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The independent broker-dealers big enough to serve the most financial advisors enjoy advantages but face distinct challenges.

Great leaders emerge from failure in the world of financial services and fintech is no exception. Moven founder Brett King shares his take on persistence and how it's worked for him.

Fintechs are facing unique challenges in the pandemic. There might be a resurgence in funding on the horizon, but startups are looking to see what they can do now to weather the storm.

“Astute RIA leaders recognize that now is an opportunity for growth,” says one advisor.

The asset manager has become one of the fastest-growing hedge funds at a time when many competitors are losing assets.

A severe recession could be enough to completely wipe out the capital and surplus of four insurance firms as well as hobble a handful of others, the NAIC finds.

The cuts are among the first under new CEO Kentaro Okuda, who since taking the reins has said an existing $1.3 billion restructuring plan is no longer enough.

Despite growing to about $1.1 trillion in AUM, senior executives made a series of bets to keep pace in a changing industry that have yet to pay off.

Trading under the ticker EFIV, the fund will exclude companies involved with tobacco-related products and weapons.

An iShares ETF investing in companies it says has “positive environmental, social and governance characteristics” has more than tripled gains of the S&P 500.

The asset manager’s culture is allegedly one in which women's careers are destined to stall and portfolio-manager ranks are reserved for white men, the lawsuit claims.

If approved, the firm would be able to issue its own ETFs, although they haven’t registered any individual funds yet.

Despite besting the broader market over the long-term, those at the top have underperformed in the first half of 2020.

At the height of pandemic-related job losses, 18.9% of Americans with disabilities were unemployed, data show.

A typical investment for Nuveen's $5.8 billion impact investing unit these days ranges from $20 million to $60 million, says its co-head.

In the first half of the year, the country’s largest pension system cast votes against pay plans at 1,165 firms, or 52% of portfolio companies that held votes.

“The primary drawback of fewer hedge fund filings is lack of clarity around crowding risk,” strategists from the firm write.

There has been increased demand for havens amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases, flaring political tensions and a weaker dollar.

“No one could have envisioned what this virus was going to do to the commercial real estate space,” an expert says.

The fast money has more than three times the impact on equity valuations than long-term investors like pension funds, according to a recent paper.