Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

AUGUST 20, 2020

INDUSTRY

LPL Commits to Deploying $1B a Year Across the Business

CEO Dan Arnold outlined four initiatives the firm plans to fund, while also predicting that the pandemic will accelerate the demand for financial advice in the future.

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INDUSTRY

What Crisis? RIA M&A Resurges in First Half of Q3

There were 22 RIA M&A deals announced in the past six weeks, according to a new report from DeVoe & Company, up from 14 deals during the same period in 2019.

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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

How Financial Advisors Can Capitalize on the Digital Asset Opportunity

Advisors can begin to take these strategic actions today to better prepare themselves to support future digital asset capabilities.

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The Daily Brief

REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

State Regulators Uncovered 244 COVID-19-Related Frauds

The North American Securities Administrators Association's COVID-19 task force has initiated 220 actions to stop the schemes.

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ADVISOR CHANNELS

Good Life Companies Adds Two Advisors From Banking Channel

Advisors Paul Castro and Erik Steudle recently joined Good Life, an LPL Financial large enterprise, from UnionBanc Investment Services and Ameriprise, respectively. 

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