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Clients have been jolted into engaging with their total wealth, not just their money, says UBS’s Ultra High Net Worth and Private Wealth Management Americas head John Mathews.

The Boston-based boutique oversees the assets of roughly 140 full- service clients and 800 individual households.

The custodian is upping the number of scholarships set aside for women and people of color.

Fake name, phony credentials, Ponzi-like payments but real victims — this is what authorities are saying about this business.

As part of a two-step deal involving Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, LPL will pick up 900 advisors and $63 billion in assets.

More clients are also looking for financial advice within the custodian’s retail channel, which offers a robo advisor and full-service wealth management arm.

In two recent moves, the firm promoted one of its own to regional director and lured another back from AllianceBernstein.

Global equities notched their largest monthly gain since at least 1988, while multiple major benchmarks are at or near all-time highs.

Advisors will face a drastically changed industry landscape and Schwab, already an industry leader, will play an even more outsized role in the marketplace.

In a bid to attract clients left out by AUM fees, IBDs are enabling advisors to take approaches first made popular in the full RIA channel.

Planners and experts dive into wirehouse pay, charging clients at a higher rate, emerging business models and other key issues.

Coronavirus has accelerated trends in advisor compensation as firms move to an ensemble model and enhance their benefits packages.

The advisors know RBC’s Pittsburgh complex director from earlier in their careers, when all three men worked at Smith Barney.

A group of 25 Democrats in the House wrote to congressional leaders asking them to provide $12.1 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service, including $5.2 billion for enforcement, with an eye toward cracking down on high-income tax cheats.

The 20 mutual funds and ETFs on this list have an average fee of roughly 111 basis points.

Maybe not, says FINRA — but if you’re IM’ing, using slides during the virtual meeting, or recording it, probably yes.

The wealth management firm says the pandemic has proven how invaluable the benefit is for retaining talent.

The rules address the definition of real property, and how to handle personal property included in an exchange.

One thing was made clear at the annual event: There’s more work to be done.

James Booth’s seven-year fraud bilked investors out of nearly $5 million.