Kovitz, which pushes beyond $4 billion under managment with its second deal of the year, is part of the network of Focus Financial Partners.
Harassment allegations spur increase of female leadership in stock-picking unit
An explosion in wealth in the wake of the financial crisis has banks targeting the growing ranks of super rich.
Rising interest rates and slowing stock market drive assets to insurance products, Limra report says.
Interest group chapter argues the state's Department of Financial Services exceeded its authority with the rule.
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Jackson National and Lincoln Financial, among the largest VA providers, recently announced distribution partnerships set to kick in next year.
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With rising health-care costs threatening to derail carefully constructed retirement plans, advisers should ensure clients successfully navigate the process of signing up for Medicare to avoid stiff penalties.
Some clients may not even realize they're supposed to enroll.
Here's what advisers should be reviewing with their clients each year between ages 62 and 70.
There's still time to re-shop Medicare coverage for those already enrolled.
Inability to deduct management fees will make the funds, which are struggling this year, even less attractive to investors.
How to maximize donations under the new tax rules.
The active fund manager is one of several investment firms to settle self-dealing lawsuits in the last few years.
Stocks look cheap after their losses this fall, but if earnings deteriorate, they could fall more.
New top tier added for ultra-high-income retirees next year.
Finra said the firm failed to mandate and enforce its own written supervisory procedures, resulting in the unsuitable sale of L-share variable annuities tied to long-term riders.
Privately held, family-owned bank completed deal to acquire remaining 25% stake it didn't already own in network that includes Evensky & Katz/Foldes Financial and Regent Atlantic.
Six Cetera broker-dealers allege the insurer will be breaching its contractual obligations by withholding millions of dollars in trail commissions from their brokers.
