The danger of self-directed IRA scams heightened during the pandemic, as many investors were at home and online but isolated from in-person interaction, NASAA says.
Franklin Templeton joins a wave of deals in the direct or custom indexing space, with its plan to acquire O'Shaughnessy Asset Management and its custom indexing platform, Canvas.
The deal with QCI Asset Management represents WEG’s largest yet, bringing its total client assets to over $50 billion, and marks its first foray into western New York.
The Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA) found that 24% of money awarded last year went unpaid; the group argues the problem of unpaid arbitration awards could get even worse in a down market.