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MAI Capital Management Acquires $1.2B Fee-Only RIA

Wealth Management

The Cleveland-based MAI's acquisition of Halpern Financial is the firm’s eighth deal this year and its 40th since 2018.

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As Fall Falls: A Market Prospective

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

Coming off the down year in 2018, many respected economists and market professionals were predicting a difficult year for the US stock markets in 2019. He is a fee-only, fiduciary financial advisor who works with clients locally in Madison and around the country. Most bull markets last just under three years. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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The Art of Reinvention with Simidele Adeagbo at #XYPNLIVE 2022

XY Planning Network

In 2018, Simidele (sim-me-day-lay) Adeagbo (ah-day-ahg-bow) became the first Nigerian Winter Olympian and the first African and Black woman to compete in skeleton (a sport in which athletes hurl themselves headfirst on a sled down an icy hill at 80 miles an hour) at the Olympics. 4 MIN READ.

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Three Tax-Efficient Charitable Giving Strategies

Zoe Financial

The updated tax code went into effect in 2018 and will “ sunset ” in 2025. Important Bluebird Wealth Management Disclosure: This blog is original content by Bluebird Wealth Management an independent, fee-only, Registered Investment Adviser. Due to the increase in the standard deduction, there is now less incentive to itemize.

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How the SEC Has Strayed From Its Mission

Inside Information

One of the XYPN petitions asks the SEC to greatly expand on its 2018 proposal to limit what brokers and registered reps are allowed to call themselves if they continue to refuse to register as RIAs and avoid bringing themselves under the fiduciary regulatory structure.

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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

She was awarded a JD in September 2018 and passed the California Bar Exam in February 2019. As a flat-fee, advice only practitioner, she adheres to the fiduciary standard of undivided loyalty to her clients. In 2008, Kelly began working directly with clients as a financial planner.

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Fiduciary Advocate

Inside Information

“If we could actually focus on plain language,” he says, “and say: this is what the business and the practices of broker-dealers are, and this is what the business and practices of investment advisors are , then I believe investors would understand it perfectly well. There doesn’t seem to be any confusion if it is described clearly and accurately.”.

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