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Investor Advocacy Group Criticizes FINRA’s Remote Inspections

They ‘undermine FINRA’s foundational mission of investor protection,’ says the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association.

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Banking

Can Peter Thiel’s Fellowship of Billionaires Replace Silicon Valley Bank?

Thiel’s bank, named after the mountain where the dragon Smaug hoards his treasure, plans to serve tech startups and crypto companies.

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ETF Upside

Dimensional Hits $200B in ETF Assets

The firm has increasingly brought its nontraditional style of active management to Dimensional ETFs, which has ramped up sales.

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Energy

Amping Up: Harnessing Innovation and Efficiency to Modernize the US Power Grid

The current surge in energy demand is virtually unprecedented since the mass effort to electrify America immediately following World War II.

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ETF Upside

Innovator Launches 2 Dual Directional ETFs

Innovator’s new ETF takes its structure from the world of annuities, but its utility to investors remains an open question.

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Advisor Upside

What Will It Take to Get More Advisors Volunteering?

Pro bono work is often a priority for financial advisors, but less than a fifth of CFPs actually volunteer.

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CIO Upside

Big Tech Is Still Grappling With AI’s Energy Problem

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Meeting energy demand without excess carbon emissions may require doing more with what we have.

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Advisor Upside

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is a ‘Mixed Bag’ for Advisors

Some worry about adding to the already ballooning national debt, while others applaud extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Consumer

Constellation Brands Serves Up Lukewarm Beer Sales

Constellation, which specializes in Mexican brews, has been coping with canned-beer tariffs that started in April.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Start Cramming to Meet Growing Private Market Demand

Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan believes that allocations to private markets will make up a third of client portfolios in the future.

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Patent Drop

Glimpse into the future of technology.

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Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship
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The Time and Place for AI Code Generators
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Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel
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Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

CIO Upside

How the ‘Bot Epidemic’ Threatens Enterprise Security

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Non-human identities often slip past security guardrails by mimicking human users.

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