Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

JANUARY 29, 2019

TECHNOLOGY

New Platform to Match Firms With Potential Advisor Recruits

FA Match aims to take the friction out of advisor recruiting, a la Match.com.

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ETFS

Bond ETFs With Targeted Maturity Dates Reduce Interest Rate Risk, But Warrant Scrutiny

The four 2021 maturity date bond ETFs highlighted here took in $1.26 billion of net inflows since the beginning of 2018, and now have $3 billion in net assets.

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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

Why Many Firms Are Ill-Equipped to Handle Alternative Investments

Too often, "full-service" translates to cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all solutions. As a result, firms are shying away from alternatives.

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The Daily Brief

TECHNOLOGY

NBCUniversal Funding Gets Acorns Closer To Unicorn Status

Acorns' latest private equity funding raises the five-year-old startup's valuation to $860 million.

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TECHNOLOGY

Fidelity Go Ranked 'Best Overall Robo'

Incumbent financial players take two of the top three rankings in the latest robo analysis.

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REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

New FINRA Initiative Focused on Sales of Expensive Share Classes in 529 Plans

The regulator wants broker/dealers to come forward and self-report supervisory failures in exchange for leniency.

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