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Automating Process: The Key to Efficiency and Value Creation
FINTECH SEP 07, 2021
Automating Process: The Key to Efficiency and Value Creation

Glamorous it’s not. But Docupace’s Ryan George explains why the route to greater firm efficiency, more satisfied clients and more productive advisors lies in automating back-office processes.

SEC charges crypto exchange BitConnect with $2 billion fraud scheme
ALTERNATIVES SEP 02, 2021
SEC charges crypto exchange BitConnect with $2 billion fraud scheme

The regulator sued five BitConnect promoters in May for their roles in promoting the scheme by creating testimonials on YouTube, sometimes multiple times a day.

Hurricane Ida upends businesses for many financial advisers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 02, 2021
Hurricane Ida upends businesses for many financial advisers

Wealth management firms in New Orleans remained mostly closed as power is being restored to parts of the city in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Areas in the Northeast were also severely impacted.

Lule Demmissie to head eToro Group in US
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 02, 2021
Lule Demmissie to head eToro Group in US

The executive is joining the online brokerage firm after heading Ally Invest.

Snappy Kraken pushes annual conference to 2022
FINTECH SEP 02, 2021
Snappy Kraken pushes annual conference to 2022

The conference, originally scheduled for Oct. 20-22, will now take place on May 4-6, 2022 at the Aria in Las Vegas. The move follows other recent postponements of tech-related events.

Goldman Sachs hires tech veteran Cynthia Loh from Charles Schwab
FINTECH SEP 01, 2021
Goldman Sachs hires tech veteran Cynthia Loh from Charles Schwab

Loh served as vice president of digital advice and innovation and oversaw the Intelligent Portfolio automated advice platform at Schwab. The hire emphasizes the bank’s recent push to utilize technology offerings to serve the mass affluent market.

Raymond James affiliate managing $625 million moves to LPL
BROKER DEALERS SEP 01, 2021
Raymond James affiliate managing $625 million moves to LPL

The six-adviser team at TBT Financial Services is based in Tyler and Longview, Texas

Four-person Merrill team managing $391 million joins UBS
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 01, 2021
Four-person Merrill team managing $391 million joins UBS

Brenner Wealth Management Group is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Fintech firm offers annuity selection tool
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 01, 2021
Fintech firm offers annuity selection tool

Luma Financial Technologies' new tool, Luma Compare, lets advisers compare a variety of products.

4 key Olympic lessons for advisers
OPINION SEP 01, 2021
4 key Olympic lessons for advisers

Here are the top four lessons I walked away from the Olympics with and that I will strive to instill in my team.

Small acts of kindness that build your advisory business
OPINION SEP 01, 2021
Small acts of kindness that build your advisory business

Treating clients as we would our dearest friends is not only the right thing to do, but tends to result in a lot of referrals from happy, well-cared-for clients.

Raymond James delays office return amid Florida virus surge
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 01, 2021
Raymond James delays office return amid Florida virus surge

The firm has pushed its return-to-office date back to the middle of October, after having asked some employees to return to work next week.

Fidelity to hire 9,000 workers across the US
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 31, 2021
Fidelity to hire 9,000 workers across the US

The hiring push is the fund company’s third in less than a year, reflecting the boom in individual investing that has lifted the entire trading industry.

PayPal to launch stock trading on its mobile app
FINTECH AUG 31, 2021
PayPal to launch stock trading on its mobile app

The payments giant enters a competitive but flourishing marketplace for online brokerages as it evolves its app to enable millions to trade individual stocks. PayPal currently has approximately 400 million users.

Wells Fargo team managing $295 million jumps to LPL
BROKER DEALERS AUG 31, 2021
Wells Fargo team managing $295 million jumps to LPL

Allison Taylor leads the all-female group in Huntington Beach, California.

Lincoln Financial names Ellen Cooper CEO
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2021
Lincoln Financial names Ellen Cooper CEO

Cooper, the company's chief investment officer, succeeds Dennis Glass, who has been chief executive since 2007.

Helping philanthropic clients get the most out of their giving
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 30, 2021
Helping philanthropic clients get the most out of their giving

David Foster found his niche when he realized how difficult it was to make sure his donations were having the desired impact.

SEC fines multiple firms for cybersecurity lapses that exposed client data
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 30, 2021
SEC fines multiple firms for cybersecurity lapses that exposed client data

The agency fined 8 firms, including Cetera and Cambridge, a total of $750,000 for inadequate policies and procedures to protect customer information.

Vanguard robo-adviser to offer active mutual funds
EQUITIES AUG 30, 2021
Vanguard robo-adviser to offer active mutual funds

The funds will be made available for clients of its robo-adviser Personal Advisor Services through advised portfolios as part of a five-fund active equity offer.

Turning on a dime to solve the ‘investor problem’
OPINION AUG 30, 2021
Turning on a dime to solve the ‘investor problem’

Great advisers with good tools were unable to prevent far too many investors from making emotional decisions amid the March 2020 market volatility.