The Retirement Research Center recently surveyed elite RPAs, half of whom had more than $300 million in DC assets under advisement.
The trio of advisers operates as Compass Wealth Solutions and is based in Portland, Indiana.
Some of the factors that have led to the current low-interest-rate environment could remain in play for years, according to an analysis of existing research recently published by the Society of Actuaries.
The effective date for the capital gains tax hike would be April 28, 2021, when the American Families plan was introduced, according to the Treasury Department’s Greenbook, a compendium of revenue proposals for fiscal 2022 that was released with the administration's $6 trillion budget proposal in May.
The goal is to help plan sponsors assess the possibilities more strategically
An IRS official tells a bar association gathering that the arrival of proposed regulations covering the SECURE Act's required minimum distribution provisions will be 'later than imminent but before eventually.'
Sue Reibel, who joined Hancock’s parent firm in 1994, will be named chief executive of the firm and was most recently the global head of Manulife Investment Management retirement.
James Couture was discharged by LPL in June 2020 and barred by Finra last October.
The six-person team is leaving J.P. Morgan Private Bank in San Francisco.
Once-a-year withdrawals from retirement plans or IRAs would have to be paid back before additional borrowing could occur.
Last year, the Department of Labor closed less than a third of the number of cases it did in 2014, but total recoveries were six times higher.
St. Petersburg, Florida-based ARS Wealth Advisors has $704 million in assets under management.
Last year, Finra allocated $73.8 million of fine and reserve monies to fund capital initiatives and $16.4 million to pay for investor education and firm compliance.
It seems counterintuitive that an adviser or team who may be riding the wave of their 'best year ever' would change jerseys or break for independence. Yet it’s happening in record numbers.
If your clients are rethinking their appetite for risk, it may be time to make changes. Talk about reallocating a portion of their savings to annuities to help safeguard their retirement years.
The agency has unveiled a new 'express interview' process to help people apply for original or replacement Social Security cards and submit necessary proof of identity in person. But it encourages the public to continue to submit applications online.
By failing to adequately explain how inflation, compounded over time, significantly reduces our spending power, we leave clients vulnerable to the false assumption that the income they have today will still be adequate in 10 or 20 years.
The biggest surprise in Biden’s tax proposal is that it assumes an increase in the capital gains rate would be retroactive to April 2021, which would prevent wealthy people from selling off their assets quickly to avoid the hike.
The measure, which would have established a special roster of arbitrators to hear broker requests to clear their records, was criticized by PIABA as being too limited to address the problem.
The State Street plan did not include the lowest-cost share classes of the Target Retirement Securities Lending series, and there were some options from third parties with stronger performance records, according to the complaint.
