Wealth management

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Little-known provisions include the economic injury disaster loan program, the employee retention credit and even an option to defer some payroll taxes.

One French trade group reports that the country’s managers reduced research budgets by as much as 75% between 2017 and 2019.

Fixed-income ETFs — for the most part — passed their first big test, but it was a roller-coaster ride along the way.

Despite recent upheaval, some clients will still be shocked their portfolios have shown declines.

Charles Schwab and other firms have swooped in to absorb the thematic investing company’s remains, even as the reasons for its demise are murky.

The firm has recruited at least 22 advisors this year who managed $3.3 billion in client assets.

With return targets growing ever more elusive, many investors are willing to take their chances with private debt and equity.

The pandemic has sealed the fate of small, niche offerings that have failed to gain traction.

In a still male-dominated industry, does the network help attract and keep more women at the firm? CEO Shirl Penney says yes and has the results to prove it.

For clients fortunate enough to not need them, minimum distributions are not required this year in most — if not all — cases.

Changes to compensation plans get put on hold as advisors and firms reel from pandemic’s economic fallout.

Crush of inflows to money-market funds has come even as the funds’ own yields approach zero.

“The world has become more digital, less global and more local,” says Amy Lo, co-head of the firm’s Asia Pacific wealth division.

The purchase comes as active asset managers feel intensifying pressure to bulk up as they face stiff competition from passive and index-tracking funds.

In just two days, technology and remote staff helped ex-Wells Fargo FAs managing $281 million open client accounts at their new employer.

The demand is there but it isn’t easy to pull off, according to one custodian that’s already done it.

Financial advisors’ choices about capital infusions into their practices show “how this industry needs to evolve and mature,” Merchant Credit Partners Managing Partner Rick D'Amico says in an episode of Financial Planning’s Invest Podcast.

The combined fund, expected to finalize later this year, will retain the Windsor name and continue to focus on large- and mid-cap value stocks.

“This virtual program will fill a major a hole left by internship cancellations,” says FPA President Martin Seay.