More about InVest: As new digital tools transform wealth management, the industry’s largest players are rushing to adapt to ever-increasing customer expectations, while smaller firms strive to keep pace. Behind the scenes, many are investing more on technology and hiring to drive growth, but margins remain under pressure. In|Vest West is exploring all the dynamics at play — from front to back office — and the technologies that are shaping the future of the firm.
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Smadar Rinat, CPA, CFE, is a principal in the international and audit and accounting departments of
Prager Metis CPAs , a member of Prager Metis International Group. She has over 25 years of experience in the accounting industry. She specializes in providing audit, review, compilation, and accounting services to clients in a wide range of industries, including media and entertainment, technology, not-for-profit, professional services, manufacturing and distribution, and real estate. She is also the leader of the firm's Israel group. In this role, she offers financial and business strategy consultancy to Israeli companies working in or looking to develop operations in the U.S., as well as domestic companies interested in expanding their businesses into Israel.December 31
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From LPL Financial's legal challenges to a continuing education scam that involved more than 60 brokers, these are the stories our readers flocked to in 2024.
December 31
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The SEC should amend the regulation in order to help workers who can't afford to wait for an IPO to access the value of their equity.
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Mark S. Bonta is the Executive Director of the Recovery Jobs Foundation, an initiative focused on reintegrating individuals in recovery into the workforce. With 20 years of experience as a Plant Director and 6 years of experience as a recovery-friendly employer, he pioneered the New Hampshire Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative (NH-RFWI) as one of the first RFW's in the nation. Mark's leadership has been recognized with several awards, including the 2022 Littleton Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award and the 2023 White Mountains Community College President's Community Partner Award. Currently formalizing the Recovery Jobs Foundation, he also serves on the NH-RFWI Advisory Council, and as Secretary of the Florida Recovery-Friendly Workplace Coalition.
December 30
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Edward Turley, a once high-flying advisor booted from the industry in 2022, is at the center of a dozen client settlements costing JPMorgan upward of $63 million.
December 30
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High-yield cash opportunities, alternative investments, ETFs and short term bonds received renewed interest.
December 30
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The No. 1 state effectively charges 1.88% on the value of a residence, according to a realty firm's analysis of a frequent and growing concern among clients.
December 30
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Monica S. Simon is head of legal at Forge Global and has over 15 years of experience as a securities lawyer in both public and private markets.
Before joining Forge, she was deputy general counsel at Carta, and general counsel for Carta's broker-dealer entity. Prior to that, Simon was an attorney with Willkie Farr, where she advised registered broker-dealers and investment advisors, and assistant general counsel at Goldman Sachs, where she covered equities sales and trading and was counsel for the Goldman Alternative Trading System.
December 30
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From classic standbys of business and finance to motivational self-help to modern fiction and more, check out 15 books that helped financial advisors in their practices this year.
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