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As it works to pull off a merger, FS Investments admits shortcomings
ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2018
As it works to pull off a merger, FS Investments admits shortcomings

Management makes public statements about weaknesses at company's funds.

By Bruce Kelly
Goldman Sachs rising star fired 15-year veteran on maternity leave, complaint says
RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2018
Goldman Sachs rising star fired 15-year veteran on maternity leave, complaint says

Los Angeles VP dismissed for 'strategic business planning reasons'; exec who fired her promoted to head of wealth management for U.S. and Latin America.

By Bloomberg
Fortress Biotech selling its majority stake in National Holdings
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 19, 2018
Fortress Biotech selling its majority stake in National Holdings

B. Riley Financial will own 49% of the shares of the broker-dealer, which has 700 independent reps and advisers

By Bruce Kelly
Former Waddell & Reed broker barred for taking $130,000 from his elderly mother
RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2018
Former Waddell & Reed broker barred for taking $130,000 from his elderly mother

Robert Lee Basile faces two years of probation after pleading guilty to theft from an elder and embezzlement.

By Ryan W. Neal
Fight for New Jersey fiduciary rule yields doomsday rhetoric from both sides
RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2018
Fight for New Jersey fiduciary rule yields doomsday rhetoric from both sides

Stakeholders warned of a 'crisis' and 'decimation of our financial system' at a public meeting held by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities.

By Greg Iacurci
Embrace innovation to attract next-gen investors
OPINION NOV 19, 2018
Embrace innovation to attract next-gen investors

Advisers need to change their relationship with technology to keep pace with the changing preferences of younger clients

By Dani Fava
5 ways to start the 'purpose' conversation with clients
OPINION NOV 19, 2018
5 ways to start the 'purpose' conversation with clients

Help clients understand that retirement is about more than money.

By Dan Starishevsky
3 reasons for the annuity sales spike
OPINION NOV 19, 2018
3 reasons for the annuity sales spike

And none of them have anything to do with the death of the DOL rule

By Scott Stolz
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2018
They have little tolerance for sexual harassment, but most advice firms lack formal policies

Industry conferences take lead in adopting formal policies, where harassment has been a problem in the past.

By Jeff Benjamin
For some women, widowhood produces a windfall — and plenty of headaches
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 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
Lessons I've learned on how to thrive
OPINION NOV 17, 2018
Lessons I've learned on how to thrive

'There is more work to be done, but no limit to where we can go.'

By Penny Pennington
Adviser suffers the challenge of being a disabled woman on Wall Street
OPINION NOV 17, 2018
Adviser suffers the challenge of being a disabled woman on Wall Street

Adviser survives cancer but loses her job in financial services.

By Cynthia D. DiBartolo
Investors sour on market strewn with bombs
EQUITIES NOV 16, 2018
Investors sour on market strewn with bombs

Whether it's crude oil, General Electric, bitcoin or bonds, things keep blowing up

By Bloomberg
Thanksgiving turkeys are shrinking
RIA NEWS NOV 16, 2018
Thanksgiving turkeys are shrinking

Smaller birds for the holiday feast are another thing being blamed on millennials.

By Bloomberg
Private equity eyes long-term care insurance
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 16, 2018
Private equity eyes long-term care insurance

There's a risk advisers could see quality of care suffer for their clients in these sorts of deals.

By Greg Iacurci
Brown Advisory acquires Signature Family Wealth Advisors
RIA NEWS NOV 16, 2018
Brown Advisory acquires Signature Family Wealth Advisors

Signature, a $4.3 billion family office, will keep its name after the merger.

By Jeff Benjamin
HUB International in talks to buy Sheridan Road, a $14 billion hybrid retirement plan group
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 16, 2018
HUB International in talks to buy Sheridan Road, a $14 billion hybrid retirement plan group

The acquisition would be the biggest yet for Hub, a new aggregator in the retirement-plan advice market.

By Greg Iacurci
Money in donor-advised funds can make impact before distribution
RIA NEWS NOV 15, 2018
Money in donor-advised funds can make impact before distribution

New study from Cornerstone Capital Group highlights ESG investing and other options within the tax vehicle.

By Bloomberg
Last-Minute Retirement Moves: 2018 Strategies
IRA ALERT NOV 15, 2018
Last-Minute Retirement Moves: 2018 Strategies

Complete rollovers, take care of qualified charitable distributions and be sure all funds related to a lump-sum distribution have been withdrawn.

By Ed Slott
Want to attract millennial investors? Time to rethink AUM pricing
RIA NEWS NOV 15, 2018
Want to attract millennial investors? Time to rethink AUM pricing

New research argues XY Planning Network pricing options are the future of advice.

By Ryan W. Neal