The SEC recently adopted a new Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) standard code of conduct for stockbrokers and broker-dealers to follow when providing consumers with financial advice and investment recommendations. Unfortunately, the new rules do not go far enough to legally and morally bind brokers and their firms to the more rigorous fiduciary standard required […]

Gone are the days when large, institutional banks and wirehouses were the only ones with pockets deep enough to arm financial advisors with the tools needed to attract and retain wealthy clients. Today, independent broker/dealers and registered investment advisories associated with independent wealth management firms have access to a wide array of customizable strategies and […]

If you gathered documents to prepare your annual federal income tax returns, take a moment now to review your financial accounts before filing those papers away in a drawer. Most importantly, you will want to look at how those accounts are titled, who is named as a beneficiary and if your life circumstances or new […]

Financial crimes against the elderly more than quadrupled between 2013 and 2017, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). While it is common for the perpetrators of these scams and thefts to be unknown by the victims, they are too often the actual people that older adults know and trust, including their appointed caregivers, […]

After spending more than 25 years in the financial services industry, first on the bond desk in Canada and more recently at one the world’s leading investment banking and wealth management firms, Rob Weiss, CFA, made a significant career move. In 2018, he went independent, joining Provenance Wealth Advisors (PWA) as a financial advisor and […]