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The Wealth Advisor is today’s most relied-on source of news and education for planners and advisors. We scan the news so you don’t have to, sending you what you don’t want to miss…but don’t always have time to find yourself without poring through dozens of publications. The Wealth Advisor sends you a handy once-a-week list of the most important news, hand-picked by our staff for its importance to investment advisors and their practices.

HSBC Breaches Banking Rule 12,200 Times: Regulators React

HSBC, one of the UK's leading banks, has come under scrutiny for a series of breaches that saw them fail to provide transaction data to business account holders a staggering 12,200 times between February 2018 and November 2022. This failure violates UK retail banking market rules, specifically Part 5 of the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017, designed to make business account switching more accessible.

UX Wealth: Put People Back In The Portfolio

(UX Wealth) No matter who you are or what industry you happen to be a part of, chances are you have an uneasy relationship with technology. As tech sectors advance and bring incredible innovations, we also feel the effects of a life that's becoming more automated. And while these innovations are undoubtedly helpful at large, they come with a cost.

A human cost.

SMArtX Advisory Solutions Wins Two 2023 Wealth Management Industry Awards

SMArtX Advisory Solutions ("SMArtX"), a leading innovator in unified managed accounts (UMA) technology and architect of the SMArtX turnkey asset management platform ('TAMP'), won two WealthManagement.com 2023 Industry Awards in the categories of TAMPS for their Model Marketplace, and Technology Providers for their Rebalancer.  It is the second year in a row SMArtX has won for their Model Marketplace.