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American Funds offering TDFs in collective investment trusts

The firm is one of the last holdouts to launch CITs, signaling increased demand for the investment vehicle.

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Cryptocurrency deals receive increased scrutiny by SEC

Examiners question brokerages about fees, financing and initial coin offerings, in addition to data on investment advisers' involvement.

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3 ways advisers should prepare for ESG conversations with 401(k) clients

It may be easy to dismiss ESG as a fleeting investment idea, but people thought the same about target-date funds in the '90s.

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Wells Fargo to pay $2 billion settlement to end loan probe

Investigation focused on the creation and sale of loans contributing to the 2008 financial crisis.

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Climbing the digital mountain

When it comes to your firm's technology, are you on Everest — or Bunker Hill?

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Morgan Stanley: Correction worse than February looming

Tech stock pain may just be the start of more losses.

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Treasury recommends lighter regulatory touch for fintech companies

Report outlines more that 80 recommendations for lawmakers and regulators.

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Millennial heirs go to summer camp

Wealth managers host workshops for the offspring of rich clients to build their brands with the next generation.

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IRS provides guidance on 529 plans

IRS OKs up to $10,000 in K-12 spending and rollovers to ABLE accounts; makes recontributing tuition refunds to 529s tax-free.

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A new tax break for impact investing has arrived

These investments will make sense mainly for ultrahigh-net-worth clients, at least initially, according to tax experts.

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LPL not selling Worksite Financial Solutions 401(k) platform

The program will close in September, though some aspects such as participant education still will be available to advisers.

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Invesco joins the do-it-yourself indexing trend

Firm launches eight fixed-income ETFs based on benchmarks designed in-house

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Appeals court says university cannot force ERISA lawsuits into arbitration

Decision involves two lawsuits related to University of Southern California retirement plans.

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In wake of tax reform, muni bond market gains footing

Supply-demand imbalance has boosted munis so far this year.

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Cybersecurity remains top RIA compliance concern

Nearly two-thirds of firms have increased testing in the area.

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Millennials err on the side of caution when it comes to investing

The generation that has decades till retirement is most enthusiastic about cash instruments.

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FPA tries to move on from messy divorce with New York chapter

The organization set up a new group, the FPA of Metro New York, which is in the process of establishing a board of directors.

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Goldman fires salesman charged twice with attacking women

Joe Karwosky worked in the firm's asset management division.

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Galvin calls out broker who claims he never had a customer complaint

Massachusetts securities czar says Alan Siegel lied to clients on website.

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Wealth Enhancement Group adds $350 million planning firm in Florida

Hybrid owned by Lightyear is acquiring Retirement Strategies Group of Jacksonville