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One of the arbitrators on the three-member panel should have been disqualified, according to the petition.

There may be a chance to capitalize on the missed pricing that downgrades may cause.

Arjan Schütte is the founder and a managing partner of Core Innovation Capital, a leading venture capital fund investing in financial services companies that empower everyday Americans. Such investments include Oportun, Ripple, CoverHound, and TIO Networks. Arjan is a sought-after consumer finance expert and a passionate advocate for market-based financial inclusion. He blogs for Forbes, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Economist, among others. He has spoken everywhere from SxSW to Stanford, from Money2020 to MIT. Arjan is a Senior Advisor to the Center for Financial Services Innovation, the nation’s leading authority on financial health, which he helped start in 2004. He currently sits on the boards of BankingUp, CoverHound (as observer), Ripple (as observer), SavvyMoney, TIO Networks, and Vouch. A number of Arjan’s investments have been successfully acquired, including AccountNow (by Green Dot), CircleLending (by Virgin Group), L2C (by TransUnion), and RentBureau (by Experian). Prior, Arjan spent a decade as an entrepreneur in several venture backed startups as a technology leader and general manager including Pierian Spring Software, Cognitive Concepts (acquired by Houghton Mifflin), Capella Learning (now NASDAQ: CPLA), and DoTheGood. Arjan earned his Master’s from the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as an Interval Research Fellow, and his Bachelor’s in Philosophy and Communication at Lewis & Clark College. He commutes between Los Angeles and San Francisco, when he’s not doting on his his wife and two young children.

Winning over brokers could give the firm a huge platform from which to sell mutual funds and ETFs and expand its vast influence in finance.

Because next year will be too late.

Walt Bettinger also took aim at robo advisors at the Morningstar conference.

Don Childears, president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association, has been immersed in the marijuana banking issue since Colorado became the first state to permit recreational marijuana.

Stephen Zafarino is senior director of recruiting at Mondo, the largest national staffing agency specializing exclusively in high-end, niche IT, tech and digital marketing talent.

Before agreeing to settle a client’s complaint, advisors should look for this key clause in the contract.

The investment research firm debuted three new data sets that can help advisors evaluate investment options for clients.