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Credit Suisse weighs splitting asset management, wealth units
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 16, 2021
Credit Suisse weighs splitting asset management, wealth units

The possibility comes as CEO Thomas Gottstein grapples with the aftermath of the Greensill scandal across the bank's businesses.

By Bloomberg
One in six people now aim to retire before 55
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2021
One in six people now aim to retire before 55

Of the roughly 70 million U.S. households with primary breadwinners younger than 55, 11.5 million are planning to retire by that age, according to a report from Hearts & Wallets.

By Emile Hallez
CFA Institute offers certificate in ESG investing
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 16, 2021
CFA Institute offers certificate in ESG investing

The certificate focuses on analyzing ESG factors and integrating them into portfolios. It also provides ESG fluency for people working in functions such as sales and distribution, wealth management, product development, financial advice, consulting and risk.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Finding diversification beyond market-cap-weighted indexes
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 16, 2021
Finding diversification beyond market-cap-weighted indexes

The equally weighted S&P 500 index has outperformed its cap-weighted counterpart this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
Quirks in required minimum distributions this year
RESOURCES IRA ALERT MAR 16, 2021
Quirks in required minimum distributions this year

Here’s one 2021 oddity: It's impossible for anyone to have a required beginning date in 2021!

By Ed Slott
Allianz Life appoints Jasmine Jirele president and CEO
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2021
Allianz Life appoints Jasmine Jirele president and CEO

The insurance company's chief growth officer succeeds Walter White, who will retire at year-end.

By InvestmentNews
Warburg Pincus takes stake in Edelman Financial Engines
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 16, 2021
Warburg Pincus takes stake in Edelman Financial Engines

Hellman & Friedman, which bought a stake in Edelman in 2015 and combined it with Financial Engines in 2018, will remain majority shareholder.

By InvestmentNews
Capital Group launches practice management platform for advisers
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 16, 2021
Capital Group launches practice management platform for advisers

The new tool, called PracticeLab, is similar to the services advisers are getting from custodians and other business partners.

By Jeff Benjamin
Cybersecurity guidance for 401(k) fiduciaries is lacking, GAO says
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Cybersecurity guidance for 401(k) fiduciaries is lacking, GAO says

The GAO concluded that plan sponsors, record keepers and others have little to go on as far as guidelines from the Department of Labor and that it isn’t clear whether fiduciaries have the responsibility to minimize cybersecurity risks.

By Emile Hallez
Out of work and looking for income: Can annuities help?
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Out of work and looking for income: Can annuities help?

Annuities are one of the leading recommendations for near retirees who are concerned about running out of money. But they are also poorly understood by many consumers, and that puts people at risk for being sold inappropriate products in amounts that represent an outsize proportion of their savings.

By Emile Hallez
CI Financial buys $4.7 billion Brightworth for third deal of 2021
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 15, 2021
CI Financial buys $4.7 billion Brightworth for third deal of 2021

Less than a week after notching its 15th deal in as many months, Toronto-based CI Financial announced the acquisition of an Atlanta-based RIA with $4.7 billion in client assets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Edward Jones eases back into hiring financial advisers
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 15, 2021
Edward Jones eases back into hiring financial advisers

The firm is cautiously increasing hiring at the moment, essentially new advisers, but at a lower rate than in the past. Training financial advisers takes time and is also expensive, with a high percentage of trainees typically not making the cut.

By Bruce Kelly
Will Fuller named president and CEO of Transamerica
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Will Fuller named president and CEO of Transamerica

Fuller, who had been executive vice president of Lincoln Group, succeeds Mark Mullin, who becomes board chairman.

By InvestmentNews
Fidelity fends off suit over 401(k) access fees for fund managers
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
Fidelity fends off suit over 401(k) access fees for fund managers

The plaintiffs maintained that Fidelity was a fiduciary to the plan in respect to the selection of investment options, but courts did not buy that argument. Separately, New York Life and USI Insurance face new 401(k) lawsuits.

By Emile Hallez
Team managing $440 million joins LPL from Royal Alliance
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 15, 2021
Team managing $440 million joins LPL from Royal Alliance

The eight-adviser Monteverde Group is based in Pittsburgh.

By InvestmentNews
Building a resilient advisory business for the post-pandemic world
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION MAR 15, 2021
Building a resilient advisory business for the post-pandemic world

Is the advisory industry capable of continuing the transformation that began during the pandemic in order to shape its next phase?

By Ben Harrison
How Covid-19 changed retirement planning
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
How Covid-19 changed retirement planning

When to claim Social Security is the top question for new retirees.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Reflecting on a year dominated by Covid-19
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 15, 2021
Reflecting on a year dominated by Covid-19

The challenge with reflecting on what’s happened is that it is all so intensely personal, yet it has hit every person.

By George Moriarty
When retirement money is tied up in a business, closing hurts
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2021
When retirement money is tied up in a business, closing hurts

Small-business owners across industries who are nearing retirement have said they are worried about their financial security.

By Emile Hallez
Beyond adoption: Wealthtech finally eyes innovation
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAR 15, 2021
Beyond adoption: Wealthtech finally eyes innovation

Wealthtech has finally graduated from forcing adoption to focusing on innovative ways to bring financial advice into users' pockets.

By Nicole Casperson