Modern Life is adding long-term care and hybrid long-term care products to its menu of insurance for financial advisors.
Finra's action was another by the broker-dealer self-regulator that targets a best-execution failure by a member firm.
Mutual of America agreed to settle an ERISA excessive fee lawsuit filed by 401(k) participants last week.
The New York City-based Zipper Duarte team generates $12.5 million in annual revenue.
When things change, recency bias would have us wait rather than move forward.
Stephen Walker and Wes Alston operate as Walker Alston Financial Group in San Antonio, Texas.
Elements provides a mobile Scorecard app that evaluates a prospect’s financial data and provides an evaluation score across 12 measurements.
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American workers 45 and older think it will take about $1.1 million in savings to retire comfortably, yet only 21% expect to reach even the $1 million mark.
The SEC enforcement action is another example of the agency's increased scrutiny of wrap-fee programs.
Toledo, Ohio-based Financial Design Group has 14 advisors. Over the winter, recruiters had cited LPL as one of the firms likely to target Securian advisors.
Approximately $92 billion in savings exits the US retirement system every year because Americans who change jobs cash out their workplace retirement accounts.
While estate planning may not sound like an ideal topic for a holiday meal, getting together with family does provide an opportunity for face-to-face discussions.
Critics say proposals that target payment for order flow try to do too much, too fast, and conflict with rules in place that are working.
Open claims against the Iowa-based broker-dealer totaled $32.1 million at the end of 2022, eight times what it reported a year earlier, according to an SEC filing.
Investors’ happiness with their advisors took a hit last year as the stock market dived, according to J.D. Power’s annual survey.
FuturePlan EAP is intended to enhance plan onboarding and administration, while offering plans with less than 10 participants the ability to deal with fewer decision points.
Interest both for and against sustainable investing will almost certainly be rising — and that means that financial advisors can’t afford to ignore it.
Some members of an ad hoc group of lawmakers who are trying to fashion a deal say prospects have been diminished by President Joe Biden's accusations that Republicans want to cut benefits.
That's one year earlier than the trustees' report estimated last year; the report projects that 80% of benefits would be payable at that time.
