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Transactions in the registered investment advisor industry are on pace to beat the record set in 2015.
According to a Schwab Advisor Services report that tracks merger and acquisition activity in the RIA space, 52 deals were made in the first ...
(Bloomberg Gadfly) -- Warren Buffett induced chuckles earlier this year when the octogenarian said he wasn't convinced he'd be any likelier to reach the ripe old age of 100 by replacing his beloved Coca-Cola with water or his...
A new analysis by the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard found that the Form ADVs of nine large financial services firms, including Edward Jones and Merrill Lynch, have more conflicts of interest than those of the 135 registered investment...
Stifel Financial's brokerage unit has reached a deal with the SEC to resolve claims it misled five Wisconsin school districts about the risks of sinking $200 million in investment products linked to the financial crisis.
Home-office portfolios often outperform advisor-controlled ones, according to a Cerulli Associates report. Couple that with decreased compliance risk, and it’s likely the home-office model will become more prevalent in a post-DOL world...
(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. urged regulators to increase scrutiny of robo-advisers as customers flock to automated services, lured by low fees and ease of use...
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State Farm is tweaking its product offerings available to its agents, and the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule is partly to blame. Currently about 12,000 of the insurer’s agents are licensed t...
Former Merrill Lynch advisers who were fired after Bank of America merged with the brokerage in 2008 won back some of the deferred compensation on which they had missed out.
