Marcus Boggs pleaded guilty to wire fraud in March, and on Thursday was sentenced to 42 months in prison. One of the victims was a man who received approximately $5 million in a wrongful conviction settlement.
In the past year alone, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co., BlackRock Inc. and Charles Schwab & Co. have all expanded their direct-indexing capabilities and are jockeying for the next generation of investors.
The questions that RIAs have about commission-free annuities right now are the very same questions they had just 15 years ago about exchange-traded funds, which are now a core part of client portfolios.
Advisers aren’t talking to their clients about SRI investing, or if they are, they aren’t taking it seriously — which will ultimately be to their own detriment.
The principals at Indiana-based Treybourne Wealth Planners will become Savant member owners.
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., argues that Gensler’s appeal to Congress for jurisdiction over cryptocurrency regulation is a 'power grab.'
Lawmakers could decide to limit like-kind property exchanges as a way to pay for Biden administration spending priorities.
The class action calls out the plan's fees for investments, record keeping and financial advice.
Advisory firms for years have continued to be plagued by imposters seeking access to clients' accounts.
Melanie Senter Lubin will start a one-year term as president of the North American Securities Administrators Association in September.
Estate planning is a lot bigger than just the financial aspects of the estate; it includes family, feelings, values and goals.
Family offices have always had to consider the trade-offs between customization and price when putting together their tech stacks.
The Texas adviser, shunned for alleged racist comments, missed the memo on diversity benefits but exposed a broader conundrum facing advisers.
Ken South and his team open Tower 68 Financial Advisors in Newport Beach, California.
Here is a compilation of the rankings for top RIAs by nondiscretionary assets under management.
Digital asset investment products from Grayscale, Bitwise, 21Shares and others saw outflows for the fifth straight week, the longest such streak since January 2018.
A new study by the research firm Backend Benchmarking estimates the high cash allocation in the company's automated portfolios may have cost investors more than $500 million over six years.
Lawmakers will wrestle with tax relief and increases for the wealthy as they put together a $3.5 trillion budget bill. SALT relief targets the $10,000 limit on the deduction for state and local taxes implemented under the 2017 tax reform.
InvestmentNews Research asked financial advisers if they solicit advice from other advisers when it comes to planning their own retirement. Their answers may be surprising.
The case shows California is paying attention to annuity recommendations made through RIAs, and other state insurance departments could follow its lead. The settlement could also lead insurers and licensed third parties that work with RIAs to scrutinize recommendations more carefully, if they don't already vet them closely.
