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Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG bonds reports potential trouble
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2022
Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG bonds reports potential trouble

In its annual audited financial statement, Emerson Equity reported that problems related to an unnamed offering potentially could harm the firm.

Recession threat takes center stage
INVESTING RIAS MAY 23, 2022
Recession threat takes center stage

Financial advisers scramble to keep clients on track as markets drive lower, inflation climbs and an economic slowdown seems unavoidable.

Morgan Stanley's Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management
INVESTING RIAS MAY 20, 2022
Morgan Stanley's Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management

Two filings show that Parametric is moving beyond its current focus on separate accounts and direct indexing to subadvise strategies for Innovator ETFs.

DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product

DOL acting assistant secretary Ali Khawar isn't reassured by the consumer safeguards included in Fidelity's Bitcoin offering for retirement plans.

Strategists see lower returns as economy mirrors 1970s
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 19, 2022
Strategists see lower returns as economy mirrors 1970s

Mohamed El-Erian and Niall Ferguson are seeing echoes of the 1970s in today's market. Will the '70s strategies work in the 2020s?

Big GPB fund reports — finally — and posts revenue and income growth
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2022
Big GPB fund reports — finally — and posts revenue and income growth

After the partnership missed its deadline to file audited financial statements in 2018 for its two largest private funds, the entire GPB enterprise struggled.

Broker-dealers face risks aplenty, regulators warn
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2022
Broker-dealers face risks aplenty, regulators warn

Firms should be watching out for employees chatting on WhatsApp, as well as brokers in need of heightened supervision and complex products being sold to retail customers.

Strong returns for alternatives attract flows, but advisers should tread carefully
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2022
Strong returns for alternatives attract flows, but advisers should tread carefully

The point of investing in alts is to adjust the risk weighting in a portfolio, so advisers need to identify the risk they're seeking to address, said panelists at the Morningstar Investment Conference.

Gensler: Plenty of pitfalls for clients investing in crypto
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 16, 2022
Gensler: Plenty of pitfalls for clients investing in crypto

'This space, crypto markets, is a highly speculative asset class,' the SEC chairman said Monday at Finra's annual meeting.

Customer wins more than $450,000 from TD Ameritrade over volatile investment
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 13, 2022
Customer wins more than $450,000 from TD Ameritrade over volatile investment

Ian Delahunty bought a leveraged exchange-traded note and owned it for 199 days rather than the day or two it was meant to be held.

Cryptic crypto doesn't square with qualified retirement plan fundamentals
INVESTING OPINION MAY 13, 2022
Cryptic crypto doesn't square with qualified retirement plan fundamentals

Crypto assets have not provided audits and other standard modes of verification, which disqualifies them as prudent investments.

Fidelity partners with Digital Assets Council on crypto education
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 12, 2022
Fidelity partners with Digital Assets Council on crypto education

Clients of Fidelity Institutional will get a discount on the cost of DACFP's Blockchain and Digital Assets certificate program.

Financial industry worries about Finra’s next step on complex products
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 12, 2022
Financial industry worries about Finra’s next step on complex products

Brokerage and fund trade associations caution against limiting the market for retail customers. Consumer group and state regulators say more oversight is needed to protect investors.

Crypto stress feeds wider sell-off in global markets
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 12, 2022
Crypto stress feeds wider sell-off in global markets

The crash in cryptocurrencies could accelerate an investor stampede to safer asset classes.

Advisers caught between Fidelity, DOL on using crypto in 401(k)s
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2022
Advisers caught between Fidelity, DOL on using crypto in 401(k)s

Fidelity wants to make it easier to allocate 401(k) assets into Bitcoin, while the Department of Labor is warning plan fiduciaries to be extremely careful about using crypto.

Broker picked wrong time to boost bet on GWG bonds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2022
Broker picked wrong time to boost bet on GWG bonds

Broker-dealers kept selling GWG's life settlement-backed bonds for years despite all the accounting and reporting static coming from the company.

US regulators considering Plan B if Congress fails to act on crypto
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 10, 2022
US regulators considering Plan B if Congress fails to act on crypto

CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam says his agency would be a tough regulator for crypto market.

SEC extends comment period on climate risk, private fund, exchange proposals
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2022
SEC extends comment period on climate risk, private fund, exchange proposals

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has been under pressure from Republican lawmakers and industry trade associations to allow more time for feedback on rulemaking.

ETF hedging interest-rate risk comes out of the gate with 67% gain this year
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 09, 2022
ETF hedging interest-rate risk comes out of the gate with 67% gain this year

The strategy blends short-term Treasury bonds with put options on longer-term bonds to ride the trend toward higher rates.

Bitcoin tumbles below $33,000 to lowest level since July 2021
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2022
Bitcoin tumbles below $33,000 to lowest level since July 2021

Tightening monetary policy to combat runaway inflation and ebbing liquidity are turning investors away from speculative assets across global markets.