Morgan Stanley also recently removed language about DEI from its annual report, while Bank of America removed reference to diversity from its hiring objectives and stopped requiring hiring managers to ...

Amy Fox claims that she was fired a month after returning from maternity leave because she had asserted allegations of pregnancy-related discrimination by her supervisor. Wealth Enhancement Group is ...

The firm has named Anand Subramanian and Ken Novak to leadership roles as it seeks to bolster its private market offerings for high-net-worth clients. Raymond James announced that it has added two ...

Ameriprise earlier this month brought a complaint against LPL and an advisor team that left Ameriprise for LPL. Ameriprise Financial 's bid for a temporary restraining order against LPL Financial and ...

In June 2023, Romero filed an expungement request in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 's dispute-resolution system, alleging that the Form U5 disclosure was defamatory, a Finra filing shows ...

Based on its ADV, each Ellevest account, on average, represents slightly more than $15,714. The average balance at Betterment is $45,900 per account, based on the ADV figures. Achieving and sustaining ...

Meanwhile, the latest report said that Wells' U.S. workforce was 54% female and 48% racially/ethnically diverse. It was 55% female and 47% racially/ethnically diverse at the end of 2023, according to ...

The outlook on valuations is also more optimistic: 29% of respondents in the latest survey think RIA valuations will rise, and just 12% expect them to decline, compared to just 16% who thought they ...

Uyeda was named acting SEC chairman on Jan. 20 while former commissioner Paul Atkins — Trump's official nominee for the role — awaits Senate confirmation. On Monday, Uyeda pledged to return the SEC to ...

Raymond James is also preparing to enter the interval fund space with a private credit strategy, FundFire, a sister publication of Financial Advisor IQ, reported last month.

SmartAsset estimates that the average 55-year-old client, assuming a 1% asset-based fee, would over their remaining lifetime yield advisory fees to the tune of between roughly $150,000 — for those ...

Taxpayer benefit from potential cuts is unclear since the SEC receives industry fees and is "deficit neutral," according to the regulator's latest budget report to Congress, per Reuters. The SEC ...