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Social Security expert starts phased retirement
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 23, 2022
Social Security expert starts phased retirement

Mary Beth Franklin, who launched her final career phase as a weekly columnist in 2012, will continue writing a monthly column for InvestmentNews.

Finra dings Morgan Stanley $802,000 for overcharging clients
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 23, 2022
Finra dings Morgan Stanley $802,000 for overcharging clients

Morgan Stanley was penalized for failing to catch excess sales charges and fees from mutual fund transactions between 2015 to 2021.

Top InvestmentNews website search terms in 2022
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 23, 2022
Top InvestmentNews website search terms in 2022

Take a look at what was on InvestmentNews readers’ minds over the past 12 months.

Advisers anticipate retirement-planning flexibility SECURE 2.0 offers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 22, 2022
Advisers anticipate retirement-planning flexibility SECURE 2.0 offers

On first glance at the comprehensive legislation, increasing the RMD age and boosting catch-up contributions are popular.

Rep monkeyed around with client information to sell more GPB: Finra
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 22, 2022
Rep monkeyed around with client information to sell more GPB: Finra

Using white out and other means, the rep doctored client financial information disclosure forms, according to Finra.

Kingswood recruits 15 financial advisers in fourth quarter
NEWS RIAS DEC 22, 2022
Kingswood recruits 15 financial advisers in fourth quarter

The additions bring 2022 total recruitment to 21 advisers who supervise more than $943 million in assets.

ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69
NEWS ETFS DEC 22, 2022
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69

She earned the nickname 'SPDR Woman' for her work on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which State Street Corp. introduced in 1993.

An InvestmentNews salute to the ‘Notorious MBF’
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 21, 2022
An InvestmentNews salute to the ‘Notorious MBF’

InvestmentNews subscribers have been able to count on Mary Beth Franklin’s weekly column for intelligent and compassionate answers.

GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2022
GWG bondholders tee up lawsuits against broker-dealers, executives

GWG was a 'classic Ponzi scheme,' according to a group representing investors.

UBS ushers in $220 million Wells Fargo rep
NEWS RIAS DEC 21, 2022
UBS ushers in $220 million Wells Fargo rep

Garth Allan, who joins the firm in Newport Beach, California, delivers personalized investment planning and comprehensive wealth management advice.

5 secrets of savvy philanthropists
NEWS OPINION DEC 20, 2022
5 secrets of savvy philanthropists

Here’s a look at strategies that today’s advisers are using to enhance the charitable giving of their clients and their foundations.

Accountability for inclusion ratchets up with JPMorgan critique, Knight Foundation report
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 20, 2022
Accountability for inclusion ratchets up with JPMorgan critique, Knight Foundation report

Transparency isn't always clear, especially when critics take issue with the way companies calculate accountability.

Lawmakers include SECURE 2.0 in federal spending bill headed toward approval
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2022
Lawmakers include SECURE 2.0 in federal spending bill headed toward approval

The measure contains 92 retirement savings provisions — including increasing the RMD age, raising catch-up limits and expanding automatic enrollment — that give Republicans, Democrats and the financial industry plenty to love.

Stock pullback has more advisers diversifying away from asset-based fees
NEWS RIAS DEC 20, 2022
Stock pullback has more advisers diversifying away from asset-based fees

As account balances shrink in stride with the financial markets, RIAs are increasingly embracing flat-fee pricing.

Plenty of nontraded REIT liquidity to go around: Report
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 20, 2022
Plenty of nontraded REIT liquidity to go around: Report

Meanwhile, 2022 has been another excellent year for sales of alternative investments, according to the report from Robert A. Stanger & Co.

A prescription for advisers seeking to heal doctors with retirement woes
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2022
A prescription for advisers seeking to heal doctors with retirement woes

Doctors invest significant time and money into their careers upfront, which means starting out with a huge debt load. Meanwhile, their earnings don’t reach full potential until much later in life.

Leading with intention, compassion creates a firm that attracts quality talent
NEWS OPINION DEC 20, 2022
Leading with intention, compassion creates a firm that attracts quality talent

When advisers are focused on the activities they enjoy, flexing their best skill set, they will win and be happy while doing it.

Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2022
Indiana indie with $220 million joins Commonwealth from Cambridge

Accounting-oriented Strategic Planning Group is based in Fishers, Indiana.

$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 20, 2022
$830 million indie team moves to LPL from Royal Alliance

Kansas-based Strategic Partners is affiliating with LPL through National Financial Alliance.

Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion for mistreating customers
NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 20, 2022
Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion for mistreating customers

The bank's settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deals with a variety of allegations and includes a $1.7 billion fine that's the biggest in CFPB history.