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A financial advisor from rival Cambridge Investment Research sought more than $1 million based on his claim that an OSJ at Royal Alliance broke the firm's rules.

The low-cost, passive manager is also opening up separately managed accounts to its ETFs for the first time.

Joe Duran, the former head of United Capital, the RIA that Goldman bought in 2019, is stepping back from his role as a bank partner but will continue as a consultant. Here's what that change and others mean for advisors.

The bank's delay in investigating the case forced the plaintiff to resign from the bank in July 2021, according to the complaint. Wells said that it takes allegations of misconduct "very seriously."

Nicole Donecker is a senior manager in Marcum LLP's valuation, forensic & litigation services group, located in the Philadelphia office. She provides investigative accounting and litigation support services to attorneys, insurance companies, financial institutions and governmental units, with a practice concentration in forensic accounting. Reach her at Nicole.donecker@marcumllp.com.

Mark Evans has been creating financial planning software for more than 30 years. Here's what his next offering is about.

Jen Leary is chief executive officer of CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP). She leads CLA's firmwide strategic efforts to fulfill the CLA Promise and its purpose — to create opportunities for its clients, people and communities. In addition to supporting various advisory councils within the firm, she is a member of the CLA Board of Directors, the CLA Wealth Advisory Board of Directors, the newly formed CLA Global Board of Directors and leads the firm's senior leadership team. She has been serving clients for over 20 years in the United States and Europe. Her background includes assurance, consulting, mergers and acquisitions and global advisory services. She has previously served the firm in various roles such as chief strategy officer, client service leader and managing partner of the various geographies before taking on the role of CEO in January 2021.

Ilan joined Sapiens in February 2022 and brings a wealth of leadership experience at the forefront of technology and innovation, with such companies as NAYAX, Amdocs and Bank Leumi. Ilan is responsible for developing a coherent view across Sapiens' product offering, leading the company's journey to cloud, reinforcing Sapiens' technology roadmap and digital offering. Ilan also leads all aspects of IT, cyber and information systems, to accelerate the company's business growth.

Kate Krupey is vice president of accounting at Netgain Technology LLC, which provides secure cloud-based infrastructure to optimize and support CPA business applications. A former CPA firm CIO, Kate has over 20 years of experience in both optimizing and transforming IT for accounting firms, professional services firms, startups, and public sector companies.

The agency said unexpectedly that it was still deciding whether state rebates to taxpayers were taxable income.