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Finra spanks Morgan Stanley over sales of high-risk stocks
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 23, 2022
Finra spanks Morgan Stanley over sales of high-risk stocks

The Finra penalty included a fine of $200,000 and restitution to clients of $498,000 plus interest.

By Bruce Kelly
How do you keep client risk tolerance stable as markets gyrate?
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION NOV 23, 2022
How do you keep client risk tolerance stable as markets gyrate?

Counterintuitively, advisers can instill a sense of calm in clients and attract new clients to the firm by inviting a risk-focused conversation into the room.

By Aaron Klein
Higher yields on cash give advisers another asset allocation tool
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS NOV 21, 2022
Higher yields on cash give advisers another asset allocation tool

The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation has turned boring cash accounts into top performers.

By Jeff Benjamin
Apparent detour opened new career path
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 21, 2022
Apparent detour opened new career path

Gaining the CFP designation became the fulcrum for a midcareer pivot, but earning it wasn't easy.

By Mary Beth Franklin
One woman’s vision to empower women clients transcends tragedy
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION NOV 21, 2022
One woman’s vision to empower women clients transcends tragedy

The Lucy Shair Foundation for Women in Finance seeks to reduce the gender gap by neutralizing one barrier to establishing a firm of one’s own: lack of seed capital.

By Ellen Cherveny
First-generation women crave personal investment to spark vision 
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION NOV 21, 2022
First-generation women crave personal investment to spark vision 

It is imperative that we not let women miss out on a profession that can provide purpose, financial stability and a path towards a balanced life.

By Sathya Chey Patterson
Financial advice is the midlife job that women want – but don’t know exists
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 21, 2022
Financial advice is the midlife job that women want – but don’t know exists

In the past two years, American women have had a collective epiphany: They want to trade in their current careers for something different and better.

By Joanne Cleaver
Midcareer women benefit from the rise of the returnship
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 21, 2022
Midcareer women benefit from the rise of the returnship

A little effort delivers big results when firms build on-ramps for women who want to re-enter the workforce.

By Joanne Cleaver
How Advisory Firms Can Maintain Momentum in an Uncertain Environment
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 21, 2022
How Advisory Firms Can Maintain Momentum in an Uncertain Environment

Practices reported significant gains during 2021. But as markets become more volatile, they’ll need to adapt in order to keep growing. Learn where they should focus their efforts—and capital.

By InvestmentNews Create
JPMorgan to give all new parents 16 weeks of leave
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 18, 2022
JPMorgan to give all new parents 16 weeks of leave

The firm will also increase employees' sick days and bereavement leave, according to an internal memo.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley's richest clients being offered Tiger Global venture fund
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES NOV 17, 2022
Morgan Stanley's richest clients being offered Tiger Global venture fund

The investment firm has tapped Morgan Stanley's wealth management arm as it seeks to raise $6 billion for its next venture fund.

By Bloomberg
Colorado revisions to financial planning guide don't quiet a critic
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 17, 2022
Colorado revisions to financial planning guide don't quiet a critic

The state is concerned that fee-for-service financial planners aren't aligning their charges with work done for clients. Michael Kitces said the guidance remains biased toward the AUM model.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Strategies for continuing to diversify the wealth management industry
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 17, 2022
Strategies for continuing to diversify the wealth management industry

Panelists at the Women Adviser Summit in New York City say firms need to rethink how they look for new talent if they're serious about increasing diversity in the industry.

By Ryan W. Neal
Ritholtz Wealth Management hires its first company president
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS NOV 17, 2022
Ritholtz Wealth Management hires its first company president

Jay Tini joins Ritholtz from Vanguard, where he was divisional sales manager, for his first job at an RIA.

By Jeff Benjamin
Study points out barriers to success of women advisers
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 17, 2022
Study points out barriers to success of women advisers

Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a Carson Group survey note that women must juggle professional responsibilities with caregiving obligations.

By InvestmentNews
SEC officials tell advisers to put clients’ interests first, tell truth in ads
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2022
SEC officials tell advisers to put clients’ interests first, tell truth in ads

A seminar offers some insight into what the agency is looking for in firms' compliance with Reg BI and the marketing rule.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
S&P to pay $2.5 million to settle SEC conflict-of-interest charges
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2022
S&P to pay $2.5 million to settle SEC conflict-of-interest charges

The securities watchdog’s order asserted that the rating of a mortgage-backed security deal in 2017 was at issue.

By InvestmentNews
Merrill nabs $1 billion team from Citi
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 15, 2022
Merrill nabs $1 billion team from Citi

A team of four advisers in suburban New York is making the switch.

By InvestmentNews
CFP Board seeks time limit on reinstating suspended mark
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 14, 2022
CFP Board seeks time limit on reinstating suspended mark

The organization is continuing to update its enforcement procedures to align with the revised code of conduct that went into force in 2020.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Former chief compliance officer at RIA guilty of $500,000 fraud
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS NOV 14, 2022
Former chief compliance officer at RIA guilty of $500,000 fraud

According to several news websites, Jennifer Campbell had worked at Pratt Collard Buck Advisory Group, a firm in Buffalo, New York, that closed at the end of last year.

By Bruce Kelly