This is the fourth consecutive year of COLAs falling below 2%.
Spouses can claim benefits when mate collects disability.
Planning centric digital advice solution part of new Fidelity platform for advisers.
Spouses can claim benefits when mate collects disability.
Jeffrey Howell allegedly overvalued a UBS customer's account by as much as $3 million.
Small increase will create a Medicare nightmare as premium hikes will vary.
But increase would be seven times higher if pegged to Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
CFO Paul Donofrio says the bank's decision "creates significant flexibility for our advisers, and we're delivering fiduciary, best-interest advice to clients.” <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-faq" target="_blank">A comprehensive, searchable database of advisers' fiduciary FAQs</a>)</i></b> .
Tech experts are showing, not just telling, advisers that they are vulnerable to online threats
Despite record enforcement at the agency, the senator focused on Ms. White's 'brazen conduct.' <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160904/FREE/160909989/why-financial-advisers-hate-elizabeth-warren" target="_blank">Why advisers hate Elizabeth Warren</a>)</i></b>
First Heartland Capital broker Jerome Scott Krause liquidated some of their investments without consent
The broker wired funds to a business account to pay himself a higher salary, unearned commissions.
The Thrush Group will be the 10th transition to HighTower this year.
A home equity conversion mortgage — more commonly known as a reverse mortgage —is becoming harder to dismiss as an income tool for retirement plans.
The threat of cyberattacks is very real in the financial advisory industry, but not all advisers are getting the message.
Debra J. Ferrara agreed to be fined and suspended for releasing funds after a client's email account was hacked.
Both the 2016 and 2017 proposed fiscal budgets included a $3.4 million limit on retirement savings for an individual.
Planners are tweeting and posting to the web more &mdash; and many are gaining new clients from the effort.
Laurence I. Balter, founder of Oracle Investment Research, also allegedly charged clients both an advisory fee and a fund-management fee.
The broker borrowed $300,000 total from two clients in violation of Finra rules and firm policy.
