RIAs

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SEC bars head of terminated RIA, orders $1.3 million in payments
NEWS RIAS JUL 01, 2019
SEC bars head of terminated RIA, orders $1.3 million in payments

Kristofor Behn and his firm, Fieldstone Financial Management, charged with fraud.

Wall Street is going RIA-ish
NEWS RIAS JUL 01, 2019
Wall Street is going RIA-ish

Big firms creating business models that kinda, sorta, look like an RIA for advisers.

TIAA exit from life insurance market exposes void for RIAs
NEWS RIAS JUN 28, 2019
TIAA exit from life insurance market exposes void for RIAs

Fee-only advisers who want to sell clients life insurance without a commission have few options available.

NEWS RIAS JUN 27, 2019
Envestnet Tamarac expanding into wirehouses with Merrill partnership

The RIA technology will provide Merrill Private Wealth Management advisers with reporting on held-away assets.

Increase diversity or die, Pershing CEO Tibergien tells RIAs
NEWS RIAS JUN 27, 2019
Increase diversity or die, Pershing CEO Tibergien tells RIAs

If firms want to keep pace with changing investor demographics, they have to hire more diverse viewpoints.

As AssetMark files for IPO, experts value TAMP at more than $1.2 billion
NEWS RIAS JUN 26, 2019
As AssetMark files for IPO, experts value TAMP at more than $1.2 billion

Turnkey asset management platform says it's seeking to raise $100 million in an initial public offering.

Broker-dealer pays $9.5 million to settle alternative investment claims by Native American tribe
NEWS RIAS JUN 26, 2019
Broker-dealer pays $9.5 million to settle alternative investment claims by Native American tribe

The tribe claimed it was unaware of the $11 million in commissions paid to a former Purshe Kaplan Sterling broker.

Advisers step up efforts to help clients manage student loan debt
NEWS RIAS JUN 25, 2019
Advisers step up efforts to help clients manage student loan debt

As some Democrats campaign to wipe the slate clean, financial planners focus on limiting the amount students borrow.

Fixed-income solutions for breakaways entering the RIA space
NEWS OPINION JUN 25, 2019
Fixed-income solutions for breakaways entering the RIA space

Wirehouse advisers fear that they'll have less access to fixed-income investments in the independent space, but the opposite is true.

Technology can help turn client conversations toward planning in next bear market
NEWS RIAS JUN 24, 2019
Technology can help turn client conversations toward planning in next bear market

Advisers don't want a replay of 2008 when clients bailed out of the advice industry.

Financial planning for same-sex couples has changed immensely since 2015 Supreme Court marriage ruling
NEWS RIAS JUN 21, 2019
Financial planning for same-sex couples has changed immensely since 2015 Supreme Court marriage ruling

The Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage. What does this mean for married and unmarried gay couples now?

Fed signal sends advisers into fixed-income scramble
NEWS RIAS JUN 21, 2019
Fed signal sends advisers into fixed-income scramble

Prospect of the first interest-rate cut in 10 years has some advisers fearing recession.

Mercer acquires Jackson Financial and $510 million in assets
NEWS RIAS JUN 19, 2019
Mercer acquires Jackson Financial and $510 million in assets

RIA based in Costa Mesa, Calif., brings firm's AUM to $16 billion.

DoubleLine CEO Gundlach sees golden opportunity to hedge market risk
NEWS RIAS JUN 19, 2019
DoubleLine CEO Gundlach sees golden opportunity to hedge market risk

Slowing economy and a nervous Fed have advisers rethinking the controversial metal.

Tapping into the anomaly of low-volatility investing
NEWS RIAS JUN 18, 2019
Tapping into the anomaly of low-volatility investing

Such strategies challenge the principles of risk and reward.

RIA takes a bigger piece of the pro athlete market
NEWS RIAS JUN 17, 2019
RIA takes a bigger piece of the pro athlete market

MAI Capital Management's purchase of MTX leads to rebranding plan focused on serving athletes.

Finra bars former Cetera broker
NEWS RIAS JUN 17, 2019
Finra bars former Cetera broker

Veteran broker accumulated 34 disclosures over 21 years in the industry.

You don't need to know sign language to work with deaf clients, but it helps
NEWS RIAS JUN 14, 2019
You don't need to know sign language to work with deaf clients, but it helps

Advisers talk about their experiences working with clients in this underserved niche.

Galvin to propose fiduciary rule for Massachusetts brokers
NEWS RIAS JUN 14, 2019
Galvin to propose fiduciary rule for Massachusetts brokers

The secretary of the commonwealth is proposing a fiduciary standard in response to an SEC investment-advice rule he views as too weak.

Reg BI won't stop advisory sector advances over broker-dealers, Pershing's Tibergien says
NEWS RIAS JUN 13, 2019
Reg BI won't stop advisory sector advances over broker-dealers, Pershing's Tibergien says

Executive says clients prefer to work with investment advisers because of the transparency, greater choice in investment options and fiduciary status of the business model.