The Daily Brief

The new tool allows investors to filter and search for funds based on their sustainability preferences.

Gary Bonner, a founding partner and former COO of Avalon Advisors, has joined tru Independence.

Opposition to the Department of Labor’s proposed rule around ESG investments was high, even among investment professionals and financial advisors, according to a new analysis.

Advisors Paul Castro and Erik Steudle recently joined Good Life, an LPL Financial large enterprise, from UnionBanc Investment Services and Ameriprise, respectively.

The CFA Institute has started the next step in its process to develop ESG disclosure standards by November 2021.

The North American Securities Administrators Association's COVID-19 task force has initiated 220 actions to stop the schemes.

Seventy-seven percent of North American advisors surveyed by Broadridge indicated that they have lost business due to inadequate technology.

Channel-based messaging platform Slack will be rolled out to LPL Financial's 17,000 advisors, allowing teams to communicate faster than with email.

'Financial literacy is a survival skill that everyone needs,' a recent Schwab survey found.

The advisors leave one of the broker/dealers folded into Securities America in the wake of Advisor Group’s acquisition of Ladenburg Thalmann.