Cogent Reports, a division of Market Strategies International, asked 1,390 registered financial advisors to select which mutual fund companies they trust out of a list of 48. The study found that "trust" in an asset manager had the greatest i...
The new standard for advisors to retirement accounts will have dramatic consequences for advisors, not least on the initial decision whether to roll over a 401(k) plan into an IRA.
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Practice management coaches will often tell you what you should be doing to attract clients. But what turns clients off? Writing on The Motley Fool, Todd Campbell says there are five things that should have prospe...
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A Waco, Texas, financial advisor has been sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution for running a Ponzi-type fraud scheme. Charles D. Jon...
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The Treasury Department will stop allowing employers to offer some retired employees lump sum buyouts of their defined pension benefits. Traditional pensions are designed to give retirees income for...
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Advisors are told over and over how important it is to have an online presence, but many are forgetting about compliance when building their websites, leaving them exposed t...
President Barack Obama wants to make it easier for Americans to save for retirement, announcing an expansion of state retirement plans and reiterating his mission to crack down on brokers’ conflicts of interest in the retirement advice...
