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Schwab rolls out digital onboarding for its RIA customers
RIAS JUN 23, 2021
Schwab rolls out digital onboarding for its RIA customers

Advisers will be able to open most accounts in minutes, the company says.

Stash to acquire PayGrade, surpasses $3 billion AUM
FINTECH JUN 23, 2021
Stash to acquire PayGrade, surpasses $3 billion AUM

Stash announced its first acquisition of financial literacy platform PayGrade following an increase in assets under management.

Morgan Stanley to require vaccinations to enter New York offices
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 23, 2021
Morgan Stanley to require vaccinations to enter New York offices

The firm said the goal is to help create a normal office environment, without a need for face masks and physical distancing.

Father and son team build out niche financial planning for family physicians
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 22, 2021
Father and son team build out niche financial planning for family physicians

When a medical doctor became a financial adviser, picking a niche was a no-brainer. Benold Financial Planning tends to the financial health of family doctors.

Bitcoin rebounds after dropping below $30,000
FINTECH JUN 22, 2021
Bitcoin rebounds after dropping below $30,000

Chart-watchers said Bitcoin, which failed to retake $40,000 last week, could have a tough time finding support in the $20,000 range following its drop below $30,000.

Focus Financial evolves beyond PE ownership
RIAS JUN 22, 2021
Focus Financial evolves beyond PE ownership

Private equity owner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is cashing out after Focus shares climb 65% from the firm's 2018 IPO.

5 ways to win clients’ trust
OPINION JUN 22, 2021
5 ways to win clients’ trust

With trust at the foundation of the client acquisition process, everything you say and do is being evaluated by potential clients — for good or for bad.

Wells Fargo team managing $800M joins Snowden Lane
RIAS JUN 22, 2021
Wells Fargo team managing $800M joins Snowden Lane

Led by Tony Esses, the group based in Coral Gables, Florida, focuses on Argentinian investors.

Betterment rolls out a prepackaged tech stack for RIAs
FINTECH JUN 22, 2021
Betterment rolls out a prepackaged tech stack for RIAs

Betterment tapped RIA in a Box, RightCapital, and Wealthbox to provide new and breakaway RIAs a predetermined tech stack.

Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL
BROKER DEALERS JUN 21, 2021
Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL

The six-adviser group led by Larry Boggs is forming Boggs & Co. Wealth Management in Cumberland, Maryland.

Orion adds behavioral finance to its adviser tech
FINTECH JUN 21, 2021
Orion adds behavioral finance to its adviser tech

Orion rolls out the first tech tool that incorporates its merger with Brinker Capital and its acquisition of risk management software HiddenLevers. The tool helps firms understand investors' emotional reactions to market volatility.

There’s no room for crypto in employee 401(k) plans
OPINION JUN 21, 2021
There’s no room for crypto in employee 401(k) plans

Digital assets are slowly being accepted by big financial firms, but given the critical role that 401(k)s play in building Americans’ retirement savings, the plans should be one of the last places to sign up for crypto.

Looking through the eyes of another
OPINION JUN 18, 2021
Looking through the eyes of another

Empathy is a good beginning, but it needs to be accompanied by action.

Bank of America makes Juneteenth a holiday, joining JPMorgan, Wells Fargo
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2021
Bank of America makes Juneteenth a holiday, joining JPMorgan, Wells Fargo

The banks told U.S. employees they'll receive a floating paid day off to mark the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., which President Biden signed into law Thursday.

How one adviser came to specialize in serving divorced women
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2021
How one adviser came to specialize in serving divorced women

Chris Chen, who began developing his niche 12 years ago, said advisers should identify niches that are as specific as possible.

Team managing $1 billion at Wells Fargo goes to RBC
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 18, 2021
Team managing $1 billion at Wells Fargo goes to RBC

The four-adviser Seidler Cattich group is joining the firm in San Francisco.

Prudential Retirement's head of sales leaving for OneAmerica
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 17, 2021
Prudential Retirement's head of sales leaving for OneAmerica

Michael Domingos, the firm's head of sales and strategic relations, has been at Prudential for 28 years and was appointed to his current role in 2019. The news comes several months after a report that Prudential was considering a sale of its retirement business.

New York IARs register with state for first time
RIAS JUN 17, 2021
New York IARs register with state for first time

Two deadlines are looming this summer for investment adviser representatives working in New York state related to the new regulation, which will allow potential clients to more easily review advisers' backgrounds.

Sigma Financial faces $4.5 million in investor claims
BROKER DEALERS JUN 17, 2021
Sigma Financial faces $4.5 million in investor claims

The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based independent broker-dealer, which has close to 600 reps and advisers, reported $124.3 million in total revenue in 2019.

MassMutual reps managing $400 million switch to LPL
BROKER DEALERS JUN 17, 2021
MassMutual reps managing $400 million switch to LPL

Alicia Curtis and Jyl Barnard of Curtis Barnard Financial Services and Chris Dearing of Riverfront Financial share an office in Peoria, Illinois.