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SEC charges former Minneapolis-area RIA with $2.25 million fraud
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 09, 2021
SEC charges former Minneapolis-area RIA with $2.25 million fraud

Isaiah Goodman of Becoming Financial Advisory Services allegedly siphoned off most of clients’ money and spent it on himself

Securities firm owner, late scammer’s trust ordered to cough up $2.7 million
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 09, 2021
Securities firm owner, late scammer’s trust ordered to cough up $2.7 million

SEC obtains judgments against Seth Leyton and the trust of the orchestrator of a fraud involving collateralized mortgage obligations.

UBS nabs J.P. Morgan Private Bank team managing $6.5 billion
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 09, 2021
UBS nabs J.P. Morgan Private Bank team managing $6.5 billion

The group of five advisers, which was with J.P. Morgan for nine years, will join UBS' Century City office in Los Angeles.

First Allied team managing $130 million forms own RIA
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 09, 2021
First Allied team managing $130 million forms own RIA

Mission Financial Group in Hawaii will retain its B-D affiliations through First Allied.

SEC charges repeat scammer with investment fraud
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 08, 2021
SEC charges repeat scammer with investment fraud

Stephen Moleski, who was arrested for a 1989 scheme, was alleged to be running an unregistered offering and acting as an unregistered broker.

THE INVESTMENTNEWS PODCAST FEB 08, 2021
'Moneymaking and money losing.' Amid fallout from Robinhood, GameStop and Reddit, what will regulators do?

Tyler Gellasch from Healthy Markets joins Jeff and Bruce to discuss what the potential regulatory fallout will be from the recent spate of social media fueled trading frenzies.

Welcoming the return of industry conferences
NEWS OPINION FEB 08, 2021
Welcoming the return of industry conferences

Betting that conditions will improve and restrictions be lessened in coming months, a sprinkling of fintech companies and others in and around the financial advice business have announced a resumption of live conferences to be held later in the year.

Introducing the 2021 Icons & Innovators
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 08, 2021
Introducing the 2021 Icons & Innovators

The fifth annual InvestmentNews Icons & Innovators shows the depths of the innovative spirit thriving in the financial advice business today. We highlight one Icon, 10 Innovators and 13 Innovation Award firm finalists this year out of hundreds of nominations and suggestions we received.

Two-thirds of Americans sat tight financially during pandemic
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 05, 2021
Two-thirds of Americans sat tight financially during pandemic

Relatively few people tapped their retirement accounts, but 20% drew on their emergency savings and 18% increased their credit card debt.

Massachusetts fines RBC $200,000 over failure to supervise
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 04, 2021
Massachusetts fines RBC $200,000 over failure to supervise

Regulator charges the firm failed to act on a former broker who was loading customer accounts up with energy sector master limited partnerships.