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LPL also drew from Osaic again, RIA aggregators made some big M&A deals and Merrill rehired an executive who left to go to Citi more than six years ago.

The answer depends first and foremost on how much time financial advisors have for an emotionally and technically challenging process, experts said.

Michael and David Sztrom, who settled fraud allegations with the SEC in 2022, contend the regulators' "follow on" attempt to boot them from the industry violates their constitutional rights.

The most precipitous drop of any category was in asset allocation, as advisors signaled they would be less aggressive with investments in the new year.

Republicans broadly agree that there's little room for error on what is a rare opportunity for the GOP to update the Tax Code without having to make any concessions to Democrats.

Robin L. Spaulding, CPCU, AIC is a seasoned insurance executive with a deep domain background in property and casualty insurance. As Chief Insurance Officer for CLARA Analytics, she advises clients on operational best practices to fully leverage AI opportunities as they transform their claims operations. Over the course of her career, she has done what she describes as "almost every claims job from claim rep trainee to VP." Robin worked at multiple carriers and TPAs along with a managed care company before becoming Divisional Vice President of Claims at Great American Insurance Company. After devoting many years as a multiline claims professional, she then served as an insurance consultant. Most recently, Ms. Spaulding was the Global Head of Claims for Capgemini's insurance practice in the financial services division. She holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in marketing from Drake University.

Data from the Tax Foundation's 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index ranked which states compete on sales and excise taxes, and which don't.

David A. Cass is an adjunct professor at the
Harvard School of Continuing Education.

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC.

Edward Jones stood accused of not properly supervising advisors who were charging clients commissions for mutual funds and then moving the fund shares over to fee-generating accounts.