The July 17 news item referring to a $75 million settlement between Edward Jones and the Securities and Exchange Commission over revenue-sharing agreements actually refers to the 2004 case. The SEC reissued its entire administrative proceedings due to a minor change that reflects its recent decision to permit Edward Jones to disclose its revenue-sharing agreements to investors at the time of a mutual fund purchase rather than requiring the firm to do so both at the time of purchase and redemption. MME regrets the error.
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Justin Brownlee started an RIA targeting energy, oil and gas employees. His hyperspecific marketing tactics have helped grow the firm into a thriving niche.
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Fidelity Institutional Wealth Management Services faces competitive threats in an era of ETFs and multicustodian advisory practices. But it has big advantages.
May 21 -
A bipartisan proposal to create a 75-year sovereign wealth fund for Social Security is not promising, according to Boston College researchers.
May 21 -
According to a recent survey by Janus Henderson, 79% of clients said they would be upset to learn an advisor used AI without telling them.
May 21 -
FIS regularly hears from RIAs and banks with wealth management departments about the need to have better mobile apps and other digital doorways to their services. A new partnership with InvestCloud is designed to provide just that.
May 20 -
Bill Hamm's Independent Financial Partners took a rare step in 2019 when the firm left LPL to launch its own brokerage. Now it's offering an interesting recruiting pitch to financial advisors.
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