Morning Memo
 
Wealth Management Morning Memo

JANUARY 29, 2022

TECHNOLOGY

UBS Purchase of Wealthfront Puts Advisors, Tech on Collision Course

The famously anti-human advice platform is being purchased by UBS for $1.4 billion.

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HIGH NET WORTH

Congress Still Has Its Eyes on Taxing the High-Net-Worth

Hearings are expected to address perceived wealth disparities.  

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PEOPLE

Twenty Original Financial Planning Aphorisms

Pithy truths from working financial advisors.    

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TECHNOLOGY

Envestnet Takes Stake in Sallie Krawcheck's Ellevest

Envestnet's investment in Ellevest comes as the automated advice platform surpasses $1 billion in AUM.  

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INDUSTRY

Commonwealth, LPL Now Using Asset Levels, Not Production Rates, to Calculate Recruiting Deals

Commonwealth is now structuring its forgivable notes for new advisors as basis points on the advisors' assets, rather than their production—another sign it continues to see itself as a national RIA.  

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REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

SEC, DOJ Both Charge Former UBS Rep With Stealing $5.8 Million

According to the commission’s complaint, Florida-based former advisor and broker German Nino made numerous unauthorized transfers, allegedly using the money to purchase gifts and to pay back a prior victim’s misappropriated funds.  

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INDUSTRY

Bank of America Ousts Advisor Over Racially Charged Tirade at Smoothie Shop

He confronted employees after a mistaken drink order sent his peanut-allergic son to the hospital.  

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ESTATE PLANNING

Expect Delays During 2022 Tax Season

Estates will have to wait for refunds.  

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REAL ESTATE

Multifamily Developers Try to Keep Pace with Demand

Apartment builders are being aggressive, though supply chain disruptions are still a factor in keeping projects on schedule.

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REAL ESTATE

Looking Back at Amazon’s Very Big Year in Commercial Real Estate

The e-commerce behemoth has been rapidly leasing and buying industrial space, but that’s just one facet of its CRE impact.  

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