Custodians are becoming more attracted to the business of automated advice, and are using vast resources to introduce their own consumer platforms.
Texas group had formerly been affiliated with Cetera.
Republican presidential candidate's acceptance speech to the RNC makes big promises but offers little specifics on how he would cut taxes or reform regulations.
Massachusetts securities regulator says agents for six B-Ds and an RIA submitted unauthorized proxy votes for nontraded REITs controlled by a Nicholas Schorsch firm.
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Louis D. Dworsky was found in breach of promissory notes when he left the brokerage firm.
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The settlement was part of a broader crackdown by regulators in five states on insurers who allegedly failed to make death benefit payouts on a timely basis.
Finra said the adviser misled five IRA customers and then did not give an honest account of his actions.
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There already have been several suits over high fees, and a second front may be emerging over plan options.
Bad VA switches were supposed to be a thing of the past, but the independent broker-dealer industry should take heed of this fine.
Failure to follow the applicable rules can turn into a public enforcement action.
Regulator seeking common-sense changes to gift and non-cash comp rules for members.
Most 'elite' advisers are looking to grow through personalized service to ultra-wealthy and institutional clients.
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The generation's reputation for hopping jobs and shunning stocks doesn't match new 401(k) data from Fidelity Investments.
Firms embracing automated advice are positioning themselves to capture new client segments. By 2018, nearly one-third of registered investment advisers will have a robo-offering.