2025 Top Retirement Plan Adviser: Bill Sobers
Thoughts from Bill Sobers, with Bahbah Sobers Wealth Management, a UBS Financial Services company.
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National Practices, Local Advisers
Centralized support teams and regional advisory offices are finding ways to balance best practices with customized workflows.
Turning Family Bonds Into Advisory Firm Continuity
Parents and children who work in the same retirement plan practice find strength in numbers.
Retirement Industry Deals and People Moves – 11/21/2025
Mesirow appoints Nitay Laor as director of strategic growth and acquisitions; Wells Fargo taps Tim Froehlich as head of investment...
Michael Selig’s Nomination to Lead CFTC Advanced by Senate Committee
Selig sidestepped confirmation hearing questions on whether the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can be an effective regulator of spot digital...
Product & Service Launches – 11/20/2025
Paychex introduces AI-driven notifications; Carefull provides security tools for Osaic; Morningstar allows Microsoft AI tools access to data; and more.
DOL Opinion Fuels Clash Over Whether Morgan Stanley’s Adviser Pay Is Really an ERISA Plan
A federal court’s narrow reading of ‘bonus’ pay—and the DOL’s sharply different view—could reshape how Wall Street structures deferred compensation.
Growth Expected in Outsourced CIO Business
A report from Cerulli Associates projected that $1.3 trillion will flow into new OCIO partnerships by 2029.
Women Shape $124T Wealth Transfer, Future of Banking
New research revealed what women expect from digital banking and how institutions can win their long-term loyalty.
2025 Top Retirement Plan Adviser: Douglas Stalter
Thoughts from Douglas Stalter, with Oswald Financial.
How Will Advisers Use AI by 2030?
A recent report by the CFP Board looked at possible outcomes of how artificial intelligence will shape financial planning.
Rise in Savings, Markets Drive Fidelity Retirement Accounts to Record Highs
401(k), IRA and 403(b) balances each increased by 5% since the second quarter of the year, according to Fidelity's ‘Q3...
Auto-Features Offer Advantages for Plan Participants, Employers
Employers may hesitate to add automated features to retirement plans due to costs, but Principal and other experts warn that...
Advisory M&A News – 11/19/2025
LPL Financial takes minority ownership of Private Advisor Group; Beacon Pointe acquires Hemington Wealth Management; Mai acquires Court Place Advisors;...
Dimensional’s ETF Share Classes Get Official SEC Approval
The U.S. government shutdown delayed the official approval, but now Dimensional can manage both exchange-traded fund classes and mutual fund...
SEC to Focus on Protections for Retirement Investors, Products
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fiscal Year 2026 Examination Priorities, released on Tuesday, signals heightened scrutiny across investment advisers, funds...
Automotive Group Allegedly Lost 9% of 401(k) Assets During Recordkeeper Switch
Rick Case Enterprises Inc. allegedly mishandled its service provider conversion to Principal Financial Group from Empower Retirement, but neither recordkeeper...
75% of Early Retirees Have Savings Regrets
More than half of surveyed retirees stopped working sooner than they had planned—at an average age of 56, according to...
Advisers Close ‘Wild Ride’ Year Bullish on US Markets
More than half of financial advisers surveyed by Interactive Brokers this fall said they were bullish about US markets—a 65%...
Great Gray Acquires flexPATH’s CIT Sub-Advisory Business Assets
The move brings in-house some investment management services previously outsourced to flexPATH.