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Clients who want to save for their children’s education may be better off using a 529 plan than a Roth IRA.

Advisors and their firms should be prepared for how they will respond to expanded fiduciary responsibilities under new standards.

Samuel Dibble is a partner at Baker Botts.

Gabrielle M. Luoma, CPA, CGMA, founder and visionary of MOD Ventures, began building her business in 2004 in the living room of her own home. The MOD Ventures firm is unique in that it was built upon the aspiration to not only help businesses grow, but to change the way they see accounting, taxes, day-to-day business operations, and their big-picture vision. Luoma is currently working on her third book, this time for CPAs who are also passionate about innovation. When Luoma isn’t innovating, she can be found rooting on her youngest daughter in her cheer competitions, dreaming, drinking coffee, or watching Game of Thrones. Luoma graduated from New Mexico State University with a bachelor of accountancy and is an advisor for the accounting department at Pima Community College and an executive committee member of the PCPS section of the AICPA.

RIAs need to review fee flexibility, target markets, value and branding.

ESG-focused Swell Investing wasn’t able to gain “necessary scale,” according to the firm.

The IBD network joins asset managers and other companies developing new methods to display how the products integrate into client portfolios.

Dan Arnold deployed a five-pronged argument for why consolidation is a recruiting boon for the No. 1 IBD.

Close to 80% of strategists cited competition from the mega-managers as their most significant challenge last year.

Christopher Strand leads Carbon Black’s global security risk and compliance program strategy. With more than 20 years of information technology and security assessment experience, Chris oversees the development of enterprise platforms that help organizations deploy proactive security and compliance solutions. Throughout his career he has concentrated on refining a framework that bridges the gap between security policy and cyber-regulatory requirements, while helping to maintain, measure, and improve enterprise risk posture. Previously, Strand held security/compliance positions at Trustwave, Tripwire, EMC/RSA, and Compuware.