As the Biden administration and lawmakers begin negotiations over President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal, state regulators are concerned that private-market deregulation could become a bargaining chip.
Total U.S. annuity sales hit $58.7 billion in the last three months of the year, up 2% from the $57.6 billion during the same timeframe in 2019, according to data published by Limra’s Secure Retirement Institute. But sales were down for the full year.
Record profitability in wealth management in the Americas was driven by growth in loans, separately managed accounts and adviser productivity, the company said.
As the brokerage navigates the cumbersome undertaking of acquiring thousands of advisers from TD Ameritrade and more than $6 trillion in assets, the broader custody industry is not sitting idle waiting for the fallout.
Brendan Biruk and Dan Rattigan form Washington Crossing Financial Group in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.
Charles Kenahan had already been barred by the state of New Hampshire in December.
Some companies are prepping for in-person events slated for the second half of 2021. The industry is hoping to meet face-to-face again as COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed across the country.
The regulator says the firm didn't properly screen more than 1,000 nonregistered employees.
Siller & Cohen Family Wealth Advisors in Rye Brook, New York, joins Hightower's sprawling 33-state footprint.
The deal with Foley Trasimene values Blackstone Group's benefits administrator at about $7.3 billion including debt. Blackstone bought the unit from Aon in 2017.
Marc Rowan, one of Black’s top lieutenants, will succeed him as CEO as part of a governance overhaul that will also eliminate weighted voting rights.
There is an art to prospecting, and a formula that helps close prospects in the first meeting.
RIAs are gaining market share because the RIA model allows firms to embrace the strategies necessary to serve clients.
Ever since Bitcoin rallied to all-time highs this month, the big question advisers are asking themselves is when will it be suitable to use the cryptocurrency in client portfolios.
The Toronto-based wealth management conglomerate has made 14 U.S. deals in less than a year. The acquisition will be CI’s largest purchase so far, and once completed it will double its total U.S.-based assets to $46.1 billion.
As several recent deals show, such as OneDigital's purchase of Truist's RPA business, banks offer retirement plan advisers a chance to grow their business.
The loan program was aimed at buoying businesses with less than 500 employees; while National Securities surpassed that number of reps and advisers, those were not employees, but rather independent contractors.
The slowdown in March turned out to be just brief bump in the road for buyers and sellers in the wealth management space.
A nonworking wife with no Social Security benefits of her own cannot collect on her husband’s earnings record until he files for his Social Security benefit.
Scott Phelan, Kevin Myers and an assistant switch firms in Atlanta.
