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Cryptic crypto doesn’t square with qualified retirement plan fundamentals
Crypto assets have not provided audits and other standard modes of verification, which disqualifies them as prudent investments.
Fidelity partners with Digital Assets Council on crypto education
Clients of Fidelity Institutional will get a discount on the cost of DACFP's Blockchain and Digital Assets certificate program.
Financial industry worries about Finra’s next step on complex products
Brokerage and fund trade associations caution against limiting the market for retail customers. Consumer group and state regulators say more oversight is needed to protect investors.
Crypto stress feeds wider sell-off in global markets
The crash in cryptocurrencies could accelerate an investor stampede to safer asset classes.
Advisers caught between Fidelity, DOL on using crypto in 401(k)s
Fidelity wants to make it easier to allocate 401(k) assets into Bitcoin, while the Department of Labor is warning plan fiduciaries to be extremely careful about using crypto.
Broker picked wrong time to boost bet on GWG bonds
Broker-dealers kept selling GWG's life settlement-backed bonds for years despite all the accounting and reporting static coming from the company.
US regulators considering Plan B if Congress fails to act on crypto
CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam says his agency would be a tough regulator for crypto market.
SEC extends comment period on climate risk, private fund, exchange proposals
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has been under pressure from Republican lawmakers and industry trade associations to allow more time for feedback on rulemaking.
ETF hedging interest-rate risk comes out of the gate with 67% gain this year
The strategy blends short-term Treasury bonds with put options on longer-term bonds to ride the trend toward higher rates.
Bitcoin tumbles below $33,000 to lowest level since July 2021
Tightening monetary policy to combat runaway inflation and ebbing liquidity are turning investors away from speculative assets across global markets.
Advisor Group adds CAIS alts platform
The addition gives access to a menu of alternative investment products, including hedge funds, private equity, real estate and private credit.
Crypto-rich puzzle over how to pass high-risk wealth on to heirs
As more crypto holders need help structuring their wealth, the staid world of estate planning is still playing catch up.
SEC crypto team getting 20 more officials in bid to crack down
The additions will bring the agency's Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to 50 people.
Mercer Global Advisors adds $1.2 billion with latest deal
Mercer is acquiring HYA Advisors, an RIA based in Springfield, Missouri, as private equity money continues to drive RIA consolidation.
Bond market ‘bloodbath’ opens a door for income investors
As fixed income suffers the brunt of the Fed's efforts to catch up on inflation, financial advisers suddenly have an alternative for short-term cash allocations.
Crypto bill in House would limit SEC’s jurisdiction over exchanges
The measure sponsored by a bipartisan group of representatives would bring exchanges that offer digital assets like Bitcoin directly under the purview of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
BlackRock pushes three investing themes
The asset manager says the new consumer, an industrial renaissance and medical innovation are areas where changes have exposed 'underestimated investment opportunities.'
Finra dings Berthel Fisher for poor supervision of options trades
Finra said last summer that it was launching an examination sweep probing the opening of options accounts.
In race to digital transformation, wealth managers need to catch up
It's never too late so long as they commit themselves to remaking their firms with technology, and funding the investments needed to pull it off.
Advisers cautiously upbeat about crypto 401(k) investing with Fidelity imprimatur
Offering crypto investments through workplace plans will make digital assets more accessible, but the option needs to be right for the investor.
