With the number of late-life divorces expected to surge, advisers, attorneys and tax experts face new pressures to ensure sustainable retirement income for clients.
The president of the North American Securities Administrators Association discusses what the financial industry needs to do to rebuild client trust.
No reason given for Donald Runkle's departure; worked at firm for 21 years.
Regulator's CEO says chances of success are thin but agrees that adviser oversight needs improvement.
The firm picked up a father-son team of Michael and Benjamin Cohen who previously generated $4.2 million in production at J.P. Morgan Securities.
Wells Fargo report says few men or women are contributing recommended 10% to their 401(k).
Given the wide range of senior housing options now available, it's important to understand and prepare financially for the inevitable decision that each of your clients will have to make for themselves or a loved one: where should I live as I age? Working in collaboration with The Center for Innovative Care in Aging at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, we focused on the most common housing options available for older adults and their families and some of the considerations that may guide a seniors' housing selection.
They're less willing to take risks with money than men, but they'll ensure the mortgage is paid off.
Finra to look at how firms sell annuities, REITs and other products to older clients.
Gray divorce and its financial implications: The rising number of splits later in life means that untangling the assets is more complicated
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: China moves hit T-bonds. Plus: Navigating a bond portfolio through rising rates, El-Erian says the market outlook is rocky, the price of meat is high and going higher, and math doesn't have to be so darn complicated.
While there is no evidence yet that broker-dealers are taking advantage of investors, the potential for harm remains.
A new initiative has the regulator looking at private placements more closely and in real time.
Premature withdrawals from retirement accounts have become America's new piggy bank, cracked open in record amounts during lean times by people such as Cindy Cromie, who needed the money to rent a U-Haul and start a new life.
Don't get too caught up in the good times while nontraded REITs are extremely lucrative and lose sight of proper client allocations.
Mary Beth Franklin tackles three questions about Social Security survivor benefits. The questions are similar and the answer may surprise you.
Team to offer professional testimony in court, forensic accounting and other services.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Private equity giant wants in on liquid alts. Plus: QE might have a fueled high-inflation cycle, the small-cap stock ride is ending, time to get some defense in that portfolio, and the poor outlook for the long-term unemployed
