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Financial wellness is winning 401(k) plan business
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 24, 2020
Financial wellness is winning 401(k) plan business

The strategy is seen as an opportunity to help train younger advisers and prospect for wealth management clients.

By Emile Hallez
Workplace wellness: getting  physical and fiscal
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 24, 2020
Workplace wellness: getting physical and fiscal

Combining financial wellness with traditional wellness programs can highlight their value, according to guests at a recent RPA event.

By Emile Hallez
COVID-19 relief bill gives employers tax credits for student loan help
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 23, 2020
COVID-19 relief bill gives employers tax credits for student loan help

A CARES Act provision that encourages companies to repay their workers' student loans would be available for another five years

By Emile Hallez
Fourth quarter saw a record 69 RIA deals, Echelon says
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 23, 2020
Fourth quarter saw a record 69 RIA deals, Echelon says

M&A activity posted another record for the year despite the slow second quarter

By InvestmentNews
Broker-dealers on getting annuities into 401(k) plans
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 23, 2020
Broker-dealers on getting annuities into 401(k) plans

Guests at the RPA Convergence Broker-Dealer Roundtable and Thinktank say it might be a while before annuities are used in many plans.

By Emile Hallez
UBS board considers impact of ING probe on new CEO
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 23, 2020
UBS board considers impact of ING probe on new CEO

Ralph Hamers is caught up in an investigation of money laundering that occurred while he headed ING Groep

By Bloomberg
SEC approves rule to allow testimonials in advertising
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 22, 2020
SEC approves rule to allow testimonials in advertising

Revision of the advertising rule in place since 1961 reflects technological advances like social media marketing, according to the regulator

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
COVID relief bill could help some small-business 401(k)s
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 22, 2020
COVID relief bill could help some small-business 401(k)s

A small section of Tuesday's spending bill will help some employers avoid partial plan terminations

By Emile Hallez
IN Podcast: Ariel Alternatives seeks to close the racial wealth gap, plus a dive into HSAs
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 22, 2020
IN Podcast: Ariel Alternatives seeks to close the racial wealth gap, plus a dive into HSAs

Les Brun, co-founder of Ariel Alternatives, shares his vision for “Project Black,” the firm’s initiative to invest in middle-market companies to scale the number of minority-owned businesses.

By InvestmentNews
Scaramucci to launch SkyBridge Bitcoin fund
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 22, 2020
Scaramucci to launch SkyBridge Bitcoin fund

The new fund designed for wealthy investors will be seeded with $20 million

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC slams Voya Financial with $23 million penalty for conflicts at RIA
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 22, 2020
SEC slams Voya Financial with $23 million penalty for conflicts at RIA

The conflicts of interest ranged from 12b-1 fees to cash sweep accounts to alternative investments

By Bruce Kelly
Wells Fargo to sell student loan book to Apollo, Blackstone
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 22, 2020
Wells Fargo to sell student loan book to Apollo, Blackstone

The sale is part of CEO Charlie Scharf's effort to focus the bank on key businesses

By Bloomberg
401(k) record keepers bullish on post-COVID opportunities
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 21, 2020
401(k) record keepers bullish on post-COVID opportunities

Industry consolidation, financial wellness, data and new ways to work in the pandemic reality were among things on attendees' minds at the latest RPA event

By Fred Barstein
2020: The year Wall Street lost the wealth management race
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 21, 2020
2020: The year Wall Street lost the wealth management race

COVID-19 slowed down but did not halt the flow of advisers fleeing wirehouse firms for the independent channel

By Bruce Kelly
Not even a global pandemic could derail RIA M&A momentum
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 21, 2020
Not even a global pandemic could derail RIA M&A momentum

Deal watchers say 2021 will be another record year

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC warns of tougher Reg BI exams next year
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 21, 2020
SEC warns of tougher Reg BI exams next year

The agency will ‘conduct enhanced transaction testing’ to see if firms are acting in customers’ best interests

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Why some 401(k)s seldom change providers
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 21, 2020
Why some 401(k)s seldom change providers

Record keepers lament the tendency for many plans to stay put, but big 401(k)s are often priced so low that no one bids for them

By Emile Hallez
Congress reaches deal on $900 billion pandemic relief plan
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 21, 2020
Congress reaches deal on $900 billion pandemic relief plan

The plan would provide direct payments of $600 to most Americans and $300-per-week in enhanced unemployment benefits through March, according to lawmakers and aides

By Bloomberg
Bill seeks to open multiple-employer plans to 403(b)s
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 21, 2020
Bill seeks to open multiple-employer plans to 403(b)s

The measure follows legislation that would let nonprofits participate in pooled employer plans

By Emile Hallez
Finra hits Transamerica with $8.8 million sanction
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 21, 2020
Finra hits Transamerica with $8.8 million sanction

The settlement includes $4.4 million in restitutions to harmed customers over the sales of unsuitable VA, mutual fund and 529 products

By Mark Schoeff Jr.