Transition packages are a long-standing industry standard offered to financial advisers changing firms and affiliations.
When an advisor is considering a transition and comparing offers from multiple firms “technology” is often cited as a deciding factor and for good reason. A technology migration can often be one of the most time consuming portions of a move. Technology hiccups can also be unsettling if clients get wind of it.
Employer generosity is important, but that's not the only key to successfully saving for retirement
Companies that are flush with cash have the wherewithal to provide the best in 401(k) savings to their workers, but that doesn't mean smaller retirement plans can't run effective plans.
There are two ways for beneficiaries to increase their benefits after initially claiming them. Find out how.
Have a client who — unbeknownst to you — filed for Social Security benefits early? Mary Beth Franklin unwraps the two ways for beneficiaries to increase their benefits after initially claiming them.
Normally, when you continue to work while collecting benefits before your full retirement age, you lose. But what happens when you reach 66?
Investors are pouring more money into stock mutual funds in the U.S. than they have in 13 years, attracted by a market near record highs
SEC enforcement officials said Gregory J. Adams and Larry C. Grossman, both of Sovereign International Asset Management, put most of their clients' money into funds controlled by an asset manager who paid them $4.3 million in commissions. They failed to disclose the conflict of interest, the SEC said.
Uneven recognition of same-sex marriage will make for a complicated tax year
What's <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin reading this morning? Whether your clients need long-term care insurance, hedge funds loading up on GM stock, Greenspan calls Bitcoin a bubble, JPMorgan confirms cardholders were hacked and Britain gets bullish. Breakfast with Benjamin is served.
A new tax environment means that not all charitable giving vehicles are equal. Find out how you can best reduce your gross income.
Don't celebrate just yet: financial planning pitfalls still abound
The open period for switching Medicare coverage for 2014 is closing fast. The choices can be overwhelming, but Mary Beth Franklin offers practical steps your clients can take to make sure they have appropriate and affordable coverage.
Value manager predicts rising stocks and better returns in 2014. Why things are looking good &mdash; really good &mdash; for investors in the New Year.
The world's largest investment banks should enact changes including “ruthless prioritization” of clients and combining fixed-income and equity trading to avoid a sharp decline in profitability, according to McKinsey & Co.
“There is a cost of overearning in which some of that money gets paid back to the government in fines,” Sallie Krawcheck said Wednesday at The Year Ahead: 2014, a two-day conference sponsored by Bloomberg in Chicago.
The advisers, who previously managed more than $934 million, join the firm's employee broker-dealer channel.
Investors need appropriate safeguards before making risky investments in private offerings, consumer group warns
