In a recent speech, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee pointed out how the annuity rule differs from Reg BI on mitigating conflicts of interest.
Advisers at First Citizens Investment Center at Iowa-based First Citizens Bank were previously affiliated with Cetera.
Savant Investment Group, based in Emeryville, California, is Mariner's ninth acquisition this year.
Chief Executive Dick Weil, who was instrumental in the 2017 merger of Janus Capital and Henderson Group, will retire at the end of March.
The firm is announcing an initiative, the Equity Collective, in which wealth and asset management firms commit to working with career-focused community organizations to reach young people from more diverse backgrounds.
The fifth annual awards recognize five firms for their innovative ideologies and inventive initiatives: Orion, Vanilla, Ethic, Raymond James and Miracle Mile Advisors.
Guaranteed Income Direct is integrated into Fidelity’s employee benefits portal and offers workers immediate income annuities at institutional pricing from the insurance company of their choice.
Louis Barajas, Terri Kallsen, Peter Rohr and Martin Seay are joining the 17-person board.
The ambition is not to simply offer a growth portfolio that keeps pace with a growth benchmark. On a much grander scale, AMA seeks to add “account alpha” through various advice levers for a participant’s goals.
The partnership will be first multistate auto-IRA program in the country.
As many as 89% of borrowers say they will have trouble making student loan payments when they resume on Feb. 1, according to a recent report.
As the stock market slowed in the third quarter, investors continued to process multiple market influences underscored by supply chain disruptions and pent-up demand from reopening economies.
The Invesco ESG S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF will invest in companies considered leaders in ESG metrics; Apple, Facebook parent Meta and Tesla are among the companies that will be excluded from the fund initially.
A transaction could value the robo-adviser, which has drawn interest from banks and special purpose acquisition companies, at as much as $1.5 billion.
Mercy Health Corp. was sued last year over plan fees and investment options. Separately, a new lawsuit was filed against Olin Corp.
The woman-led management team retains a majority stake in the firm, while investor Abry Partners is exiting.
The transaction marks the first time a top-five RIA has acquired a top-five retirement plan adviser firm, which could send Creative Planning's rivals scrambling to find larger RPAs.
Developing a tailored regulatory filing form for RILAs could help investors better understand the product. The proposal has the backing of the insurance industry and investor advocates.
Opponents of Washington's long-term care insurance program are claiming that it violates a handful of laws.
New York’s Kuttin Wealth has attracted a large team from 1879 Advisors and another adviser from Cadaret Grant.
