The comment period for the rule, which was introduced in December, closed on Monday.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Investors assuming they will be able to continue working well beyond normal retirement age doesn't mesh with a frequent reality.
If the Labor Department has its way, say goodbye to the variable annuity industry as we know it. </br><b><i>(Related: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20160221/ANNUITY22016" target="_blank">Spotlight on Annuity Strategies special report</a>)</b></i>
Regulator launches target examination to assess compliance values and how they influence brokerages' ability to adhere to securities rules.
Policies and procedures which, when layered upon already onerous rules and regulations, fail to recognize advisers' years of experience and wisdom.
Court filings from the RCAP bankruptcy proceeding state that Cetera Financial Group's adviser headcount has fallen 4.3%.
The company doesn't specify how many of its 9,000 Cetera brokers will qualify, or any other details of the plan.
Plus: Most investors made money in March, negative interest rates could mean the end of cash as we know it, and re-writing office dress codes
The insurer allegedly made false representations to investors over the strength of its long-term-care business.
A Health Savings Account is one of the best ways to have retirement cash-flow that is excluded from Medicare's equation.
Only 5% of clients left the wirehouses last year because they felt fees were too high
One says isolationist policies could be bad for economic growth, but another likes his stand on tax reform.
IBD sets plan a month after activist investor Marcato Capital took a 6.3% stake.
The North American Securities Administrators Association will make Senior$afe available to its members next month.
Overall, workers are much more optimistic about their prospects for a comfortable retirement following lows in the recent financial crisis.
Updated accounting processes and technology are within reach &mdash; and could help stem disputes.
New survey finds the majority of boomers who work with advisers opt to move their money to an IRA in an attempt to improve their investment performance.
Suit alleges the private-equity firm is helping top brass break non-compete agreements and then hiring them.
Exchange-traded funds have achieved a new feat, producing dozens of funds that are riskier than the most volatile individual stocks in the Standard and Poor's 500 stock index.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will be looking at ETF sales strategies, trading practices and disclosures, as well as suitability and sales supervision of variable annuities.
