Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul warns that underfunding the system will increase benefit delays.
Financial advisers continue to recommend hefty cash reserves yielding almost nothing and losing ground to inflation, under the premise that safety trumps yield.
The wirehouse reported strong results, but also disclosed a significant hit from trading losses after the implosion of the family office and hedge fund Archegos Capital Management.
Like Morgan Stanley, UBS kept its investors in the dark for weeks about the size of the losses it incurred in the collapse of Bill Hwang's family office.
Castle Wealth Advisors, founded by Gary Pittsford, is the oldest fee-only adviser in Indiana.
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The investment firms are buying the company from backers including Genstar Capital, Aquiline Capital and Atlas Merchant Capital.
For years, Wells Fargo Advisors has touted its in-house investment management and planning platform for clients and advisers, called Envision. Now, it is introducing the outside eMoney Advisor.
CITs, which are bank products, have been gaining market share in 401(k)s for years, but they are not expressly permitted in 403(b) plans.
This ranking of the top IBDs is based on their revenue and reflects data collected from firms that participated in InvestmentNews' independent broker-dealer surveys.
The number of carriers on its RIA custodial platform increased to 20 from seven and the number of fee-based products rose to 70.
While the people who took loans or withdrawals as a result of Covid-19 are in a better place financially, they feel behind in their saving.
The insurer recently won a long-running case brought by several brokers, though it is fighting several other suits from broker-dealers.
Advisers nearly universally agree that a return to office meetings is key, and that they must change
RIAs will be at the center of a great deal of our coverage and content over the coming weeks, and we even have Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young on the agenda.
Last year, the 25 largest independent broker-dealers reported $26.6 billion in revenue, an increase of 4.3% from 2019. Although financial results were far from spectacular, growth at leading IBDs last year was resilient in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the havoc it caused for the broader stock market.
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Big banks' finance work involving environmental, social and governance projects saves them a lot on taxes.
After a six-day bench trial in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Iowa Central Division, a judge ruled in favor of Principal on all counts. Salesforce also won a case, while a new one was filed against Kimberly-Clark, and another was settled by John Hancock.
The idea of hiking taxes on capital gains from the current top rate of 23.8% is viewed by some as a trial balloon to test levels of support and resistance. The top tax rate would apply to those with annual incomes of at least $1 million, which is about 500,000 American taxpayers.
