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Wealth Management Morning Memo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

GAMES

Which Scrabble Tile Doesn’t Belong?

Your job is to discover the common pattern that four tiles exhibit and then identify the tile or assemblage of tiles that doesn’t fit.      

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MUTUAL FUNDS

Wells Fargo: Sale of Asset Management Biz Changes Nothing for Advisors

After it’s sold, Wells Fargo Asset Management will continue to provide a popular rising-dividend-equity strategy, the Managed Diversified Stock Income Plan, to Wells Fargo Advisors, according to a memo.

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SPONSORED CONTENT

HiddenLevers Passes COVID Stress Test

Focusing on volatility won’t prepare clients for the future.

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ESTATE PLANNING

Envestnet Joins Increasingly Crowded Digital Estate Planning Space

How will their offering match up with Steve Lockshin’s Vanilla and other trust accounting tools for RIAs?  

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REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

FINRA Bars Former Wells Fargo Broker for Private Securities Transactions

The regulatory agency claimed Scott Wayne Reed failed to get approval from Wells Fargo when soliciting clients to invest in a software company he himself was invested in.  

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Global Gold-Backed ETFs: A Popular Gateway to the Gold Market

Explore how gold ETFs have provided an efficient way for many investors to access gold.

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REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

Regulatory Risks Escalate When Firms Fail to Record Videoconferences

Financial firms have largely failed to implement policies and procedures around video sessions and other conferencing technologies.

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TECHNOLOGY

Goldman’s Robo Will Be Retrofitted for Its Advisors

Goldman is currently working on a version of Marcus Invest that takes an advisor relationship into account, said Joe Duran, head of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management.  

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SPONSORED WEBINAR

2021 State of Digital Marketing Report & Benchmarking Study

This informative webinar on Mar. 11th unveils the findings and objective analyses mined from 38,607 marketing campaigns deployed by financial advisers in 2020. The results of this report will set the precedent and benchmark for the adviser-specific digital marketing landscape in 2021.

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CELEBRITY ESTATES PODCAST

Chuck Berry, Tax Evasion and the Power of Advisory Teams

Chuck Berry amassed a sizable estate upon his death in 2017 at the age of 90, despite his conviction for tax evasion in 1979.  

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INDUSTRY

Duran Says Goldman's PFM/Ayco Strategy Paying Off

Goldman Sachs’ Personal Financial Management business fills unmet gaps among Ayco’s corporate client employees.  

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REAL ESTATE

New Cadre Private Equity Real Estate Fund Attempts to Tap Accredited Individual Investors

Cadre’s Direct Access Fund has launched in what has become a crowded pool of private equity real estate funds.  

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PHILANTHROPY

Potbellied Pig Rescue and Hate Groups

It's time to reexamine whether certain charities are actually aiding the 'public good.'  

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