The new class-action suits against the three employers allege fiduciary breaches. Two defendants in other cases recently reached settlements over $1 million.
Advisers remain wary of President Joe Biden's proposals to raise capital gains taxes, which face political obstacles in Congress. There’s almost no chance any Republicans will support the administration's tax proposals.
The investment bank is putting the finishing touches onto its $13 billion purchase of ETrade Financial, and has benefitted from ETrade’s direct, online access to a younger group of clients.
Tax-rate changes have minimal effect on the financial benefits of Roth conversions, Edward McQuarrie, professor emeritus at Santa Clara University, wrote in a recent paper. The most important factor is actually compounding.
Low rates have been problematic for savers hoping to earn enough interest on cash reserves to combat inflation, but those yearning for higher yields may want to be careful what they wish for.
Michael Kitces and Pershing chief information officer Ram Nagappan outline areas in which advisers should leverage technology to grow businesses.
It's not clear what LPL thinks about Good Life Cos.' move and whether it has fully signed off on the firm adding Raymond James as a broker-dealer choice for its advisers.
Uncertain regulation and a lack of historical data are issues that keep advisers on the sidelines when it comes to digital currencies.
John Gill and Bryan Horner will join the firm's employee unit in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
While the annual Retirement Confidence survey shows Americans in 2021 had near-record-high confidence in having enough money for retirement, the survey also includes an analysis of the challenges Black and Hispanic Americans face in saving and preparing for retirement.
The four-adviser group in Atlanta will open an office for OSJ Bleakley Financial Group.
It is proposing two exchange-traded funds that will have 85% of their assets in cryptocurrency-linked equities, and the remainder in trusts and funds that hold cryptocurrencies.
Wall Street’s top regulator is calling for a broad-based review of the rules that underpin trading in the U.S. equities.
The stretch strategy, which allowed beneficiaries to spend down inherited traditional IRA assets over the rest of their lives, all but disappeared with the passage in 2019 of the SECURE Act.
The Financial Services Institute is worried about how the agency might expand Reg BI's reach. The problem is tied to setting new disclosure standards through enforcement initiative, rather than doing so through rulemaking.
The SEC's flurry of activity has drawn concern not only from Capitol Hill Republicans but also the agency’s Republican commissioners, Elad Roisman and Hester Peirce.
Under the bill, businesses in the state that have been operating for at least two years and have at least 10 employees would be required to participate. The state passed legislation in 2018 to establish a voluntary IRA system for the private sector, but it has yet to implement that program.
My experience has shown me that advisers who target a specific niche of clients receive more referrals, are able to provide better service and can charge higher fees.
Mike Fuller and Rob Barber in Arroyo Grande, California, are leaving Raymond James and affiliating with LPL through OSJ Perennial Financial Services.
The lack of training for retirement committees and plan professionals is appalling, especially in the retail DC market. Many people got their job when someone walked into their office and said, 'Good luck, you’re now in charge of running our retirement plan,' and then walked out.
