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Jane Gladstone, new president of Promontory Interfinancial Network, says the recession will accelerate the shakeout among the nonbank disruptors and that small banks have an opportunity to forge new bonds with the survivors.

Some of the industry’s biggest players are taking a wait-and-see approach as active, non-transparent funds take their crucial first steps.

The manager is still recovering from losses that started in 2015, when his main fund fell 20%, and deepened with a record 34% decline three years later.

The central bank is now the third largest holder of the $54 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).

This year’s survey results reveal challenges for independent broker-dealers and their future growth.

Grappling with margin pressure, consolidation and fragmentation, the sector questions its identity.

Wealth management firms should define success by how well their operations perform under pressure, Kestra Financial COO Kris Chester says in an episode of Financial Planning’s podcast.

The basic yet revealing query shows why it’s not just about FINRA registration as a BD and 1099 contractor status for advisors.

For the first time, the ranks of the top 25 firms according to their annual business include single entries for IBD networks.

This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 35th annual study of the largest firms in the space.

The industry outranked asset classes including private equity and venture capital, which have historically ranked higher in a Credit Suisse survey.

The firm had a target of joining the "$1 trillion club." Instead, clients withdrew more than $157 billion from its 2017 merger to the end of last year.

Speculative investors bought a net 206,227 S&P 500 E-mini contracts in the week to June 23, the most since 2007.

As much as $16 trillion of global wealth may be wiped away this year as a result of volatility and economic fallout from the pandemic.

Cboe’s first new entry will be a suite of four volatility indexes with different tenors based on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

The industry’s lack of Black people and other minorities may explain why the world of social investing has fallen short on pushing corporations on race.

As much as 86% of investors in a recent survey say they would prefer prefabricated fund packages, as long as they were properly spelled out by advisors.

Asset manager Blueprint Capital Advisors claims they stole confidential business information and discriminated against the Black-owned firm.

Leveraging big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence will extend stock selection beyond its current capabilities, according to Procure Holdings President Bob Tull.

Just 5% of its 16,000 employees are Black, according to the company.