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Mutual fund assets continue to decline in 2020
ETFS JAN 21, 2021
Mutual fund assets continue to decline in 2020

Record outflows from mutual funds have analysts wondering about the future of giants like American Funds, T. Rowe Price and Dimensional Fund Advisors. While mutual funds still hold more than three times the assets of exchange-traded funds, they registered a record $289 billion in outflows last year, according to Morningstar.

By Jeff Benjamin
Mercer Advisors acquires $440 million RIA
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 21, 2021
Mercer Advisors acquires $440 million RIA

Hart Capital Management was founded in 1998 and is based in Spokane, Washington.

By InvestmentNews
SageView deal shows RPA M&A market is still hot
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2021
SageView deal shows RPA M&A market is still hot

After private-equity partners lined up to invest in Captrust, which eventually selected GTCR, the firms that were left out were eager to invest. SageView became the most attractive option remaining.

By Fred Barstein
Retiree debt doubles during pandemic
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2021
Retiree debt doubles during pandemic

As COVID-19 forced some older Americans into early retirement, a survey shows a huge increase last year in total retiree debt, partly as a result of more people carrying credit card debt.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OneDigital acquires firm overseeing $1 billion in plan assets
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2021
OneDigital acquires firm overseeing $1 billion in plan assets

The deal for Vertical Financial Group is the insurance giant’s second big purchase of a retirement plan adviser.

By InvestmentNews
Biden signals administration will review DOL ESG rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2021
Biden signals administration will review DOL ESG rule

Hours before President Joseph Biden was inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol, the Biden transition team released a list of more than 100 Trump regulations approved since 2017 that it intends to revisit.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Morgan Stanley adds close to 500 new advisers in 2020
WIREHOUSES JAN 20, 2021
Morgan Stanley adds close to 500 new advisers in 2020

CEO James Gorman, who worked at Merrill Lynch before joining Morgan Stanley in 2006, said that last year was the first time in decades he had not seen "net attrition," or a net loss, of advisers. "We're bringing in $20 billion every five weeks," Gorman said.

By Bruce Kelly
Retirement risk rose slightly in 2020, study finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2021
Retirement risk rose slightly in 2020, study finds

Roughly half of American households may not be able to maintain their standard of living in retirement, according to a report from the Center for Retirement Research.

By InvestmentNews
Trio managing $500 million at BB&T joins Raymond James
BROKER DEALERS JAN 20, 2021
Trio managing $500 million at BB&T joins Raymond James

Chuck Crist, Chuck Gillingham and Ryan H. Jones are joining the firm's employee channel in St. Augustine, Florida.

By InvestmentNews
UBS faces year of uncertainty amid probe of CEO Hamers
WIREHOUSES JAN 20, 2021
UBS faces year of uncertainty amid probe of CEO Hamers

The new chief executive faces a lengthy Dutch legal battle over his role in a money laundering scandal at his previous employer, ING, that has complicated efforts to put his stamp on the business.

By Bloomberg
Preparing clients for the next bear market
OPINION JAN 20, 2021
Preparing clients for the next bear market

The greatest value we add as financial advisers is keeping clients from making mistakes from which they cannot recover.

By Scott Hanson
401(k) sponsors in the dark about cognitive decline
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 19, 2021
401(k) sponsors in the dark about cognitive decline

A Department of Labor advisory council compiled a wealth of testimony on the challenges that plan sponsors, advisers, record keepers and others face in identifying retirement savers’ cognitive decline and what options they have when they suspect it.

By Emile Hallez
Toward a definition of financial wellness
OPINION JAN 19, 2021
Toward a definition of financial wellness

Countless wealth management firms, insurance companies and fintech providers are promising to deliver financial wellness, but few can offer a coherent definition, let alone a clear approach to providing it.

By Chris Heye
William Blair team managing $2.2 billion forms RIA
RIAS JAN 19, 2021
William Blair team managing $2.2 billion forms RIA

Salvino Wealth Management team in Hinsdale, Illinois, becomes Performance Wealth

By InvestmentNews
SEC charges father-and-son team with fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 19, 2021
SEC charges father-and-son team with fraud

The agency says that Michael Sztrom's son David faked being an adviser with his father’s help.

By InvestmentNews
SEC charges former Arizona adviser with fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 19, 2021
SEC charges former Arizona adviser with fraud

Jacob C. Glick of Scottsdale allegedly took $355,000 from a client after he was terminated by his firm.

By InvestmentNews
Gensler expected to put teeth in Reg BI — not overturn it
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 19, 2021
Gensler expected to put teeth in Reg BI — not overturn it

A former chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, former Treasury Department official and former Goldman Sachs executive, Gensler has developed a reputation as a tough regulator who also was a successful leader on Wall Street.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Goldman Sachs to expand Marcus Invest internationally in 2021
FINTECH JAN 19, 2021
Goldman Sachs to expand Marcus Invest internationally in 2021

The Wall Street bank’s entrance into robo-advice may be late, but CEO David Solomon outlined how the platform will be able to compete in a crowded marketplace

By Nicole Casperson
Mercer acquires $365 million Virginia RIA
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 19, 2021
Mercer acquires $365 million Virginia RIA

All five team members of Pinnacle Wealth Solutions in Midlothian are joining Mercer.

By InvestmentNews
Merrill Lynch's hunt for new clients tamed by COVID-19
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 19, 2021
Merrill Lynch's hunt for new clients tamed by COVID-19

Net new households at the wirehouse in 2020 declined 37% year over year, the company reported Tuesday. The pandemic clearly hampered advisers' efforts to reel in new clients, a push at the firm since 2016.

By Bruce Kelly