The proposal is similar to one the SEC released last year that focuses on investment advisors. The SEC also extended the comment period for the advisor proposal.
In less than two weeks, Altruist's custody business grows from zero to more than 3,000 RIA clients, with only Schwab and Fidelity having more RIA relationships.
The SEC's amendment to rule 17a-4 represents a tremendous opportunity to bring firms' record-keeping systems into the 21st century.
About 90% of households don't use financial planners, but offering fee-based services could help win them over, the firm says.
Answers to advisors' questions will be generated exclusively using Morgan Stanley's library of content and data.
Also at this year's conference, MoneyGuide founder Bob Curtis returns with a vision for a new fintech, while executives from Envestnet and Advisor Engine provide updates.
Rivent Partners has carved a niche at the intersection of affluence and social programs.
'It doesn’t require literally a bible or book of every single claim made in any ad ever to be retained forever,' Thoreau Bartmann, an SEC counsel, told an Investment Adviser Association conference in Washington.
Keeping tabs on texts and messaging has been difficult for the industry, and fines have been mounting.
The firm says it has sufficient liquidity to handle any volatility and that more than 80% of deposits are insured by the FDIC.
If you’re not paying close attention to ensure that your clients’ cash is safe, you’re ignoring your fiduciary duty.
Women are making headway with their personal financial goals, and they prefer talking with other women about money, a new Fidelity survey shows.
The SEC doesn’t care whether advisors or staff are banned from using apps or tools. What’s important to them is that firms fulfill their capture and retention responsibilities.
See how much brokers earn on sales of various products at 43 independent broker-dealers, according to data the firms provided to InvestmentNews Research.
Maria Lettini will take the helm of the influential group as sustainable investing has become a political rallying cry for some state leaders.
Financial advisors should pay attention to regulators' concerns, since it's often advisors or firm executives who don't follow industry rules to the letter who may be discharged.
The firm provides marketing services to more than 500 independent advisors; its affiliated RIA, AE Wealth Management, will make the tool available to its advisors.
Webull Financial failed to conduct adequate due diligence on customers, Finra found, but the company did not admit or deny fault.
CEO Bill Hamm said the net capital deficit of $120,000 shown in IFP's Focus report was the result of accrual accounting.
Speaking at the American College's Women Working in Wealth conference, the CEO of J.P. Morgan Wealth Management said the firm aims to win clients early and then ease them into ever more personalized advisory services.
