The company, not wanting to be outdone by an identical move in December by its competitor Vanguard, lowered its investment minimum for defined-contribution plans from $100 million to $5 million.
VALIC and Associated Bank were sued recently over their retirement plans, while a long-running case over losses in Valeant Pharmaceuticals stock in DST Systems' plan was settled for a total of $79 million in three separate agreements.
If your client is entitled to Social Security on her own earnings record, she may want to collect reduced retirement benefits at age 62.
With advisers serving a more diverse group of clients than ever before, discussions about emotionally charged topics may become unavoidable.
Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra will be nominated to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; both choices signal the incoming administration is planning tough oversight.
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2020 was the year that independent broker-dealers needed to rely on technology more than ever, with home-office staff and a large number of advisers working from home or in remote offices. What if criminals breach a broker-dealer's cyber wall?
Independent broker-dealers saw gains in recruiting coveted wirehouse advisers despite the massive disruptions caused by COVID-19. Firms are also building out registered investment advisory platforms to lure advisers.
Former Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch advisers join Rockefeller in Boca Raton, Florida, and Chicago
The murky track record behind cryptocurrency has kept some skeptical, but both advisers and investors are showing growing interest in the asset class. The popular digital asset, Bitcoin, recent record-breaking rally has slowed, with prices set to finish this week just below $40,000, according to Bloomberg.
The tight group of marijuana ETFs are up between 28% and 55% in January, anticipating federal approval. For financial advisers and investors, instead of just jumping headlong into cannabis investing, the challenge is traversing a sector that is in limbo.
Overall, the retirement savings products bled $6.7 billion, marking the first such instance of negative net sales since Morningstar began tracking them in 1994, the ratings and research firm reported this week.
Financial advisers are usually off-limits when it comes to large institutions looking to cut costs and personnel. But Wells Fargo, under CEO Charlie Scharf, has not shied away from laying off advisers or cutting adviser-lead businesses.
Hill Investment Group in St. Louis, which was founded in 2005, becomes its latest partner firm.
The Labor Department's fiduciary rule and the SEC's Reg BI pose a real threat to the retirement savings of investors, but the Biden administration can put an end to the threat.
As scrutiny of the online brokerage mounts and as it prepares for an IPO expected later this year, it has recruited two officials from its front-line regulator.
The bank is reportedly in talks to sell the unit to a private equity consortium led by GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners.
“We need comprehensive capital gains reform,” incoming Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said. “This is a kitchen-table issue.”
The majority of U.S. households, even those that save and invest diligently, place the bulk of their investible assets in tax-deferred retirement accounts and bank accounts, while ignoring 'middle liquidity' options, the report published by Hearts & Wallets notes.
In a curious development to a strange, twisting tale, Butowsky, managing director of Chapwood Capital Investment Management, offered an apology to the brother of former DNC staffer Seth Rich on Twitter — then deleted the tweet.
