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As Fed battles inflation, fixed-income investing regains popularity, purpose
NEWS RIAS OCT 03, 2022
As Fed battles inflation, fixed-income investing regains popularity, purpose

Experts advise taking advantage of higher bond yields while bracing clients for the near certainty of a recession.

FPA offers course on planning psychology
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 03, 2022
FPA offers course on planning psychology

The nine-credit on-demand program includes seven hours of video instruction and focuses on how financial planners can build deeper relationships with clients.

Credit Suisse fears fail to rattle US wealth management market, for now
NEWS ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2022
Credit Suisse fears fail to rattle US wealth management market, for now

The Swiss bank pulled out of the US financial advisory business in 2015 when it shuttered its private banking unit here.

Here's what your clients need to ask themselves before retiring
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 03, 2022
Here's what your clients need to ask themselves before retiring

T. Rowe Price retirement expert Stuart Ritter explains what individuals need to learn about themselves — both financially and nonfinancially — as they plan for retirement.

SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for endorsing crypto token on Instagram
NEWS ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2022
SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for endorsing crypto token on Instagram

The securities watchdog said she broke US rules by not disclosing she was paid for the promotion.

Credit Suisse attempts to reassure markets backfire as stock hits fresh low
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2022
Credit Suisse attempts to reassure markets backfire as stock hits fresh low

CEO Ulrich Koerner had sought to calm employees and the markets over the weekend only to see his carefully worded memo have the opposite effect.

3 Questions to Ask Retirement Clients About Their Real Estate Investments
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2022
3 Questions to Ask Retirement Clients About Their Real Estate Investments

Too many advisers skip over investment property, missing the potential to create a stronger financial plan and ignoring a potential retirement income source.

Independent Financial Partners to offer Sallus pooled 401(k)s
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2022
Independent Financial Partners to offer Sallus pooled 401(k)s

The Sallus pooled employer 401(k) plan is aimed at small to midsize businesses.

Finra sanctions reform means larger firms could see tougher penalties
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2022
Finra sanctions reform means larger firms could see tougher penalties

The self-regulator formally removes the $310,000 ceiling on the fines that can be imposed on midsize and big brokerages.

Stay the course despite market volatility, says T. Rowe Price
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2022
Stay the course despite market volatility, says T. Rowe Price

Study finds 95% of retirement plan participants made no changes to investments in year’s first half.

SEC charges ex-LPL broker with stealing $1.3 million from elderly client
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2022
SEC charges ex-LPL broker with stealing $1.3 million from elderly client

Bradley A. Goodbred, who's based in suburban Chicago, allegedly defrauded a client who's now 97 and suffers from dementia.

RBC to offer small-business pooled retirement plan
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2022
RBC to offer small-business pooled retirement plan

Transamerica will serve as the plan's record keeper and Ascensus' FuturePlan will be the third-party administrator.

Finra expels New York-based NYPPEX for securities fraud
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2022
Finra expels New York-based NYPPEX for securities fraud

The firm's former CEO, Laurence Allen, is barred and its current CEO, Michael Schunk, is suspended.

Five advisers honored by Invest in Others Foundation
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 30, 2022
Five advisers honored by Invest in Others Foundation

The foundation, which recognizes the community-minded efforts of financial advisers, will donate a total of $275,000 to the charities with which the honoree volunteers work.

Senate confirms Lisa Gomez as assistant secretary of Labor, EBSA head
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 29, 2022
Senate confirms Lisa Gomez as assistant secretary of Labor, EBSA head

She takes the helm of the agency that oversees employee retirement plans as it is writing another iteration of an investment advice rule.

Wealth Enhancement Group acquires Ohio hybrid
NEWS RIAS SEP 29, 2022
Wealth Enhancement Group acquires Ohio hybrid

Cincinnati-based Bohmer Kilcoyne Wealth Management manages $677 million.

LPL offers advisers access to broker-savvy bookkeepers
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 29, 2022
LPL offers advisers access to broker-savvy bookkeepers

The bookkeeping service, which aims to boost advisers' efficiency and productivity, follows LPL's offering earlier this year of a paraplanner service.

From the Great Resignation to unretirement
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 28, 2022
From the Great Resignation to unretirement

Boomerang workers may have to rethink their plans for claiming Social Security.

SEC's Gensler says investors don’t distinguish between advisers, brokers
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 28, 2022
SEC's Gensler says investors don’t distinguish between advisers, brokers

The agency's chair implies at an Investment Adviser Association conference that investors should receive best-interest advice regardless of which type of financial professional they work with.

Wells Fargo facing class action over 401(k) stock purchases
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 28, 2022
Wells Fargo facing class action over 401(k) stock purchases

Three plan participants are suing the bank, alleging that it overpaid for company stock in its employees’ retirement plan.