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Tom Brehmer is a co-founder and CEO of Trisk.io Inc., a no-code automation platform spun out of VPTax Inc., a Silicon Valley corporate tax firm he founded in 1991, where he specialized in multistate and multinational technology companies. Prior to VPTax, he was a tax partner at KPMG. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he has been an evangelist of automation as a means of achieving superior client service and improved work-life balance. In addition to being published in technical tax publications, he was featured in Upside magazine for his innovative business model.

The bull market has made many wealthy clients overweight in single stocks. Here’s what they can do to diversify their retirement nest eggs and cut taxes.

SEC, FINRA and legislators are set to plant significant flags on the quickly evolving asset class’ landscape.

The brokerage sustained a net loss of hundreds of brokers last year after a pause in hiring during the coronavirus, according to its annual report.

The “six-month nudge” technique leans into the fact that 95% of all individuals alive when they hit full retirement age are likely to reach age 70, according to actuarial tables.

The latest legal fight between the firms over departing brokers raises questions about the effectiveness of the Broker Protocol.

Diana Li is a spring reporting associate for Financial Planning. She's a master's candidate at New York University and has experience in Beijing bureaus of The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Financial Times and Xinhua News.
She's on Twitter @diana_k16.

The company has added $1 billion in assets in 18 months.

John B. Williams III is a partner in the Washington office of Buckley LLP. He provides enforcement and litigation counsel to financial services companies and individuals navigating internal investigations, government investigations, and complex civil litigation, with a particular emphasis on consumer finance matters and complex electronic discovery. He is focused on the compliance issues surrounding government-insured mortgages and other credit products.