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401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 27, 2020
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters

Retirement plan participants who traded in their accounts in 2019 largely moved out of stock funds and into fixed income

By Emile Hallez
Perigon, RLP merge to create $1.8 billion RIA
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 27, 2020
Perigon, RLP merge to create $1.8 billion RIA

The combined firm, headquartered in San Francisco, will operate under the Perigon name

By InvestmentNews
How open MEPs could hit 401(k)s, advisers
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2020
How open MEPs could hit 401(k)s, advisers

Banks and insurers could be early movers, and there will be opportunities for advisers to scale their businesses

By Emile Hallez
Asset managers lock horns over potential $7 trillion opportunity
INVESTING ETFS JAN 27, 2020
Asset managers lock horns over potential $7 trillion opportunity

Big fund companies are competing to promote a new type of actively managed ETF

By Bloomberg
Repapering is anything but easy
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2020
Repapering is anything but easy

Doing the work involved in moving clients to a new custodian is a massive undertaking

By Scott Hanson
Keep sweep accounts clean and transparent
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2020
Keep sweep accounts clean and transparent

Idle cash is a significant profit center for broker-dealers

By InvestmentNews
A new playbook for independent broker-dealer M&A
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 27, 2020
A new playbook for independent broker-dealer M&A

Everyone is up for sale at the right price – and private equity is buying

By Bruce Kelly
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2020
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails

Its new guaranteed-income annuity is the first to invest solely in target-date funds

By Emile Hallez
Adviser managing $350 million at Wells Fargo moves to Stifel
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 24, 2020
Adviser managing $350 million at Wells Fargo moves to Stifel

Randy Seymour will open an office for the firm in Ebensburg, Pa.

By InvestmentNews
Security Benefit's legal woes over indexed annuities persist
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 24, 2020
Security Benefit's legal woes over indexed annuities persist

Ten plaintiffs have teamed up in a class action alleging that the insurer misled contract holders about the performance of its proprietary indexes

By Emile Hallez
ETrade growth plan sends mixed messages
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 24, 2020
ETrade growth plan sends mixed messages

After a disappointing fourth quarter, the company's focus is on capturing RIAs leaving Schwab and TD

By Jeff Benjamin
Wells Fargo regulator punishes leaders who created culture of fear
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES JAN 24, 2020
Wells Fargo regulator punishes leaders who created culture of fear

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's complaint against the bank documents the sales abuses that pervaded Wells' nationwide branch network

By Bloomberg
Finra bars broker who sold Future Income Payments Ponzi
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 24, 2020
Finra bars broker who sold Future Income Payments Ponzi

Kari Bracy was a no-show with Finra for its investigation into the matter

By Bruce Kelly
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients

Accounts will offer TIAA and Nuveen mutual funds

By InvestmentNews
Carson expungement illustrates problem with system, lawyers say
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 23, 2020
Carson expungement illustrates problem with system, lawyers say

A Finra arbitrator ruled that a customer dispute from 2004 should be removed from his record

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Ex-Wells Fargo leaders face $59 million in fines over scandals
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 23, 2020
Ex-Wells Fargo leaders face $59 million in fines over scandals

Former CEO John Stumpf agreed to a $17.5 million penalty and an industry ban

By Bloomberg
Free trading hits TD hard
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 23, 2020
Free trading hits TD hard

On the flip side, while profits are down, TD Ameritrade's trading volume has spiked to levels the company has never seen before

By Jeff Benjamin
Wells Fargo reassessing wealth technology
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH JAN 23, 2020
Wells Fargo reassessing wealth technology

Firm reports new leaders resetting its technology direction to the tune of $166 million

By Ryan W. Neal
Raymond James' CEO takes a victory lap
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 23, 2020
Raymond James' CEO takes a victory lap

Paul Reilly touts the new highs the firm hit in client assets and number of advisers

By Bruce Kelly
Financial satisfaction is booming, but so are worries, surveys find
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
Financial satisfaction is booming, but so are worries, surveys find

Well-being at a peak, says AICPA, but Schroders sees fears of outliving money

By InvestmentNews