As stewards of their clients' financial security, investment advisers and planners must keep a vigilant eye on companies altering their 401(k) plans in ways that hamper clients' ability to save for retirement properly.
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Changes including raising full retirement age, making more income subject to payroll tax gain support.
30-rep Argentus Securities squeezed by regulatory woes, tight profit margin.
In a dispute focused on real estate investments, the indie B-D and a former broker 'breached fiduciary duty, were negligent,' complaint says. Big award comes with split decision.
Pair of brokers and investment advisory firm among those who allegedly perpetrated 'calculated fraud exploiting terminally ill patients'
New study finds Oracle of Omaha has outperformed every long-lived U.S. stock and mutual fund.
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Commission spells out activities it will focus on during exams.
New book offers strategies to boost income and trim risk in the golden years.
Margins continued to improve as profit jumped 64%.
The recent spike in stock market volatility has put the financial advice community into scramble mode, with many advisers fielding calls from nervous clients while embracing defensive investment strategies.
Western Asset Management Co. will pay $21 million to settle charges involving internal cross-trading and coding errors resulting in losses to institutional investors, the SEC announced Monday.
With a year-end windfall of veteran advisers, the firm topped off a year of big gains. Check out how UBS stacks up against the other wirehouses.
Regulatory attention means advisers may want to rethink which companies they work with.
Higher taxes may drive interest in variable and indexed annuities; potential of rising rates could inspire new products.
Modest $10 billion cut plus reaffirmation of zero-interest rate policy puts nervous investors at ease.
