The Daily Brief

COVID-19 has exacerbated the anxiety around long-term retirement savings in 401(k) accounts, according to a Schwab survey.

Utilizing a cartoon cat and 'Drops,' Wealthfront's push into banking takes it further from its investing roots.

Cashman Consulting joins LPL Financial after 15 years with Kestra Investment Services.

Private equity-backed Pathstone and Cornerstone come together in the latest RIA megadeal.

Greg Van Slyke, co-founder and partner at Lake Street Partners, which joined Focus Financial Partners in 2017, will retire at the end of this year.

Varo says it's the first national bank charter granted to a U.S. consumer fintech and will allow it to offer its own FDIC-insured banking services—something other fintechs must work with bank partners to offer.

The new funding brings the advisor-friendly plan provider's total to $144 million in capital raised.

Chicago-based Hightower announced its second acquisition this week, this time on its home turf.

M&T Bank, which will shift its brokerage and advisory business from its own subsidiary to LPL in 2021, is the largest financial institution to join LPL.

While many brokerage and advisory firms had followed compliance mandates for developing their forms, the Commission still found examples of forms that could be "more clear or otherwise improved."