If Gensler is nominated by Biden to be SEC chairman and confirmed by the Senate, he would be the new administration's front-line regulator for Wall Street and the arbiter of what public companies must disclose to their investors.
Revenue sharing fees ultimately make retirement plans more expensive, and funds that include them are disproportionately favored on plan menus, a recent academic paper found.
The second half of fiscal 2020 was tough, the firm reported in its annual proxy statement; CEO Paul Reilly's total compensation fell almost 17% from the prior year and other top executives also saw their pay decline.
John and Evan McCoy run Integrity Financial Services in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and were previously affiliated with Securities America
The strategy also includes the creation of a new podcast, a six-part virtual webcast series and the launch of a fintech conference
Fintech and digital record keeper Vestwell is among about three dozen firms that have registered as pooled plan providers with the DOL, but the firm does not yet have information on pricing and plan design for a potential PEP product.
The companies that are temporarily halting or rethinking how they donate money to politicians via PACs, or political action committees, are some of the most prominent platforms for financial advisers and registered reps in the industry, including Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab Corp.
Social Security benefits are typically calculated using your highest 35 years of indexed earnings.
Clients look to advisers for stability — especially when everything we thought as a nation about our republic was thrown into question in just a few short hours
The twin wins give Democrats operational control of the Senate, which is split 50-50s. While Democrats claim the majority because of the tie-breaking vote of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, they hardly have free rein to advance legislation.
Investment advice may take back seat to financial wellness as advisers' clients worry about the state of the economy and the prospect of losing their job
Under the measure, which the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. first released in May 2019, the broker-dealer self-regulator would use numeric thresholds for regulatory disclosures to identify firms that pose a heightened risk to investors.
The plaintiff failed to raise issues with the company's process of selecting and monitoring funds, a judge wrote
The online lender known as SoFi, which gained popularity by refinancing student loans, agreed to merge with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V, a special purpose acquisition company. It marks the latest example of a growing trend in which closely held firms go public by merging with a SPAC.
Walsh is a former head of the Boston Building and Construction Trades Council; his appointment is a signal that Biden will make the labor agenda a priority
The company was already targeted in another class-action case over the target-date series and managed account options in its plan
The challenges of the pandemic were magnified by the implementation of the SEC's Reg BI
Big mergers can lead to headaches for broker-dealers.
The online trading platform’s popularity has skyrocketed over the last several months, but its fast growth has also generated increased regulatory scrutiny
The managed-account service will stand out in the marketplace because it will be embedded in Vestwell’s technology, rather than located away from a record keeper and within an investment manager’s system, a detail that will help the firm compete on cost
