SEC Exam Priorities Require Advisers to Account for Client-Specific Needs in Recommendations
The regulator also listed expensive, complicated and illiquid investment recommendations as coming under increased scrutiny in 2024.
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Investment Product and Service Launches
MassMutual announces fund investing in diverse-led businesses; Pacific Life offers variable universal life product; and more.
DC Plan Council Expects Increase in Real Estate Investing
Real estate allocations can strengthen participant outcomes and reduce volatility, according to the Defined Contribution Real Estate Council.
Financial Advisers Increasingly Turn to Alternative Investments Amid Stock and Bond Declines
A Broadridge adviser survey saw an 8% jump in alt investment use over the year, though many aren’t fully satisfied...
Inflation Pressures and Real Estate Opportunities
Market experts say historically low interest rates, coupled with rising inflation, are currently supportive of real estate asset class valuations,...
Sophisticated DC Plan Investors Increasingly Turn to Real Estate
Real estate is viewed as a cyclical asset class—specifically one that has been in a relative trough for several years...
Commercial Real Estate in Question as Remote Work Continues
However, real estate investment trusts are still seen as a good investment diversifier for 401(k) participants.
State Securities Charges Highlight Potential for REIT Sales Issues
A registered representative of NEXT Financial Group is accused of manipulating key figures and data used to monitor sales of real estate investment trusts to certain client groups,...
Investment Product and Service Launches
Northern Trust enhances securities lending offering; Global X adds ETF suite to Model Market Center; and Cohen & Steers makes...
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The Role of Alternatives
These asset classes can soothe the effects of market volatility.
Alternatives Seen as a Panacea for Volatility
More advisers are turning to alternatives, according to a report from BNY Mellon | Pershing.