Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

JUNE 12, 2021

INDUSTRY

LPL Unveils Pure-Play Custodial Service for Fee-Only RIAs

While LPL has had a custody offering for more than a decade, the firm has spent the past two years investing in it and making it more attractive to fee-only advisors. Now the firm is ready to take it to market with hopes its 'white-glove' service model will resonate.  

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PEOPLE

Advisor Ric Edelman Steps Back From Edelman Financial Engines

After 35 years in the industry, financial advisor Ric Edelman is stepping back from his day-to-day duties at Edelman Financial Engines.  

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Inflation and Rising Rates: What to Do Now

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INDUSTRY

Schwab's TD Ameritrade Integration Won't Be Complete Until 2023

Charles Schwab's original timeline for completing its TD Ameritrade integration was in the first half of next year. That won't happen, according to the firm.  

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TECHNOLOGY

MassMutual Finally Deploys Advisor360 to Advisors

MassMutual and Advisor360 announced plans to deploy the latter's software to thousands of advisors back in 2019. That moment has officially arrived.  

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INDUSTRY

Exclusive: Cetera Retains Over 90% of Voya’s Advisors in Acquisition

Cetera completes its acquisition of Voya’s financial planning channel, which will join the firm’s regional director model and be rebranded Cetera Wealth Partners.  

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CELEBRITY ESTATES PODCAST

Warren Buffett's Complicated Relationship With Money

The Oracle of Omaha is simultaneously one of the world's greatest amassers and spreaders of wealth.  

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Transforming for the New Normal: Why You Need to Make that Digital Transformation

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ESTATE PLANNING

Tax Court Holds 'Bigamous' Estate Can Claim $79 Million Marital Deduction

An interesting application of New York's little-referenced “place of celebration rule.”  

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EQUITIES

Is News of the 60/40 Portfolio’s Death Greatly Exaggerated?

Market gurus have been trying to write the obituary for the humble 60/40 portfolio for many years. Yet the simple formula lives on and continues to produce solid results.  

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REAL ESTATE

Investors Remain Wary of Fraud in Private Real Estate Deals

Fraud is not necessarily difficult to prove if investors can get access to third party reports or correspondence with other insiders.  

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PEOPLE

LPL Loses M&A Head Jeremy Holly to RIA SageView Advisory Group

Jeremy Holly is leaving after 18 1/2 years at LPL to lead M&A efforts for SageView Advisory Group, an RIA recently acquired by Aquiline Capital Management.  

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