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Inflation expectations among consumers hit new highs
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 12, 2021
Inflation expectations among consumers hit new highs

A Fed survey shows U.S. household expectations for inflation one year ahead rose to 5.3% in September from 5.2% in August, while median expected inflation three years ahead rose to 4.2% from 4%.

By Bloomberg
Vestwell names Rob Molchon CTO
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2021
Vestwell names Rob Molchon CTO

The digital record-keeping platform also promoted Ryan Anderson to chief product officer.

By InvestmentNews
Adviser overseeing $280 million moves to Arkadios
RIAS OCT 12, 2021
Adviser overseeing $280 million moves to Arkadios

Ricky Moore’s Oak Financial Group in Angleton, Texas, had been with Sagepoint for seven years.

By InvestmentNews
Schwab names Rick Wurster president
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 12, 2021
Schwab names Rick Wurster president

Wurster has run the company's asset management unit, which oversees Schwab funds and ETFs. Previously, he worked at Wellington Management.

By Bloomberg
Congress is going after the largest IRAs
IRA ALERT OCT 12, 2021
Congress is going after the largest IRAs

The proposals in Congress might not become law, but clients are hearing about them and want to hear from their advisers on planning moves they could make to be better prepared.

By Ed Slott
OneDigital hires CIO from Carson Group
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2021
OneDigital hires CIO from Carson Group

Saumen Chattopadhyay fills a role that had been vacant since former OneDigital CIO Jamie Battmer left the company in March.

By Emile Hallez
Exposing clients to financial plans in unexpected places
OPINION OCT 11, 2021
Exposing clients to financial plans in unexpected places

American Express Co. believes a consumer may want to create a full financial plan, complete with toggles for job promotions and inflation as well as important life events. They're not the only company that thinks so.

By Dani Fava
Finra targets SPACs in latest exam sweep
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 11, 2021
Finra targets SPACs in latest exam sweep

Proponents say special purpose acquisition companies help ordinary investors participate in private equity markets. Regulators are concerned about conflicts and fees in the complicated public offerings.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Fidelity's HSA business grew 50% in a year
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2021
Fidelity's HSA business grew 50% in a year

The biggest players are getting bigger, with the top four increasing their share of the health savings account market from 56% to 60%, according to a recent report by Morningstar Inc.

By Emile Hallez
Private equity drives another record quarter for RIA M&A
RIAS OCT 11, 2021
Private equity drives another record quarter for RIA M&A

After a record-setting third quarter of 78 deals, Echelon Partners' data showed 2021 has already beaten last year's record for RIA transactions.

By Jeff Benjamin
Jackson National introduces index-linked annuities
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 11, 2021
Jackson National introduces index-linked annuities

The insurance provider has created versions of the new product for commission-based and fee-based advisers.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley rep managing $200 million goes indie with LPL
BROKER DEALERS OCT 11, 2021
Morgan Stanley rep managing $200 million goes indie with LPL

The financial adviser Douglas Chin has affiliated with the independent broker-dealer through Gladstone Wealth Partners in Red Bank, New Jersey

By InvestmentNews
Goldman cuts US growth forecasts into 2022
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 11, 2021
Goldman cuts US growth forecasts into 2022

The two main challenges to growth in the medium-term were a slowing of fiscal support and the need for spending on services. The declines were mostly offset by upgrades to projections for the following two years.

By Bloomberg
RIAs’ growth opportunity expands
RIAS OCT 11, 2021
RIAs’ growth opportunity expands

The RIA industry has witnessed incredible growth in the past decade, but custodians, too, are looking to cash in on recent trends, like increased client access to alternative assets and digital currencies.

By George Moriarty
Anticipating the future direction of the business
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2021
Anticipating the future direction of the business

As lawmakers called on Wells Fargo to be broken up last month, retirees and near-retirees are focusing less on wealth aspects of retirement.

By InvestmentNews
In search of adviser tech’s holy grail
FINTECH OCT 11, 2021
In search of adviser tech’s holy grail

An ecosystem is emerging whose ultimate goal is to increase advisers’ wallet share by enabling them to unify a client’s entire financial world onto a single platform.

By Nicole Casperson
Congress must help make emergency savings automatic
OPINION OCT 09, 2021
Congress must help make emergency savings automatic

People already use retirement savings to manage short-term needs through 401(k) plan loans, hardship withdrawals and by cashing out during job transitions. Any retirement legislation should include provisions for emergency savings.

By Timothy Flacke
BlackRock's proxy move shows limit of dumping bad stocks
ESG OCT 08, 2021
BlackRock's proxy move shows limit of dumping bad stocks

The fund manager announced that starting next year, some of its institutional clients will be able to play a bigger role in shareholder votes.

By Bloomberg
2021 has been a good year for CEO pay at RIAs
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2021
2021 has been a good year for CEO pay at RIAs

The industry saw another year of growth, according to an InvestmentNews study, but compensation for most positions has shown little growth.

By Bruce Kelly
Schwab's Clark, Fidelity's Canter challenge Kitces over custody fees
RIAS OCT 08, 2021
Schwab's Clark, Fidelity's Canter challenge Kitces over custody fees

Executives from the largest custodians offered Michael Kitces the opportunity to debate his ideas for restructuring custody fees. Kitces took to Twitter to accept the challenge.

By Jeff Benjamin