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DoL’s Retirement Security Rule & PTE 2020-02 Amendment: What Advisers Need to Know Now About Giving Rollover Advice After Sept 23, 2024

Nerd's Eye View

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (DoL) issued the final version of its Retirement Security Rule (the "Final Rule"), which imposes an ERISA fiduciary standard "that applies uniformly to all investments that retirement investors may make with respect to their retirement accounts ".

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Wells Fargo’s Mack, Onetime CEO Contender, to Retire This Summer

Wealth Management

Mack led Wells Fargo Advisors from 2014 until mid-2016.

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The 2024 Kenneth Black Jr. Leadership Award Winner Is Mike McGlothlin

NAIFA Advisor Today

Mike McGlothlin , CFP, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, NSSA, Executive Vice President, Retirement, at Ash Brokerage , is the 2024 recipient of the Kenneth Black Jr. Previously, he served terms on the FSP National Board of Directors from 2011 through 2016. Leadership Award.

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From Unprofitable To $115M AUM: Reinventing A 2nd Generation Advisory Business By Finding The Right Niche

Nerd's Eye View

As owners of financial planning firms approach retirement, some may decide to sell to an external buyer, while others may plan for an internal succession. Jason then pivoted to offering financial planning services for those nearing or entering retirement, which required the firm to retrain its staff on the ins and outs of retirement planning.

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Nobody Knows Anything, John Wick edition

The Big Picture

 In 2016, I wrote about the novelist and screenwriter William Goldman, and his delightful book, “ Adventures in the Screen Trade.” Watch Danny Boyd of CinemaStix’s video (above) about the challenges of making a flick about a retired hitman. But it almost wasn’t made at all.

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Bluespring Merges Two Texas-Based Firms to Create $1.4B RIA

Wealth Management

LifeBridge was started in 2016 and later grew when Jim Morrison joined Rudelson to create a combined firm with Bluespring in 2021 with offices in Houston and Waco. RIA Bluespring Merges Two Texas-Based Firms to Create $1.4B SilverStar was started by Hudson in 1994 and became a Kestra affiliate in 2019, according to BrokerCheck.

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Mariner Hires M&A Lead Rob Sandrew to Oversee $40B Independent Channel

Wealth Management

Sandrew joined the RIA in 2016 and helped it grow from about $3 billion in client assets to more than $21 billion. Sandrew joins from a prior position as chief growth officer at Integrated Partners , a Boston-based RIA and office of supervisory jurisdiction of LPL Financial.