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Focus Financial engineers two year-end acquisitions by its subsidiaries
RIA NEWS DEC 31, 2018
Focus Financial engineers two year-end acquisitions by its subsidiaries

The stock market remains lukewarm on the publicly traded consolidator

By Jeff Benjamin
Wells Fargo to pay states $575 million over sales practices
WIREHOUSES DEC 28, 2018
Wells Fargo to pay states $575 million over sales practices

The settlement with 50 states and the District of Columbia announced Friday resolves state investigations into Wells Fargo's practices from 2002 to 2017.

By Bloomberg
Biggest events for advisers last year
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 28, 2018
Biggest events for advisers last year

Key news for the wealth management industry included the Edelman-Financial Engines merger, the Focus Financial IPO and the seller's market in RIAs

By Joe Duran
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 27, 2018
JPMorgan to pay more than $135 million for improper handling of ADRs

This is the eighth action against a bank or broker, and fourth action against a depositary bank, resulting from the SEC's ongoing investigation into abusive ADR pre-release practices.

By InvestmentNews
Finra fines Morgan Stanley $10 million for lapses in anti-money laundering program
WIREHOUSES DEC 26, 2018
Finra fines Morgan Stanley $10 million for lapses in anti-money laundering program

Finra's findings were largely surrounding legacy Morgan Stanley Smith Barney systems, staffing and processes relating to the surveillance of wire transfers, and the deposit and sale of low priced securities.

By InvestmentNews
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 24, 2018
Finra makes it harder for brokers to expunge tainted records

Latest rule tells arbitrators that expungement should be a 'rare remedy.'

By Jeff Benjamin
Phillip Frost sells most of his Ladenburg Thalmann shares
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 24, 2018
Phillip Frost sells most of his Ladenburg Thalmann shares

The SEC charged the firm's former chairman in September with fraud.

By Bruce Kelly
Calculating Social Security survivor amounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 21, 2018
Calculating Social Security survivor amounts

What happens to the survivor if a worker dies before claiming benefits?

By Mary Beth Franklin
WIREHOUSES DEC 21, 2018
Finra sues Ami Forte, one-time Morgan Stanley superstar broker

Finra suit charges Forte with churning the account of an elderly, mentally incompetent client

By Bruce Kelly
Will LPL's new emphasis on recruiting from wirehouses pay off?
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 21, 2018
Will LPL's new emphasis on recruiting from wirehouses pay off?

Recent moves at LPL Financial make it clear that the firm will target more brokers who now work at wirehouses.

By Bruce Kelly
For some women, widowhood produces a windfall — and plenty of headaches
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2018
For some women, widowhood produces a windfall — and plenty of headaches

Women who are beneficiaries of their late husbands' estates could be shocked at how much more they owe in taxes.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Time runs out on bills to ease small broker audits, highlight regulatory impact on small advisers
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 20, 2018
Time runs out on bills to ease small broker audits, highlight regulatory impact on small advisers

Advocates for the measures vow to fight again next year, tout bipartisan support in Congress

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
New tax laws invite strategic sidestepping
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2018
New tax laws invite strategic sidestepping

Uncertainty looms, but there may be some good news ahead for taxpayers.

By Bloomberg
Cetera fined $1.4 million for award-winning broker's excessive trades
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2018
Cetera fined $1.4 million for award-winning broker's excessive trades

Firm awarded broker sales awards, despite mutual-fund churning flagged to home office, according to Finra.

By Greg Iacurci
LPL picks up $640 million Stofan Agazzi Investments
RIA NEWS DEC 20, 2018
LPL picks up $640 million Stofan Agazzi Investments

The Illinois-based firm is leaving Wintrust Investments.

By Ryan W. Neal
T shares are dead
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 20, 2018
T shares are dead

The death of the DOL fiduciary rule condemned the mutual fund share class to extinction.

By Greg Iacurci
The key to sustaining your firm's growth  may not be what you think
FINTECH DEC 20, 2018
The key to sustaining your firm's growth may not be what you think

By By Gabriel Garcia, Managing Director, BNY Mellon's Pershing Advisor Solutions
UBS Wealth embraces exotic strategies to battle market headwinds
RIA NEWS DEC 19, 2018
UBS Wealth embraces exotic strategies to battle market headwinds

The strategy draws inspiration from fast-money playbook beloved by hedge funds.

By Bloomberg
Betterment adding commodities to adviser platform
FINTECH DEC 19, 2018
Betterment adding commodities to adviser platform

The ETF will not be available on the retail Betterment product.

By Ryan W. Neal
SEC slaps Ancora Advisers with $100,000 fine for pay-to-play violations
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 19, 2018
SEC slaps Ancora Advisers with $100,000 fine for pay-to-play violations

Ancora Advisors made political contributions and then provided adviser services to public agencies.

By Bruce Kelly