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  • Regulation and compliance
    Can brokerages be held to the suitability standard? Sometimes, the answer is yes

    Despite its brokers' alleged Regulation Best Interest violations, Laidlaw & Company's latest brush with regulators was handled under FINRA's old suitability standard.

    Dan Shaw
    By Dan Shaw
    Reporter
    February 23
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  • Retirement
    Ask an advisor: Can I roll my 401(k) into a 403(b)?

    A video producer in New York has a new job and a new retirement plan. Can, and should, he consolidate his savings?

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    February 23
  • Investments
    Black Americans are investing and saving more. Here's how advisors can win new clients

    While new data shows Black individuals investing more, the trend has been driven by a focus on riskier investments.

    By Érica Carnevalli
    Spring Reporting Associate
    February 23
    Black investors are growing in number, but there's still a financial knowledge gap, according to a new report.
  • Fintech
    Most Americans say lying about money is as bad as cheating. Many keep doing it anyway: Wealthtech Weekly

    To aid difficult advisor-client conversations about money and love, the wealthtech firm is rolling out a new tool to help advisors become quasi "life coaches."

    By Justin L. Mack
    Former Wealthtech Reporter
    February 23
  • Tax
    Small biz owners stress out at tax time

    Two-thirds of small-business owners would rather get a mullet or remove a nest of angry bees than do their taxes. 

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    By Michael Cohn
    Editor-in-chief, AccountingToday.com
    February 23
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  • Wealth Think Next-gen heirs will stick with the family advisor if these conditions are met

    The mass defection of millennials and Gen Xers from their parents' advisories could be overblown, new data suggests, but action is required now to keep generational assets in-house.

    February 22
    Jenny Xia Spradling
    Jenny Xia Spradling
    Free Will
  • Retirement
    'Grammy Pry' shows how gig work for seniors is remaking American retirement

    As more and more elderly Americans take on freelance jobs, what does it mean to be "retired"?

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    February 22
  • PFM
    Wells Fargo plans financial planning upgrade to its mobile app

    Customers will enter or modify their financial goals in Life Sync, which will immediately alert their financial advisor. 

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    February 22
    Michelle Moore and Michael Liersch at Wells Fargo
  • Practice and client management
    Why you should always bring your joy to work, with Orion's Brian McLaughlin

    The tech nerd-turned-wealthtech exec accidentally stumbled into financial services via a job line in the late '90s. Here's how that happy accident changed everything for him and scores of advisors.

    By Justin L. Mack
    Former Wealthtech Reporter
    February 22
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  • Consumer banking
    Why these banks still give away millions of pens a year

    TD Bank estimates it hands out 20 million pens every year. Huntington is getting close to offering its 80 millionth pen. It's a way to get a bank's brand to travel with customers across the globe, but is it worth it?

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    By John Reosti
    Reporter
    February 21
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  • Wealth Think To be a better advisor, be a little less wrong tomorrow

    The only sure thing about a financial plan is that it's wrong; we just don't know how it's wrong yet — and that's OK.

    February 17
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    Carl Richards
    Elements
  • Wealth management
    Wealthy investors do a lousy job of telling heirs what they'll get: report

    Cerulli Associates says in a new study that affluent families need to do a much better job of preparing their heirs to inherit a legacy.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    February 17
  • Practice and client management
    The top 3 financial lies Americans tell their partners

    According to new research, 38% of U.S. adults have confessed to some form of "financial infidelity." Here's what they're fibbing about.

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    February 17
  • Wealth management
    Huntington plans reorganization aimed at tapping wealth opportunities

    The Columbus, Ohio, bank hopes both to reduce costs and increase revenue by consolidating three segments into a single unit. Huntington is particularly focused on building out its wealth management business.

    By Kevin Wack
    Banking Editor
    February 16
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  • Retirement
    Women have better 401(k) habits than men, but still less savings

    Women enroll in their workplace retirement plans more than men, and typically contribute more of their income. Why are they still falling behind?

    By Nathan Place
    National Reporter
    February 15
  • BankThink I was a big bank diversity hire. It didn't go well.

    The banking industry appears to be stuck when it comes to diversifying the leadership ranks.

    February 15
    Erika D. Williams
    Erika D. Williams
    RSF Social Finance
  • Wealth management
    Stifel's Alex David on helping advisors beyond client acquisition

    Stifel Independent Advisors grew its advisor headcount 12% and AUM over 70% last year. Its CEO says firms have a major blind spot when supporting independent advisor growth.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    February 14
  • Diversity and equality
    Does your company have 'diversity fatigue'? How to get out of your DEI slump

    Jeffrey L. Bowman, co-founder and CEO of Reframe, explains why companies are struggling to stay committed to their DEI efforts.

    By Deanna Cuadra
    Senior Reporter
    February 14
  • Wealth Think Helping clients fall in love with their finances

    Advisors can utilizing positive emotions, such as love, care, joy and gratitude, to guide clients toward more fulfilling financial decisions.

    February 14
    Teresa Bailey
    Teresa Bailey
    Waddell & Associates
  • Practice and client management
    5 challenges of estate planning with couples

    Estate planning experts from Bank of America Private Bank, Citi and Trust & Will shared advice on five common hurdles they see when working with couples.

    By Victoria Zhuang
    Reporter
    February 13
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CAN RIA GROWTH AND TRUE FIDUCIARY DUTY REALLY COEXIST?

Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

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