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GenTrust's Zulay Hunter in Barron's

SEC Pitches Huge Ad Rule Overhaul Wealth management pros are welcoming the SEC’s proposed new rule for financial advisor advertising, which will allow advisors to use testimonials, endorsements and third-party ratings to woo clients, as long as they meet certain conditions. The existing rule, adopted in 1961, prohibits testimonials and does not address endorsements or […]

EquityZen's Brianne Lynch on Yahoo Finance

Softbank reports loss led by WeWork, causing investors to give more ‘scrutiny’ to companies – Softbank is in the hot seat after reporting its first loss in nearly 14 years. Brianne Lynch, Senior Business Development Associate at EquityZen, joins Yahoo Finance’s On The Move to discuss WeWork, Uber, among other IPOs. EquityZen provides a secondary marketplace for pre-IPO shares and has worked with half of all unicorns.

GenTrust's Jim Besaw in The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Stocks Outpacing the Rest of the World Steady consumer spending, strength in the labor market keep supporting U.S. stocks despite fears of a recession Global stocks are lagging behind U.S. shares, illustrating how investors’ faith in the domestic economy continues to drive a growing divergence in financial markets. After rising to a fresh record […]

Financial Advisor Magazine covers Laffer|Tengler Investments

North Carolina-based firm acquires $600M RIA founded by Arthur Laffer Mr. Laffer was the creator of the Laffer Curve, which was popularized in the 1970s ButcherJoseph Financial Holdings, an affiliate of the Charlotte, N.C.-based investment banking firm ButcherJoseph & Co., has acquired Laffer Investments Inc., a Nashville, Tenn.-based RIA managing $600 million. Read more here: […]

Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Bloomberg

Oil Falls After Bigger-Than-Expected U.S. Crude Stockpile Build Inventories at key U.S. storage hub rose for fourth week APEC summit cancellation casts doubt on U.S.-China trade deal Oil fell after a U.S. government report showed a bigger-than-expected build in domestic crude supplies and Chile canceled a summit where President Donald Trump was expected to sign […]

Thornburg Investment Management's Charlie Wilson in CIO magazine

Why Frontier Markets Hold Promise, with an Asterisk Political unrest still can upend otherwise impressive growth in places like Kenya and Sri Lanka. Far-away places with strange-sounding names, many you barely know. That embodies frontier markets, the little brothers and sisters of emerging markets like India. And boy, frontier countries can be risky. The potential […]

Beazley in Reuters

Global insurers face quiet strain from hacker ransom demands Global insurers that cover cyberattacks are facing more claims related to ransom-demanding hackers who cripple businesses’ technology systems, and only stop after receiving substantial payments. Read more here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ransomware-insurance/global-insurers-face-quiet-strain-from-hacker-ransom-demands-idUSKBN1X41E3

Beazley in The Wall Street Journal

Cities Warned Not to Rely on Cyber Insurance Alone Insurers won’t cover claims if municipalities don’t take basic cybersecurity precautions, association says Cities and towns across the U.S. are taking out cyber insurance or considering it, but experts warn that coverage can’t substitute for effective security. Read more here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-warned-not-to-rely-on-cyber-insurance-alone-11571995801

Bryce Doty in Bond Buyer

Concerns remain as latest repo operation brings in $50B New questions about the short-term market arose as the latest repurchase agreement operation (repo) from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York intervened in the market Wednesday, accepting $49.854 billion in bids from primary dealers. Read more here: https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/concerns-remain-as-latest-repo-operation-brings-in-50b

Barron's highlights Thornburg Investment Management's Developing World Fund

How an Emerging Market Fund Handles Volatility to Come Out Ahead Training as an earthquake seismologist “dovetails quite nicely” with managing investments, according to Charlie Wilson, portfolio co-manager of the Thornburg Developing World fund. Financial markets and earth sciences have similarities, he says: They are interdisciplinary, complex systems where researchers create hypotheses using incomplete data […]

Tortoise's Kevin Birzer in S&P Global

Old-school oil and gas investor has plans for a greener future Tortoise, long a big oil and gas midstream investor, says that the quickest way to start decarbonizing the world is coal-to-gas fuel switching. The investment company is hedging its bets with a combination of financing for mid-sized renewable energy projects and a London shop […]

Tortoise's Matt Sallee in Bloomberg

Oil Rallies After Surprise Decline in U.S. Crude Stockpiles American oil inventories fell by 1.7 million barrels last week U.S. gasoline demand hits 28-year high on a seasonal basis Oil spiked above $55 a barrel for the first time in three weeks after a surprise drop in U.S. crude supplies signaled strengthening demand. Futures rose […]

Thornburg Investment Management's Ben Kirby on Yahoo Finance

What’s next for the market if the economy is late cycle – Markets are in the green due to optimism for upcoming earnings and a pause in the U.S.-China trade conflict. Yahoo Finance’s Jen Rogers and Heidi Chung discuss with Thornburg Investment Management’s Head of Investments Ben Kirby on how if the economy is late cycle, what this means for earnings and the Fed’s next meeting.

GenTrust's Olivier Sarfati quoted in The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Stocks Climb to Start a Busy Week of Earnings Earnings generally have beaten analysts’ expectations, despite the slowing global economy U.S. stocks inched higher Monday to start a busy week of corporate earnings, while investors continued to track developments in the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union. This is the busiest week of the […]

Tortoise's Teal Energy Deal in AdvisorPerspectives

The Teal Energy Deal: The Fastest And Least Expensive Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions Imperative to reduce global CO2 emissions Energy demand growing through electrification Source of energy supply shifting to low-carbon fossil fuels and renewables Transition to cleaner energy can happen quickly and economically U.S. exporting low-cost energy to the rest of the […]

Tortoise's Nick Holmes in Bloomberg

Crude Rallies as Draw in U.S. Fuel Stocks Outweighs Crude Build Domestic oil inventories expand by the most in five months Futures move into positive territory hours after report Oil turned positive hours after a U.S. government report showed large declines in fuel inventories, outweighing a bigger-than-expected crude build. Futures rose 1.1% in New York […]

Thornburg Investment Management's Lon Erickson in Advisor Perspectives

A Top Bond Manager Explains His Bottom-up Approach Lon Erickson, CFA, is a portfolio manager and managing director for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined Thornburg in 2008 and was made portfolio manager and managing director in 2010. Tell me about your role at Thornburg, the management style you employ and the funds you oversee. I […]

Cento Amici Annual Dinner & Auction featured in NJBiz

Cento Amici welcomes NJ real estate leaders as newest members Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. David Bellavia added along with Jack Morris, Joe Marino The nation’s newest Medal of Honor recipient, Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, and New Jersey real estate developers and leaders Jack Morris and Joe Marino became the newest members of Cento […]