The disappearance of the estate tax this year has moved tax attorneys to protect themselves against the threat of possible lawsuits.
The passage of health-care overhaul has buoyed shares of exchange-traded
funds focused on the sector.
The health-care overhaul President Barack Obama has signed into
law will mean big changes for many small businesses.
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Taxes for high earners will climb under health-care reform law but
so will the opportunities to get coverage for themselves and their
children-even those in their 20s.
Investors continue to look to advisors for guidance, but the past 18 months have made it clear that investment pros are no more capable than average Joes of forecasting the future.
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Dorothy Hinchcliff
Prudential Financial is advocating a kind of retirement plan that would allow
small employers to join together to offer their workers a single retirement program.
The most vocal opposition to the push to make financial advisors more
responsible to clients hasn't come from Wall Street firms or giant
banks, but insurance
companies.
Deeper spending cuts and new taxes are being proposed by Democrats to help foot the bill for health care.
by
Jeff Schlegel
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Thursday said it expelled
a broker-dealer for selling private placements linked to a Ponzi
scheme.
A parade of big-name mutual fund companies have filed paperwork to launch actively managed ETFs, but it could take years before any of them attract significant interest from investors.
The securities industry should begin to prepare
for a fiduciary standard even if lawmakers have put off any such move in the
short term, the CEO of FINRA
said this week.
by
Jeff Schlegel
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's head of enforcement, Susan
Merrill, is leaving her job, according to published reports.
Senior White House and Obama administration officials say they are
worried the nation's economic recovery could stall if Congress doesn't
pass a climate bill this year.
The retirement guarantees provided by annuities are more important to
investors than ever, advisors say, even as many advisors still avoid
using them in clients' portfolios.
More financial advisors are talking to clients about pounds as well as portfolios.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
What you've probably noticed anecdotally with your financial planning clients is an
identifiable trend: Many more people are staying in the workforce longer.
Growth in the ranks of independent broker-dealers is a trend that could
strain one aspect of compliance in some offices: broker supervision.
by
Jeff Schlegel
The Senate's financial services
reform bill included the deletion of a provision
that would have applied the fiduciary standard of care to the
broker-dealer world.
by
Jeff Schlegel
Fidelity Investments on Monday said it has rolled out a new
program aimed at improving customer service for its affiliated advisors.
by
Ray Fazzi
At an age where many would step into a life of retirement, two seasoned veterans decided to have a go at starting an independent RIA.
