NEW YORK — Raymond James & Associates Inc. recruited 36 registered representatives during the first quarter, compared with the 43 reps hired during the year-earlier period.
SAN FRANCISCO — In selling one of its subsidiaries to a California bank, Lydian Trust Co. is preparing to bolster its presence on its home turf.
OTTAWA — The gambit by the Canadian Securities Administrators to get Ontario involved in a new, improved passport system of regulation led to a stalemate when the Ontario Securities Commission said: Nothing doing.
CHICAGO — A bill that would extend to domes- tic partners the preferred tax treatment enjoyed by married couples in employer-sponsored health-care plans is attracting attention from financial advisers.
NEW YORK — Financial advisers can safely increase their clients’ retirement income by 50% or more by structuring withdrawals differently, according to a certified public accountant who specializes in retirement income planning.
NEW YORK — As long as the stock market keeps rising, and baby boomers keep getting older, variable annuity sales should continue to be robust, industry observers say.
Industry participants were unhappy to learn that repeal will be an option as the Securities and Exchange Commission takes a hard look at the 12(b)-1 rule, which allows mutual funds to generate billions of dollars in fees.
By now, the merits of asset and stock diversification in a retirement portfolio are well established, but what about tax diversification?
Summit Mutual Funds’ Gary Rodmaker, in tuxedo and bow tie, was quite a sight rounding Manhattan’s Columbus Circle in a bicycle taxi on his way to accept a trophy at last month’s Lipper Fund Awards 2007.
The stock market has remained unsettled since the big plunge of Feb. 27, but many financial advisers report few worries, attributing their well-being to the risk management inoculation they have given their client portfolios.
