Industry News

Displaying 35416 results
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2017
Adviser gets seven years for Ponzi scheme

Patrick Churchville of Providence, R.I., found guilty of conning investors out of $21 million.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS MAR 20, 2017
Fidelity's David Canter makes financial advice his Boston Marathon cause

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 20, 2017
Rules governing indexed universal life insurance may not go far enough

Recent rules have led to some improvements in policy illustrations, but observers still see room to make them even better.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 20, 2017
Wells Fargo loses employee broker duo to Raymond James

Team in Virginia manages $138 million in assets.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2017
Tax reform could be 'way worse' for retirement industry than Department of Labor's fiduciary rule: Graff

Limits could be placed on 401(k) contributions as a way to help pay for broad corporate and individual tax cuts, according to Brian Graff, head of the National Association of Plan Advisors.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS EMERGING MARKETS MAR 20, 2017
Expect slow but steady economic growth worldwide

By Gillian Albert
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Faltering congressional support for auto-IRAs leaves legislation up to states

Auto-IRA programs have been enacted in five states that would cover an estimated 10.4 million workers.

By J. Mark Iwry
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Large advisory shops build custom target-date funds

The firms are able to deliver the funds at low cost to small 401(k) plans, but some question if there's a potential conflict involved in recommending proprietary funds.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Despite uncertainty, Department of Labor fiduciary rule upends 401(k) biz

Market shifts will largely remain intact in the event the regulation is amended or scrapped, and non-specialists are adjusting.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Retirement gets a deeper dive

Retirement Plan Adviser will feature stories on the issues and trends that affect plan advisers, as well as commentary from thought leaders.

By FGabriel
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Metamorphosis of DC investment-only wholesalers

Why asset manager units focused on these plans, facing some harsh realities, are in a state of change.

By Fred Barstein
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Plan sponsors want help with DOL fiduciary duties

Firms look to retirement advisers to be experts on the law, and even sometimes on their investments

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Social media's place in marketing

Maintaining a presence within social networks should not be viewed as a silver bullet, but part of an overall strategy for growth.

By Sheri Fitts
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2017
Help wealthy clients to avoid deadbeat kids

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RIAS MAR 17, 2017
Advisor vs. Adviser: The "Os" have it!

An InvestmentNews survey of more than 550 readers found that nearly 83% refer to themselves as an "advisor," versus 17% who call themselves an "adviser."

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 17, 2017
House Democrats denounce DOL rule delay as comment period closes

A truncated comment period for a proposed delay to the Labor Department's fiduciary rule came to a close on Friday with a letter from 40 House Democrats denouncing the stall.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2017
LPL spent big on recruiting in 2016

Broker-dealer's forgivable loan balance was $136.7 million last year, up 44.7% over the previous year.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 16, 2017
Former adviser sentenced to six months for insider trading

Ex-Oppenheimer employee in Providence must also forfeit $386,000

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2017
Medicare rules differ for small business owners and employees

They must enroll when they turn 65 or face lifelong penalties.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Why Warren Buffett thinks America's best days still lie ahead
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 16, 2017
Why Warren Buffett thinks America's best days still lie ahead

These passages from the billionaire's shareholder letters may make you feel a little better, or a little more cynical, depending on your frame of mind.

By Bloomberg