Sole proprietors have the hardest time with succession planning.
Claimants asserted firm was negligent and breached its fiduciary duty.
Plaintiffs claim practice of charging plans a percentage of assets is unreasonable.
The plaintiff claims the company only offered one unaffiliated investment option during the class period, resulting in excessive fees for participants.
Newsletter editor and co-founder of a money management firm uses tart observations to help build his practice.
Custodian ramping up its digital-platform offerings in race to accumulate assets.
Only one plan was assessed positively as both an investment and a savings vehicle.
Assessment also evaluates growth and transferability potential.
In separate appearances before Senate panels, the regulators stressed the cooperation that Republican legislators and opponents of the DOL fiduciary rule are demanding.
SEC chairman acknowledged that tighter budgets would require increased efficiencies to meet examination goals.
Americans are more likely to choose debit cards for routine purchases.
The HEART Act permits rolling all or part of life-insurance and combat-related-fatality payouts directly into the tax-free retirement plan, but few take advantage.
Brian Graff, executive director of the National Association of Plan Advisors, predicts the Trump administration will favor tax changes that will be well liked.
Trio managing $270 million joins firm's employee channel.
Michael Breton of Strategic Capital Management sentenced for $1.3 million fraud.
Other states could move in to plug the fiduciary gap if the DOL and SEC devise a watered-down standard.
Three reps in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., affiliate with independent unit.
Extraordinary level of activity attributed to an erroneous order.
Prompted by the DOL fiduciary rule, LPL has told its hybrid advisers they can offer education and outline options, but cannot advise clients to roll over their funds into an IRA.
