Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

JUNE 14, 2019

REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

Schwab: Fight Over Fiduciary Interpretation Is ‘Semantics’

The RIA custodian believes the SEC’s change of language around the fiduciary standard is inconsequential.

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PHILANTHROPY

Philanthropy Is the Ultimate “Risk Capital”

The optimal place for taking moonshots?

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Muni Outlook for 2019 - I Can See Clearly Now

Muni bonds are off to a sunny start in 2019, but will the clouds roll in?

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ETFS

ETFs with the Greatest Outflows in the Past Month

These ETFs saw the biggest outflows in the past 30 days, measured by one-month net flows to assets ratio.

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Comparing the Performance of Annuities with Principal Guarantees

Read this research paper that compares the performance of a variable annuity (VA) with a guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit (GMAB) against several popular fixed indexed annuity (FIA) designs, including a finding that to exceed the performance of a VA with a GMAB (higher performance 50 percent of the time), a FIA strategy using a rate cap must have a cap greater than 8.25 percent. SMRU 1813377 For registered representative use.

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The Daily Brief

INDUSTRY

Focus Financial Claims It Has a Pipeline of 5,000 Deals

"We don't have any kind of real competition in the market," said Rajini Kodialam, Focus Financial Partners co-founder and CEO.  

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TECHNOLOGY

Orion Improves Integrations With Schwab, Redtail

In addition, the firm announces a new integration with Genivity meant to help advisors working with clients on planning for healthcare costs later in life.

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