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The widespread popularity of the compensation descriptor, long ballyhooed by RIAs, ultimately proved problematic for the CFP Board which has updated its standards.

Northwestern Mutual’s practices raise difficult questions about the nature of retail advice just as wealth management faces greater scrutiny under new rules.

After 30 years in the wirehouse world, we found an unlooked-for opportunity for our practice amid devastation.

“What this tool does uniquely is it takes the depersonalized delivery of benefits and really helps the individual determine how best to get the most out of their benefits,” says Voya’s Andrew Frend.

At home or under a socially distanced beach umbrella, these diverse titles will help while away this singular season.

Wealth management profits fell, but a steep rise in transactional business offset some of the decline.

“The face of our industry is typically not me,” says the Vanguard and DFA veteran. “I thought about how many young people that I could inspire. So I raised my hand.”

Investors may be put off by the costs associated with these funds, which had an average expense ratio of more than triple their peers.

The two companies have deep ties and are now formalizing the bond.

It’s the second consecutive quarter that trading set a record, as the bank’s Wall Street unit is helping prop up the consumer-lending division.