SWS Financial Services charged with green-lighting variable annuity applications without proper review for suitability.
As a first step, communication and coordination between advisers, regulators needs to be improved.
Many advisers are conversant, but not fluent, in claiming strategies and rules.
Other issues state regulators are tackling include expungement, broker fee disclosures and REIT concentration in portfolios.
He had been in contention to succeed Benmosche as head of AIG.
As people live longer, the distribution phase becomes more critical
Outages are a fact of life, but most are short-lived.
But consensus for one standard building among thought leaders and decision makers
Bringing awareness of the financial planning profession to college campuses requires a combination of ingredients
Calling a broker an adviser is dangerous, and it's time to embrace the black-and-white distinction.
Finra's latest proposal to bring transparency to broker recruitment bonuses doesn't help the investing public
Monday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Gross, Ivascyn to square off. Plus: The outlook for Pimco outflows is bad and worse, global markets keeping an eye on Hong Kong civil unrest, a warning about fixed indexed annuities, buying ahead of ex-dividend dates, and running the numbers on Roth IRAs
Regulator reportedly questions whether fund company artificially boosted returns in its big fixed-income ETF by relying on lofty valuations; smaller firms could be at risk.
Less transparency for new products seems in conflict with the SEC's interest in increased disclosure of mutual fund holdings.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed now says consumers are saving too much. Plus: SEC reforms add risk to money market funds; considering a worst-case-scenario for economic growth; what Eric Cantor brings to Wall Street; and another case for long-short equity investing.
The marketing pitches are persuasive. But experts say the Thrift Savings Plan fees are so low, it doesn't make sense to move.
This edition of <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> covers Bill Gross getting beaten at his own game, the SEC's focus on liquid alt funds, Obama's attack on corporate inversions, and more.
Move comes as advice issues getting congressional attention.
Contribution limits climb for 401(k)s but not for IRAs
