The House Financial Services Committee approved by voice vote legislation to jump-start a state grant program. A backer is optimistic about its Senate prospects.
Give things that are personal and positive. Personal demonstrates your thoughtfulness, and frankly, we all need as much positivity as we can get these days.
The agency issued a risk alert and deficiency letters to almost all of the robo-advisers examined, citing shortcomings in how the companies manage portfolios and disclose conflicts. The alert could signal future enforcement actions.
As part of the effort, the bank tapped Puneet Singhvi to be its new head of digital assets inside the institutional clients group.
The second four-year term for Jerome Powell rewards him for his work rescuing the economy from the pandemic and tasks him with protecting that recovery from surging prices.
This month’s #AdviserTech roundup includes Schwab’s announcement of a direct indexing initiative, Fidelity’s launch of real-time fractional share trading, and Addepar’s acquisition of AdvisorPeak.
The former president of Morgan Stanley will stand for election to succeed Axel Weber at the Swiss bank's annual meeting in April.
Many retirement plan sponsors are on record in support of addressing racial inequity, especially for those with a millennial workforce.
State auto IRA programs, seen as a potential boon for small plan providers and PEPs, are supported by a majority of Democrats and Republicans, a recent survey found.
The House measure lifts the cap on state and local tax deductions to $80,000 from the current $10,000 limit, while a Senate proposal would cap the deduction based on income.
Just 1,275 wealthy families paid $9.3 billion in estate tax last year, while as recently as 2018, the IRS had collected more than $20 billion from nearly 5,500 families.
The agency seized $3.5 billion worth of cryptocurrencies in fiscal 2021, accounting for 93% of all assets seized, and an IRS official says he expects that trend to continue next year.
The agency filed 434 new cases in fiscal 2021, while ordering $3.9 billion in penalties and disgorgement, down from $4.7 billion in fiscal 2020.
In a recent speech, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee pointed out how the annuity rule differs from Reg BI on mitigating conflicts of interest.
Advisers at First Citizens Investment Center at Iowa-based First Citizens Bank were previously affiliated with Cetera.
The firm is announcing an initiative, the Equity Collective, in which wealth and asset management firms commit to working with career-focused community organizations to reach young people from more diverse backgrounds.
Guaranteed Income Direct is integrated into Fidelity’s employee benefits portal and offers workers immediate income annuities at institutional pricing from the insurance company of their choice.
The ambition is not to simply offer a growth portfolio that keeps pace with a growth benchmark. On a much grander scale, AMA seeks to add “account alpha” through various advice levers for a participant’s goals.
The partnership will be first multistate auto-IRA program in the country.
Democrats back the legislation, but Republicans are united against it. While the measure was passed by a House committee, an advocate calls winning congressional approval a 'Herculean task.'
