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GWG was a 'classic Ponzi scheme,' according to a group representing investors.
Several policies that affect advisers — in addition to the SECURE 2.0 retirement-savings bill — catch ride on last vehicle moving through Congress this year.
Garth Allan, who joins the firm in Newport Beach, California, delivers personalized investment planning and comprehensive wealth management advice.
Here’s a look at strategies that today’s advisers are using to enhance the charitable giving of their clients and their foundations.
Transparency isn't always clear, especially when critics take issue with the way companies calculate accountability.
Instead of viewing compliance as an obstacle, look at it as an opportunity to create messages that reach, influence and persuade more people than ever to pay you to build their wealth.
The measure contains 92 retirement savings provisions — including increasing the RMD age, raising catch-up limits and expanding automatic enrollment — that give Republicans, Democrats and the financial industry plenty to love.
As account balances shrink in stride with the financial markets, RIAs are increasingly embracing flat-fee pricing.
Meanwhile, 2022 has been another excellent year for sales of alternative investments, according to the report from Robert A. Stanger & Co.
Doctors invest significant time and money into their careers upfront, which means starting out with a huge debt load. Meanwhile, their earnings don’t reach full potential until much later in life.
When advisers are focused on the activities they enjoy, flexing their best skill set, they will win and be happy while doing it.
Accounting-oriented Strategic Planning Group is based in Fishers, Indiana.
Kansas-based Strategic Partners is affiliating with LPL through National Financial Alliance.
The bank's settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deals with a variety of allegations and includes a $1.7 billion fine that's the biggest in CFPB history.
More than any other generation surveyed, members of Gen Z improved their financial habits during the pandemic, with 70% reporting higher savings over that time period.
I’m grateful to have led the remarkable team at InvestmentNews as editor-in-chief in 2022, and we have great expectations for 2023.
One of the challenges of regulating these investments is that there’s no agreed-upon definition for them.
As financial advisers turn to complex products to help clients navigate volatile markets and rising interest rates, regulators are scrutinizing the investments more closely than ever.
Legislation that would make electronic investor communication the default method for disclosures sends a message this year, but will have to be reintroduced next year.
