Protective CEO and management team will remain in place; deal creates 13th-largest global insurer.
A group of veteran Morgan Stanley managers has broken away from the wirehouse to form a partnership with Raymond James to offer equity ownership and succession planning to advisers.
Preparedness may mean staying on the job, but burned-out investors need an incentive
Anyone who thinks they have busy days should listen to Chris Pollard's tale. This Regent Wealth Management Group financial adviser spent a year activated in the Army National Guard as a budget analyst by day — while serving his 100 advisory clients at night and over the weekends.
Cerulli study forecasts a drop of more than 25,000 advisers by 2017, most from wirehouses and broker-dealers. The problem? A lack of new recruits.
Recent moves point to building momentum after year and a half of sluggish action
Deferred-income annuities offer certainty but limitations too.
Insurer no longer taking 1035 exchanges or rollovers, but brokerage gets pass
Benefits depend on if you remarry and when. How not to leave money on the table.
Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.
Arizona group of about 40 financial advisory practices joins LPL. The network's founder is looking to add 50 new offices next year.
The Federal Reserve said policy makers see improvement in economic activity. How will this impact your bond investments?
Next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue the September Consumer Price Index report, the final piece of data that the Social Security Administration needs to plug into its annual cost of living adjustment formula. Social Security benefits — and the taxable wage base for workers — will be slightly higher next year as a result of the COLA.
Labor Department says CPI report will not be released next week.
Groups from Salt Lake City, Charlotte, N.C., manage close to $500M combined.
When your clients wake up in the middle of the night with sweaty palms, what are they afraid of? What is it they ultimately want you to protect them from?
Cuts don't include client-facing functions.
They earn 8%-per-year delayed retirement credits plus annual COLAs
IRS also sets tax break for single filers at $5.25M
Median investment adviser under SEC regulation has $270M in AUM, 92 accounts, and eight employees
