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Sammons Financial acquires $3 billion Ohio RIA
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2021
Sammons Financial acquires $3 billion Ohio RIA

Dayton-based Beacon Capital Management also runs a turnkey asset management program.

By InvestmentNews
Mercer acquires $215 million Iowa RIA
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2021
Mercer acquires $215 million Iowa RIA

Ten-year-old Marrs Wealth Management is based in Ames.

By InvestmentNews
An adviser guide to setting goals in 2021
OPINION JAN 25, 2021
An adviser guide to setting goals in 2021

If we set goals that have a 50-50 probability of completion, we know we’re stretching ourselves; we also know that we’ll get to the end of the year achieving far more than we could’ve imagined just one short year earlier.

By Ron Carson
Amid bubble fears, investors keep buying
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2021
Amid bubble fears, investors keep buying

Despite warnings of market excess, exchange-traded U.S. equity funds took in $7 billion last week, while the S&P 500 saw its best week since November.

By Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley's Gorman now best-paid bank CEO, topping Dimon
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 25, 2021
Morgan Stanley's Gorman now best-paid bank CEO, topping Dimon

Morgan Stanley boosted its chief executive’s pay 22% to $33 million for 2020, when the Wall Street bank posted its third consecutive year of record earnings and announced two large deals.

By Bloomberg
Regulators must address savers’ cognitive decline
OPINION JAN 25, 2021
Regulators must address savers’ cognitive decline

Today, unfortunately, cases of cognitive decline are prevalent, and the informal and below-the-radar approaches that addressed the issue in the past are inadequate to meet the current challenge.

By InvestmentNews
Dramatic changes to legislation seem unlikely despite full Democratic control
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2021
Dramatic changes to legislation seem unlikely despite full Democratic control

An evenly divided Senate might tweak rather than overhaul investment-advice policy, such as the treatment of rollovers, while resisting some tax increases Biden advocated during the election.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Finra examines reps taking PPP loans for potential violations
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 22, 2021
Finra examines reps taking PPP loans for potential violations

Finra is concerned that some reps are receiving federal financial support connected to work they’re doing outside of their brokerage jobs. Its exams are not part of a sweep; they target individual reps who received loans.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Texas broker charged with child sexual assault
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2021
Texas broker charged with child sexual assault

Gregory Estes had faced earlier charges of child sexual abuse, which were dismissed. Estes, who has been a registered rep with SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. since 2012, now faces four charges in total.

By Bruce Kelly
Fidelity launches pooled employer plan
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2021
Fidelity launches pooled employer plan

Fidelity Investments became the latest to register with the Department of Labor as a pooled plan provider. The PEP, which appears to target small businesses, could significantly boost the company’s presence in that market – the bulk of Fidelity’s defined-contribution plan business is with large employers.

By Emile Hallez
Fidelity executive leading $3.6 trillion Personal Investing group retires
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2021
Fidelity executive leading $3.6 trillion Personal Investing group retires

After 12 years as president of the division, Kathleen Murphy, 57, will depart this summer; her successor has not yet been named.

By Jeff Benjamin
401(k) suits filed against Mercedes, Takeda, American Trust
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2021
401(k) suits filed against Mercedes, Takeda, American Trust

Plaintiffs allege excessive fees and other claims against the auto maker and drug company, while a participant in a plan using American Trust as trustee claims a major distribution was made without his permission. The University of Pennsylvania settled a long-running case over its 403(b).

By Emile Hallez
5 retirement planning resolutions for 2021
OPINION JAN 22, 2021
5 retirement planning resolutions for 2021

Learning from the lessons of 2020 and taking action to improve their retirement planning should be a key focus for advisers in 2021.

By Katherine Roy
Wall Street skimps on compensation despite pandemic windfall
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2021
Wall Street skimps on compensation despite pandemic windfall

Investment banks saw a rise in revenue per employee last year, but that doesn't seem to have translated into big rewards for workers.

By Bloomberg
Now that Wells Fargo has a plan, what's in it for advisers?
OPINION JAN 22, 2021
Now that Wells Fargo has a plan, what's in it for advisers?

CEO Charlie Scharf is making classic changes to streamline and reduce costs at Wells Fargo's Wealth and Investment Management unit, which houses Wells Fargo Advisors.

By Bruce Kelly
Allison Herren Lee named acting SEC chair
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 21, 2021
Allison Herren Lee named acting SEC chair

Biden has nominated Gary Gensler to serve as SEC chairman, but that nomination must be approved by the Senate. Lee has served as an SEC commissioner since 2019.

By InvestmentNews
3 pandemic trends we should hold onto
OPINION JAN 21, 2021
3 pandemic trends we should hold onto

The technology adoption and rewriting of work rules and expectations that's now occurring, if properly navigated and implemented, can help firms gain a competitive advantage.

By Cheryl Nash
Tennessee bank program moves to Raymond James
BROKER DEALERS JAN 21, 2021
Tennessee bank program moves to Raymond James

FirstBank’s investment unit, with 17 advisers, had been affiliated with LPL Financial.

By InvestmentNews
Trump pardons provide leniency in cases involving investor harm
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 21, 2021
Trump pardons provide leniency in cases involving investor harm

Such pardons don’t sit well with securities attorneys, who say they contradict the mission of regulators and send the wrong message to perpetrators.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
What the Biden administration really means for fintech
FINTECH JAN 21, 2021
What the Biden administration really means for fintech

While conventional wisdom suggests a Democratic administration will move to strengthen regulations, there's potential for focus on how fintech can be used to help accomplish the new administration’s goal of expanding access to financial services.

By Nicole Casperson