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Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's new digital financial education program aims to help young athletes, entertainers and emerging talent build and manage wealth.

The decision displays how an exemption for two weeks of rental income named for the major PGA golf tournament does not provide a blank check, experts said.

The company is ditching standard account packages and will instead adopt "relationship tiers" that are based on customer's deposit and investment accounts.

The announcement came only a day after the largest independent brokerage firm added a big bank-based wealth program with $4.7 billion.

Extra diligence on the advisor's end can help HNW clients avoid potentially disastrous lawsuits

The latest incoming recruit to the firm's Institution Services unit followed a half dozen other big moves by the firm in the bank and credit union channel in recent years.

Americans owe over $1.6 trillion on federal student loans, and repayment starts this fall. There are options for blunting the burden on clients.

Commissioner Hester Peirce warns an unintended consequence of the new regulation could be less thorough internal compliance reviews.

According to the SEC, agreements that violated the cash solicitation rule generated 66,000 new clients and $300 million in AUM for the offending firm.

The firm follows its major move to the Midwest by expanding its executive leadership team.