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  • Wealth management
    The investment that billionaires love — and ordinary investors can't make

    The ultrawealthy are throwing money into private equity funds as some institutional investors approach their allocation limits.

    By Shuli Ren
    July 8
    Despite the market downturn, ultrarich investors plan to pour money into early-stage companies this year.
  • Politics
    Why politics won't scare financial firms out of conservative states

    The culture wars can be a minefield for corporations. But that's not keeping firms out of Dallas or Miami.

    By Paul J. Davies
    July 8
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  • Technology
    How artificial intelligence became financial advisors' favorite new tool

    By taking the manual labor out of data management and upkeep, experts can reach new clients and better serve their existing ones.

    By Frank Gargano
    July 7
  • Wealth Think 6 cybersecurity steps to take now to prevent an attack

    Advisory firms are particularly vulnerable to data breaches, according to a recent Arizent survey, and proposed SEC rules mean they may no longer be able to react to cyberattacks with impunity.

    July 7
    Raghu Valipireddy
    Raghu Valipireddy
    Axos Advisor Services
  • Retirement
    Advisers in conversation: Creating lifetime income in retirement

    Ted Benna, the father of the 401(k), chats with Mindy Zatto of Strategic Benefits Advisors on the evolution of the retirement space, crypto investing and preparing workers for the day-to-day of retirement.

    By Stephanie Schomer
    July 7
  • Financial planning
    Unlocking real estate wealth for investors nearing retirement

    Investment properties are a very different class from stocks, bonds and the like, one that often isn't managed with the same discipline.

    By Roger Russell
    July 6
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  • Investment strategies
    Why now may be the wrong time to write off the 60/40 portfolio

    Obits for the traditional investing approach may be premature, according to a newsletter for Vanguard investors.

    By Suzanne Woolley
    July 6
  • Practice and client management
    Meeting younger investors where they are: Why gamification and TikTok are part of the strategy

    While some social media and game-like aspects of trading have negative connotations, they can be responsible tools for attracting the trillions millennials and Gen Z-ers are inheriting.

    By Brian Wallheimer
    July 5
  • Wealth Think Building wealth for clients through 1031 tax-deferred exchanges

    For the last 100 years, the transactions have helped ensure the continuity of an original investment, with wide-ranging economic benefits.

    July 5
    Randy Kaston
    Randy Kaston
    Ligris + Associates
  • Practice management
    Higher pay and lifestyle benefits put wealth advisors in the driver’s seat

    Even stodgy Wall Street brokerages are loosening up as they try to win the war for talent.

    By Lynnley Browning
    July 5
    Financial advisors have many more options than they did before the pandemic.
  • Tax
    The little-noticed crypto law that can turn ordinary investors into felons

    The requirement, buried in the $1 trillion infrastructure law passed last year, mirrors one for brokerages and has flown under the radar.

    By Lynnley Browning
    July 5
    A new crypto reporting requirement hits traders with transactions of more than $10,000, and potentially others as well.
  • Alternative investments
    Investors to wealth managers: What should I do with this crypto I own?

    "It's probably the only asset class where maybe the client knows more than the advisor right now," Maxwell Lane, head of product for Flourish, said at Financial Planning's Invest conference.

    By Frank Gargano
    July 1
  • Fintech
    Advisors are ready to go all-in on AI. Here’s how it may change the industry.

    A new Accenture study shows more than 80% of advisors believe AI will soon have a “direct, measurable and consistent impact” on client-advisor relationships.

    By Justin L. Mack
    July 1
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  • Regulation and compliance
    FINRA ‘secret agreement’ probe ignores larger arbitration concerns

    An independent investigation found no evidence of a pact with Wells Fargo’s attorney but omitted mention of the other big questions emanating from the case.

    By Tobias Salinger
    June 29
    Wells Fargo branch, Bloomberg News
  • Regulation and compliance
    Citi must pay $1.4M to financial advisor who called it a ‘boys club’

    A panel of FINRA arbitrators unanimously ordered the award against the megabank based on Erin Ann Daly’s claims of gender-based discrimination.

    By Tobias Salinger
    June 26
    Citibank branch, Bloomberg News
  • Politics and policy
    Banks weigh in on the overturning of Roe v. Wade

    JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo joined Citigroup in pledging to expand benefits to cover travel for out-of-state abortions. Smaller banks in blue states were more vocal, with one female CEO saying: “I stand in disbelief.”

    By Allissa Kline
    June 24
  • ESG
    Voice: Millennials and Gen Z are fed up with ESG

    Disappointed by the impact of ESGs, younger generations may turn to alternative investments.

    By Tanja Hester
    June 13
    VanEck’s new green bond ETF appeals to the ESG investing trend.
  • Wealth management
    Truist expands its wealth management business into Chicago

    The North Carolina bank’s wealth arm now operates in nine of the 10 largest U.S. markets.

    By Paige Hagy
    June 13
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  • Industry News
    Wells Fargo faces criminal probe over interview practices: Report

    Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating the bank over allegations that it conducted so-called fake interviews with nonwhite and female job applicants, The New York Times reported Thursday.

    By Polo Rocha
    June 9
  • ESG
    Does that CDO come in green? With ESG everywhere, buyers beware

    Wall Street's most complex derivatives are getting a green label. What could go wrong?

    By Alastair Marsh
    June 9
    With sustainable labels hitting every corner of finance, the potential for greenwashing expands.
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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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