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Bobby Ong is CEO and co-founder of CoinGecko, an independent cryptocurrency data aggregator.

As judges have shown in other recent cases involving UBS and Stifel, firms have a high bar to clear if they want an arbitration award vacated.

In an unusual development, LPL saw its advisor total decline slightly in the first quarter. And client assets brought in through advisor recruiting were down 55% year over year.

Still, the number of widows who leave advisors is three times higher than the industry average. It doesn't have to be that bad.

The new money will be used primarily to pay off investors who provided capital when Reverence first bought a majority stake in the former Advisor Group in 2019.

When the same buzzwords — "fiduciary," "holistic," "goals-based," "client-driven" — appear on most wealth firms' websites, they do little to help firms stand out in a crowded market, experts say. There are, however, tactics that work.

Andrew is the managing director for North America at Xero. He is responsible for shaping and executing Xero's strategy to accelerate growth across the US and Canada. Andrew has had a career dedicated to empowering small businesses. Prior to Xero, he led mid market sales at Intuit and global SMB and mid market sales at PayPal. He also founded and scaled Swift Financial into a US $300M lending platform with US $100M in ARR — supporting thousands of small businesses — before its acquisition by PayPal. Andrew holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware.

Rachel Koning Beals has covered investing, financial markets and banking for nearly three decades, publishing articles, video interviews and podcasts for MarketWatch, Barron's and industry trade publications.

The influential planning entrepreneur and the FPA are leading an effort to change a tiered fee structure for continuing education providers that started three years ago.