routinely square off in recruiting advisors from other firms as well as from each other.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA moves: Beacon Pointe makes deal hat trick, adding $1.35 billion
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2026
RIA moves: Beacon Pointe makes deal hat trick, adding $1.35 billion

Meanwhile, Wealthspire's Ground Control business picks up a $1B private wealth firm in London, and Modern Wealth deepens its presence in California.

By Leo Almazora
Mercer Advisors launches Aspen Investing with in-house direct indexing
TRANSFORMATION OCT 20, 2026
Mercer Advisors launches Aspen Investing with in-house direct indexing

The $100B-plus mega-RIA is folding custom portfolios, daily tax-loss harvesting and unified managed accounts into its Aspen advisor tech platform.

By Leo Almazora