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Wealthfront introduces individual stock picking
EQUITIES MAR 01, 2023
Wealthfront introduces individual stock picking

Investors can now buy and sell stocks and fractional shares with zero trading commissions, marking a shift from the company's previous emphasis on the value of passive investing.

Finra encourages brokers to increase scrutiny, controls when using finfluencers
FINTECH MAR 01, 2023
Finra encourages brokers to increase scrutiny, controls when using finfluencers

The regulator releases an update to an exam sweep probing how member firms tout themselves on social media.

LPL facing SEC investigation into unapproved personal devices
FINTECH MAR 01, 2023
LPL facing SEC investigation into unapproved personal devices

LPL's disclosure follows a crackdown by US regulators on financial firms' failure to monitor employee communications on messaging apps.

Get back to your roots and market
OPINION MAR 01, 2023
Get back to your roots and market

As an advisor's client base grows, more of their time is spent servicing existing clients, which leaves little time for finding new ones.

Advisory firm looks for clients right before they need advice
RIAS MAR 01, 2023
Advisory firm looks for clients right before they need advice

Michigan-based Innovia Wealth concentrates on entrepreneurs who are on the brink of striking it rich.

BlackRock closes FutureAdvisor's retail business, moves clients to Ritholtz Wealth
FINTECH FEB 28, 2023
BlackRock closes FutureAdvisor's retail business, moves clients to Ritholtz Wealth

FutureAdvisor joins a growing roster of robo-advisors that have closed up shop, including RobustWealth and Motif Investing.

Biden plans to name Julie Su as next Secretary of Labor
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 28, 2023
Biden plans to name Julie Su as next Secretary of Labor

Su, who would become the first Asian American Cabinet secretary in Biden’s administration, would replace Marty Walsh.

Orion reveals ChatGPT integration at Ascent conference
FINTECH FEB 28, 2023
Orion reveals ChatGPT integration at Ascent conference

An integration with Redtail Speak, a compliant texting service, is just the beginning of the company's plans to bring artificial intelligence into its technology.

Merrill Private Wealth promotes Hans to lead unit
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 27, 2023
Merrill Private Wealth promotes Hans to lead unit

For the last six years, Lindsay Hans has headed Merrill's Northeast and Mid Atlantic Divisions. She succeeds Don Plaus, who's retiring.

10 cities with the highest concentrations of financial advisors in 2023
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 27, 2023
10 cities with the highest concentrations of financial advisors in 2023

Some cities have far higher ratios of personal financial advisors to adult inhabitants than others.

Fintech Bytes: Raymond James, Wells Fargo and Orion
FINTECH FEB 24, 2023
Fintech Bytes: Raymond James, Wells Fargo and Orion

Plus, Holistiplan goes to college, AIMR Analytics releases advisor comparison tool, and GW&K selects PureFacts.

TIAA adds industry veterans to retirement solutions team
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2023
TIAA adds industry veterans to retirement solutions team

TIAA announced the hiring of Shamila Rajaratnam from the Vanguard Group and Jim Mullery from Prudential to round out its retirement solutions leadership team.

LPL taps Schwab veteran for RIA growth
RIAS FEB 23, 2023
LPL taps Schwab veteran for RIA growth

Julian Lopez will focus on LPL's relationships with independent advisors.

AssetMark overcomes market losses to post record revenue in 2022
FINTECH FEB 23, 2023
AssetMark overcomes market losses to post record revenue in 2022

The turnkey asset management and technology provider brought in $456 million in revenue last year, up 20% year-over-year.

Student athletes' NIL deals give advisors the ability to create change
OPINION FEB 23, 2023
Student athletes' NIL deals give advisors the ability to create change

Financial advisors can play an active role in the success of student athletes with name, image and likeness deals, but they need to speak the language of their young clients.

Dynasty Financial selects BridgeFT as primary data aggregation provider
FINTECH FEB 22, 2023
Dynasty Financial selects BridgeFT as primary data aggregation provider

Dynasty has acquired a minority stake in BridgeFT and appointed its chief technology officer, Frank Coates, to serve on the fintech’s board.

JPMorgan reins in workers' use of ChatGPT
FINTECH FEB 22, 2023
JPMorgan reins in workers' use of ChatGPT

The artificial intelligence software, which became an internet phenomenon in recent months, generates text, images and other media in response to a short prompt.

Controversial cash allocations in Schwab's robo protected clients in 2022
FINTECH FEB 22, 2023
Controversial cash allocations in Schwab's robo protected clients in 2022

Allocations to cash helped Schwab's robo post the second-best one-year trailing performance, according to a new report from Condor Capital.

Wells Fargo latest to face probe of use of messaging apps
FINTECH FEB 22, 2023
Wells Fargo latest to face probe of use of messaging apps

The SEC and the CFTC are looking at the bank's retention of employee communications related to the use of unapproved messaging apps, it disclosed in a filing.

TradePMR, FP Transitions partner on consulting service
RIAS FEB 21, 2023
TradePMR, FP Transitions partner on consulting service

The service aims to help RIAs and breakaways with organizational structure, compensation and entity design.