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The lead

Prudential survey: only 14% of retirees and pre-retirees feel at ease spending savings

Financial planning improved spending confidence, the study found, while 61% of respondents with more than $500,000 in investable assets reported discomfort about discretionary spending.

Succession & selling a firm

Fidelity tells sub-$100 million RIAs to grow or move by June 2027

The notices went to affected firms, and the threshold counts assets held at Fidelity rather than total firm AUM.

Practice management

SIFMA panel says advisers can build an audience without becoming finfluencers

Advisers from Merrill Lynch, RBC, Oppenheimer and Edward Jones said expertise alone no longer draws clients, but viral content is the wrong goal.

Products & portfolios

RIA CIOs lean on short-duration bonds as Treasury yields reach two-decade highs

Open Arc has trimmed spread exposure and kept dry powder while Amplius moves gradually from underweight duration toward a neutral stance.

Opinion

Concurrent-Spire deal keeps 30 advisor brands, adds equity after a year

The $5.4 billion acquisition leaves Spire's teams independent under their own names; same-day moves from UBS and Cambridge landed at independent platforms.

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