Linda Ding named a rising star, Kaplan acquires the College for Financial Planning and Darren Berg escapes minimum security prison.

FINRA releases its first Report on Examination Findings, financial advisor income on the rise and art collectors don’t work with art advisors.

House Republicans protest the Senate’s FIFO provision, ESG-friendly companies beat the S&P and Morgan Stanley inks endorsement deal with Justin Rose.

Broadridge partners with Wealthsimple on a robo in Canada, Brinker creates an RIA division and Silver Lane hires Jim Collins as general counsel.

The Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT buys LPL’s South Carolina campus, IRAs assets are surging, Rick Rieder’s work ethic.

Dimensional Fund Advisors has the strongest loyalty among fee-based advisors, a $1.3 million producer returns to Alex. Brown and millennials are open to 401(k) mandates.

Commonwealth adds Midwest Financial Group from NPH, Baird adds $1 billion Alaska team and millennials rely on themselves for financial success.

UBS’ 2018 outlook, young advisors provide more financial planning services than older ones and Tamarac integrates with RightCapital.

Generation X’s debt is hurting long-term planning, alternative fund fees dwarf traditional mutual funds and Guggenheim predicts the next recession.

Many investors say the financial crisis had no impact on their lives, rising market pushes hedge funds to hit all-time asset highs despite fund outflows in October, and brick-and-mortar stores saw a successful Black Friday.