LPL Financial said it will likely surpass its target to bring aboard Waddell & Reed advisers, according to CEO Dan Arnold. The company reported adviser headcount was 17,287, up 119 from the end of September and 823 year-over-year.
With naming rights to the stadium in Tampa Bay, Raymond James and its 8,000 advisers will particularly enjoy the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Health savings accounts can be one of the best ways to save for retirement. But the money to fund them must come from somewhere, and for many, the most obvious place appears to be the 401(k).
What’s top of mind for investment pros as 2021 kicks off, ranging from Biden administration policies to the GameStop stock market volatility.
Relatively few people tapped their retirement accounts, but 20% drew on their emergency savings and 18% increased their credit card debt.
It’s a reminder that the wild ride may be far from over for these stocks. While $164 billion in value has been wiped from those 50 companies in a matter of days, data compiled by Bloomberg show, that came after $276 billion in market cap was added from the start of the year.
The Coca-Cola Bottlers' Association this week was sued over fees and investments in its multiple employer plan. Former participants in a terminated 403(b) sponsored by a health care system also filed claims.
Regulator charges the firm failed to act on a former broker who was loading customer accounts up with energy sector master limited partnerships.
Regulators say the insurance company’s American General Life subsidiary operated in the state without a license, undertaking four large-scale pension risk transfers and bidding on others.
The deal brings on board all 15 employees from Iron Financial's retirement business, and more than doubles Creative Planning’s retirement plan assets to approximately $10 billion.
GPB raised $1.8 billion from investors starting in 2013 through sales of private partnerships, but it has not paid investors steady returns, called distributions, since 2018.
This generation's longevity, combined with the fact that they'll get less support from Social Security, poses a retirement income problem.
Global fintech InvestCloud completed a recapitalization that establishes the firm as the latest fintech unicorn while positioning it to rival TAMP offerings, according to experts.
Few automatically match unclaimed retirement accounts with their owners. In most cases, only about 3% of accounts are claimed within two years of being turned over to the state.
Broker-dealers sold just $362.3 million in nontraded BDCs last year, the least since 2010, which was the year after the first product was launched, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc.
The former CEO of Washington Financial Group succeeds the late David Reich in the role of national president of Hub Retirement and Private Wealth.
Be ready to help worried clients (and their accountants), who will be calling you about 'mistakes' on their 1099-Rs regarding distributions from their IRAs. What they'll be calling about won’t be what’s on their form, but rather what’s not on there.
Managed accounts offer DCIOs the opportunity to be a more active and important part of the DC ecosystem. It moves them from being dependent on record keepers, advisers and plan sponsors to create the strategy to help participants, to being an advice provider of customized investment solutions.
Sacramento, California-based Genovese Burford was founded in 1987 and has nearly 1,500 clients.
Fiduciary advocates are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to overhaul the measure. FSI and other industry groups will lobby to keep it intact.
