San Diego, Calif.-based Lucia Capital Group has acquired the client relationships of a $170 million RIA firm, West Coast Asset Management, with the help of Derek Bruton, the former head of LPL Financial’s independent advisor services and...
• Tax Court refuses Internal Revenue Service motions for summary judgment on valuation of 100 percent limited liability company (LLC) interest for income tax charitable deduction—In RERI Holdings I, LLC v. Commissioner, 143 T.C. No. 3...
The Investment Adviser Association, the advocacy group for investment advisors, has named Karen Barr to replace David Tittsworth as president and CEO. Tittsworth, who has been with the organization since 1996, is retiring. Barr will take over her...
(Reuters) - U.S. regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether bond fund manager Pimco inflated the returns of its Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund (BOND.P) run by founder Bill Gross, who has come under renewed fire...
The ‘big tent’ philosophy of some custodians is getting smaller, and some small RIAs are getting squeezed out