February 24, 2021
FAs Weigh In: Hopeful About Opportunities for Growth, Outperformance
Whenever people are worried, there's opportunity for an advisor, says one financial advisor.
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February 19, 2021
BofA, Wells, UBS Resist Offering Semitransparent ETFs to Wealth Clients
Bank executives say the funds, which combine features of mutual funds and traditional exchange-traded funds, need more scrutiny.
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February 17, 2021
FAs Weigh In: Emotional Responses to Markets Amid Pandemic Off the Charts
Fusion Family Wealth’s CEO says investors’ pandemic-related fears have driven emotional responses to financial markets to levels he had not seen in his three decades in the advisory industry.
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February 17, 2021
Betterment Expands Customization Options on Model Portfolios for FAs
The new offering expands on the company’s previous model portfolios by allowing most exchange-traded funds rather than only those that are part of Betterment Core Portfolio Strategy.
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February 16, 2021
More 'Forward-Looking' FAs Charging Separate Financial Planning Fees
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Advisors with the skill set to do true holistic financial planning can easily generate revenue that could replace lost AUM due to fee compression, says Commonwealth Financial Network's Justin Duft.
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February 8, 2021
Wells Names Head of Managed Solutions, Investment Implementation
Patricia Loepker was previously head of advisory, institutional and high-net-worth consulting for Wells Fargo Advisors.
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February 5, 2021
Mass. Securities Cop Fines RBC $200K Over Alleged Supervisory Failures
RBC Capital Markets allegedly failed to supervise one of its former agents who overconcentrated 10 elderly investors in energy securities.
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February 4, 2021
Vanguard to Launch Fractional Share Trading in Dollar Terms
A job posting for an equity and exchange-traded fund trading manager says the position requires the launch and oversight of fractional trading, according to FA-IQ sister publication Ignites.
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February 2, 2021
Robinhood Strikes Back at Mass. Securities Cop Over ‘Gamification’ Charges
Lawyers for the firm say Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin created a false impression of any underhandedness and had no authority to adopt the state’s fiduciary rule last year.
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February 1, 2021
All Roads Lead to GameStop — What You Need to Know, So Far
The saga has also attracted attention of the SEC and lawmakers as well as a probe by the New York Attorney General.
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