Plaintiffs allege excessive fees and other claims against the auto maker and drug company, while a participant in a plan using American Trust as trustee claims a major distribution was made without his permission. The University of Pennsylvania settled a long-running case over its 403(b).
Learning from the lessons of 2020 and taking action to improve their retirement planning should be a key focus for advisers in 2021.
CEO Charlie Scharf is making classic changes to streamline and reduce costs at Wells Fargo's Wealth and Investment Management unit, which houses Wells Fargo Advisors.
Biden has nominated Gary Gensler to serve as SEC chairman, but that nomination must be approved by the Senate. Lee has served as an SEC commissioner since 2019.
The technology adoption and rewriting of work rules and expectations that's now occurring, if properly navigated and implemented, can help firms gain a competitive advantage.
FirstBank’s investment unit, with 17 advisers, had been affiliated with LPL Financial.
The robo-adviser claims that at least one M1 employee lied about employment in order to get information about Wealthfront products and listen in on direct feedback from clients.
Such pardons don’t sit well with securities attorneys, who say they contradict the mission of regulators and send the wrong message to perpetrators.
While conventional wisdom suggests a Democratic administration will move to strengthen regulations, there's potential for focus on how fintech can be used to help accomplish the new administration’s goal of expanding access to financial services.
After private-equity partners lined up to invest in Captrust, which eventually selected GTCR, the firms that were left out were eager to invest. SageView became the most attractive option remaining.
As COVID-19 forced some older Americans into early retirement, a survey shows a huge increase last year in total retiree debt, partly as a result of more people carrying credit card debt.
The deal for Vertical Financial Group is the insurance giant’s second big purchase of a retirement plan adviser.
Investments in wealthtech are expected to increase this year as millennial-friendly brokerages acquire large customer bases and expand product offerings. Industry trends including increased interest in sustainable investing and API integrations will serve as a catalyst for wealthtech funding through 2021.
Hours before President Joseph Biden was inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol, the Biden transition team released a list of more than 100 Trump regulations approved since 2017 that it intends to revisit.
CEO James Gorman, who worked at Merrill Lynch before joining Morgan Stanley in 2006, said that last year was the first time in decades he had not seen "net attrition," or a net loss, of advisers. "We're bringing in $20 billion every five weeks," Gorman said.
Roughly half of American households may not be able to maintain their standard of living in retirement, according to a report from the Center for Retirement Research.
Chuck Crist, Chuck Gillingham and Ryan H. Jones are joining the firm's employee channel in St. Augustine, Florida.
The new chief executive faces a lengthy Dutch legal battle over his role in a money laundering scandal at his previous employer, ING, that has complicated efforts to put his stamp on the business.
The greatest value we add as financial advisers is keeping clients from making mistakes from which they cannot recover.
Prices for the largest cryptocurrency dipped as much as 6.8% Wednesday, trading below $35,000, as worries about a market bubble discourage investors from buying in.
