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How convergence can help increase revenue
OPINION MAY 19, 2021
How convergence can help increase revenue

It can close the savings gaps for employees and create revenue opportunities.

By Francesca Messano
Wealthtech funding hits record $5.6 billion in Q1
FINTECH MAY 19, 2021
Wealthtech funding hits record $5.6 billion in Q1

In the first quarter, a total of 86 deals took place, and the wealthtech sector already has outpaced 2020’s year-end total funding of $5.2 billion.

By Nicole Casperson
Robinhood plans to reveal IPO filing as soon as next week
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2021
Robinhood plans to reveal IPO filing as soon as next week

The filing will give potential investors their first comprehensive look at Robinhood's financials and the risks associated with the stock.

By Bloomberg
FIS to take over record-keeping tech, operations for T. Rowe Price
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2021
FIS to take over record-keeping tech, operations for T. Rowe Price

About 800 T. Rowe employees will be offered jobs with FIS; the transition is effective Aug. 1.

By InvestmentNews
Edelman Financial Engines acquires tax-oriented firm
RIAS MAY 19, 2021
Edelman Financial Engines acquires tax-oriented firm

Viridian Advisors, an $846 million RIA, will bring CPAs and tax expertise to Edelman.

By InvestmentNews
Specter of 1960s inflation haunts U.S. economy today
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2021
Specter of 1960s inflation haunts U.S. economy today

The U.S. is seeing a supercharged federal budget combine with a lax monetary policy posture, just as in the 1960s, when the combination led to the start of a years-long climb in inflation.

By Bloomberg
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields
RIAS MAY 18, 2021
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields

Professionals in any trade “have a sacred obligation to the client and society as a whole,” Blaine Aikin, founder of Fiduciary Insights, said in the keynote presentation at the InvestmentNews RIA Summit.

By Emile Hallez and Liz Skinner
PIABA finds arbitrators grant expungement 90% of the time
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 18, 2021
PIABA finds arbitrators grant expungement 90% of the time

Lawyers group says regulators and the customers who had complaints should be able to present evidence in expungement requests.

By InvestmentNews
Move over, Robinhood — Fidelity democratizes investing for teens
FINTECH MAY 18, 2021
Move over, Robinhood — Fidelity democratizes investing for teens

Teens will be able to trade U.S.-listed stocks, Fidelity mutual funds and most exchange-traded funds, with no account fees or commissions.

By Nicole Casperson
Life settlements seen increasing as population ages
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 18, 2021
Life settlements seen increasing as population ages

Selling unneeded insurance policies to a third party can provide retirees with needed income.

By Mary Beth Franklin
$400 million indie switches to Arkadios from Lincoln
RIAS MAY 18, 2021
$400 million indie switches to Arkadios from Lincoln

Frank Hanna and Bryan Cogliano head RevolutionX, a hybrid based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

By InvestmentNews
The all-out battle over the 401(k) default option
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2021
The all-out battle over the 401(k) default option

The fight for the default option, like the competition to be a plan’s record keeper or adviser, could change the largely cooperative DCIO landscape.

By Fred Barstein
Spring-cleaning your advisory practice
OPINION MAY 17, 2021
Spring-cleaning your advisory practice

The key to success is to keep improving, innovating and taking the right steps to achieve change.

By Matt Regan
The war for risk analysis gets ugly
OPINION MAY 17, 2021
The war for risk analysis gets ugly

Market leader Riskalyze lashed out at competitors over differences in methodologies, but the allegations opened up interesting questions about the technologies under the hood at risk analysis providers.

By Sean Allocca
The one thing that matters most to clients during a crisis
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 17, 2021
The one thing that matters most to clients during a crisis

It’s not whether you’re an adviser or a broker. It’s not whether you’re fee-only or fee-based. It’s not the designations after your name, or even whether you’ve taken a fiduciary pledge. What clients care most about during a crisis is whether you can be trusted.

By Don Trone
Annuity sales rise in Q1 thanks to just two product types
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2021
Annuity sales rise in Q1 thanks to just two product types

Although sales figures were down considerably for most categories compared with the first quarter of 2020, fixed-rate deferred annuities and registered index-linked annuities, or RILAs, saw purchases up by 46% and 89%, respectively, according to a report from Limra’s Secure Retirement Institute.

By Emile Hallez
Why is LPL's biggest branch starting its own broker-dealer?
BROKER DEALERS MAY 17, 2021
Why is LPL's biggest branch starting its own broker-dealer?

Private Advisor Group has taken the unusual step of launching its own broker-dealer with the intention of putting it in better position to grab referrals.

By Bruce Kelly
Rockefeller adds UBS team managing $1.9 billion
RIAS MAY 17, 2021
Rockefeller adds UBS team managing $1.9 billion

Knowlton Knowlton & Larsen will be Rockefeller's first group of advisers in Boston.

By InvestmentNews
Advisers walk fine line when managing client cash
ETFS MAY 17, 2021
Advisers walk fine line when managing client cash

Staying ahead of inflation in a low-yield environment can mean taking on more risk with emergency cash positions. The shortest-term certificates of deposit are yielding less than 65 basis points.

By Jeff Benjamin
Another IRS update on the 10-year rule
IRA ALERT MAY 17, 2021
Another IRS update on the 10-year rule

The agency says it's revising Publication 590-B, which caused the confusion about the 10-year rule on required minimum distributions under the SECURE Act.

By Ed Slott