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Morgan Stanley team managing $520 million goes indie with Raymond James
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 23, 2019
Morgan Stanley team managing $520 million goes indie with Raymond James

Three-adviser team creates IronRidge Wealth Management in Basking Ridge, N.J.

By InvestmentNews
Dealing with widows requires empathy and patience
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2019
Dealing with widows requires empathy and patience

Advisers can help with financial triage and encourage clients to avoid rushing into nonurgent decisions.

By Mary Beth Franklin
SEC sets June 5 date for vote on Regulation Best Interest
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2019
SEC sets June 5 date for vote on Regulation Best Interest

Commission adds new item to agenda: Interpretation of broker guidance that qualifies as advice

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
5 CRM functions advisers ignore at their peril
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 22, 2019
5 CRM functions advisers ignore at their peril

These tools could help advisers improve ROI.

By Ryan W. Neal
Hybrid managing $275 million switches to Triad Advisors
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 22, 2019
Hybrid managing $275 million switches to Triad Advisors

Argent Bridge Advisors, based in Vienna, Va., changes RIA and B-D platforms.

By InvestmentNews
LPL expanding platform to include employee brokers
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 22, 2019
LPL expanding platform to include employee brokers

The largest IBD in the country has agreed to buy a small broker-dealer in Florida to kick off the new effort.

By Bruce Kelly
How one adviser is getting ahead of the hot IPO market
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 22, 2019
How one adviser is getting ahead of the hot IPO market

Fund will tackle the risks and rewards of buying companies before they go public.

By Jeff Benjamin
CITs are changing the retail 401(k) world
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 22, 2019
CITs are changing the retail 401(k) world

Collective investment trusts also have the potential to fuel a new wave of lawsuits against advisers.

By Fred Barstein
Wells Fargo team managing $600 million moves to Raymond James
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 21, 2019
Wells Fargo team managing $600 million moves to Raymond James

Three-adviser group in Richmond, Va., joins firm's employee unit.

By InvestmentNews
SALT apocalypse predictions have not come true
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 21, 2019
SALT apocalypse predictions have not come true

Migration rates in high tax states most affected by tax limits are below pre-recession levels.

By Bloomberg
Variable annuities lose more ground to fixed annuities
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 21, 2019
Variable annuities lose more ground to fixed annuities

Market gyrations put a dent in quarterly VA sales.

By Greg Iacurci
Five advisers managing $480 million leave Wells Fargo for Stifel
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 21, 2019
Five advisers managing $480 million leave Wells Fargo for Stifel

Newcomers added in California, Washington and Kansas.

By InvestmentNews
Dakota Wealth Management to acquire Springside Partners
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 21, 2019
Dakota Wealth Management to acquire Springside Partners

Florida-based Dakota adds Ohio-based, woman-owned firm and $258 million in AUM.

By InvestmentNews
Greg Fleming, Rockefeller Capital spending big on recruits
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2019
Greg Fleming, Rockefeller Capital spending big on recruits

Firm is offering advisers upwards of three times prior year's revenue to move.

By Bruce Kelly
Finra bars former TD Ameritrade broker over expenses inquiry
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 20, 2019
Finra bars former TD Ameritrade broker over expenses inquiry

William Poynter declined to appear at hearing looking into tuition reimbursements.

By InvestmentNews
RIA launches its own direct-to-consumer planning and robo-advice technology
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 20, 2019
RIA launches its own direct-to-consumer planning and robo-advice technology

Bucking industry trends, North Capital thinks evisor can be a low-cost alternative to existing financial planning tools.

By Ryan W. Neal
This strategy can double your estate-tax exemption
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2019
This strategy can double your estate-tax exemption

'Portability' allows a surviving spouse to tack on the decedent's exemption to his or her own. Despite the higher threshold for paying estate taxes in the 2017 tax law, experts recommend filing for the benefit.

By Greg Iacurci
Finra bars former LPL rep over no-show at hearing
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 20, 2019
Finra bars former LPL rep over no-show at hearing

Philip Nalesnik failed to inform firm of outside business activities.

By InvestmentNews
New tax rules raise the cost for most kids — but not all
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 20, 2019
New tax rules raise the cost for most kids — but not all

Instead of taxing a child's income as if it were the parents', a child's income is now taxed using the trust tax brackets.

By Tim Steffen
RPAs seeking revenue streams
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 18, 2019
RPAs seeking revenue streams

To combat fee compression, many look to diversify their businesses.

By Greg Iacurci