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CI Financial will file to take US business public
RIA NEWS APR 07, 2022
CI Financial will file to take US business public

The US IPO will give the Canadian financial conglomerate another method to pay for its purchases of registered investment advisers, says CEO Kurt MacAlpine.

By Jeff Benjamin
JPMorgan says be ready for 40% commodities rally in market shift
RIA NEWS APR 07, 2022
JPMorgan says be ready for 40% commodities rally in market shift

Commodities could head into record territory should investors boost their allocation to raw materials at a time of rising inflation.

By Bloomberg
Fed officials weigh pruning balance sheet by $95 billion a month
FIXED INCOME APR 06, 2022
Fed officials weigh pruning balance sheet by $95 billion a month

Officials proposed shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet at a maximum monthly pace of $60 billion in Treasuries and $35 billion in mortgage-backed securities.

By Bloomberg
Partisan split dims outlook for retirement bill approved by House panel
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2022
Partisan split dims outlook for retirement bill approved by House panel

Many provisions in the House Education and Labor Committee bill have only Democratic backing, which reduces their chances of being part of a bigger retirement savings measure later this year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Private equity investors take stakes in CAIS, Mather Group
RIA NEWS APR 06, 2022
Private equity investors take stakes in CAIS, Mather Group

The steady flow of PE money into wealth management illustrates the bullish outlook for the industry's fee-based revenue streams.

By Jeff Benjamin
UBS team managing $360 million moves to LPL
RIA NEWS APR 06, 2022
UBS team managing $360 million moves to LPL

Gary Edmonds, Andy Chang are joining the firm's Linsco employee-broker unit in Washington, DC.

By InvestmentNews
Hub acquires $1.3 billion plan consultant
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2022
Hub acquires $1.3 billion plan consultant

Stace Hilbrant, managing director of Wilmette, Illinois-based 401(k) Advisors, will join Hub.

By InvestmentNews
Creative Planning acquires $440 million Arizona firm
RIA NEWS APR 06, 2022
Creative Planning acquires $440 million Arizona firm

Hatton Consulting is a Phoenix-based wealth management firm that was founded in 1999.

By InvestmentNews
Global bond sell-off deepens as Fed steps up tightening rhetoric
FIXED INCOME APR 06, 2022
Global bond sell-off deepens as Fed steps up tightening rhetoric

The prospect of aggressive Fed action propelled the benchmark 10-year Treasuries back into ranges seen in 2018 and 2019.

By Bloomberg
Black Americans more engaged with investing,  especially outside the mainstream
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2022
Black Americans more engaged with investing, especially outside the mainstream

Black Americans increasingly turn to newer types of assets, like cryptocurrency, that are less likely to be associated with structural discrimination, according to a study from Ariel and Schwab.

By Joanne Cleaver
Millennium Trust enters HSA market with purchase of PayFlex
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2022
Millennium Trust enters HSA market with purchase of PayFlex

The deal pushes Millennium up to 5 million individual client accounts and $47 billion of total assets under administration.

By Jeff Benjamin
Creative Planning buys $1.9 billion RIA, New Orleans-based Resource Management
RIA NEWS APR 05, 2022
Creative Planning buys $1.9 billion RIA, New Orleans-based Resource Management

Over the first three months of 2022, the RIA aggregator announced six acquisitions of wealth management firms with close to $5.7 billion in AUM.

By Bruce Kelly
Ex-BofA employees among 6 banned by Fed over Covid loan fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2022
Ex-BofA employees among 6 banned by Fed over Covid loan fraud

The Federal Reserve banned the former bank employees for fraudulently obtaining loans designed to provide economic relief to small businesses during the pandemic.

By Bloomberg
Flat fees gain traction among advisers critical of asset-based pricing
RIA NEWS APR 05, 2022
Flat fees gain traction among advisers critical of asset-based pricing

While the financial planning industry clings to the more lucrative asset-based fee model, a steady push toward flat fees is gaining steam.

By Jeff Benjamin
Merit Financial acquires two Colorado firms
RIA NEWS APR 05, 2022
Merit Financial acquires two Colorado firms

Tedstrom Wealth and I.M. Wealth Care are both in the Denver Area and add $381 million in assets to Merit.

By InvestmentNews
Burt White moves from LPL to Carson Group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 05, 2022
Burt White moves from LPL to Carson Group

As chief strategy officer, LPL's former chief investment officer will join the executive board and report directly to Ron Carson.

By Jeff Benjamin
State Street launches active muni ESG fund
RIA NEWS APR 05, 2022
State Street launches active muni ESG fund

The exchange-traded fund is sub-advised by Nuveen Asset Management, a unit of TIAA.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley rep managing $260 million goes to Linsco
RIA NEWS APR 04, 2022
Morgan Stanley rep managing $260 million goes to Linsco

Financial adviser Lisa Tesar joins LPL’s employee unit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

By InvestmentNews
10 IBDs with the highest average payouts
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 04, 2022
10 IBDs with the highest average payouts

See the IBDs where advisers took home the highest payouts in 2021, and how the numbers compare with the data from 2020.

By InvestmentNews
WA Asset Management acquires $270 million RIA
RIA NEWS APR 04, 2022
WA Asset Management acquires $270 million RIA

Both WA Asset Management and the firm it acquired, Clark Financial Advisors, are based in Birmingham, Alabama.

By InvestmentNews