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Among the biggest developments set to influence advisors’ businesses this year include consolidation among wealth management firms, the rise of ESG investing, a renewed focus on prospecting and changes to advisor compensation models.
The lapses in record retention, fingerprinting and failing to oversee the drafting of consolidated reports led to 1.5 million costumer communications being deleted and a former rep running a Ponzi scheme, FINRA claimed.
Veteran Scott Kays' $800 million fee-only firm is on the larger side for the acquisitive Mercer, suggesting the national RIA may start looking at more mid-sized targets.
Anthony DeChellis joined Boston Private to jump start its floundering wealth business. But he and the board are "grossly" undervaluing the bank in agreeing to a $900 million sale, a major shareholder says, arguing the firm should curtail its "pie...
The former TDAI executive spent the last days of 2020 studying for his CFP exam and taking a hard look at the regulatory landscape that faces financial planners in 2021.
The settlement is the first action coming from the regulatory agency's 2019 self-reporting initiative for failures to oversee 529 plan share class recommendations.