
Margarida Correia
Former associate editorMargarida Correia is a former associate editor of the Employee Benefits Group and of Bank Investment Consultant.

Margarida Correia is a former associate editor of the Employee Benefits Group and of Bank Investment Consultant.
Two in three plans offer a Roth savings feature, an option 401(k) participants should take advantage to reduce their tax liability.
The advisor defrauded some 60 victims by using their money to pay off earlier investors, fund his own speculative trading and pay his personal expenses, the SEC claims.
The bank recruited a former executive from Vanderbilt University’s investment office to assume a newly created post directing its third-party manager research efforts.
More retirement investors are including cryptocurrency in their portfolio because it helps them achieve diversification.
While many retirees have prepped well for whatever the economy and markets may bring, far too many others have not, an expert says.
The former Oppenheimer client was allowed to invest in a new fund started by Carter Worth, a well-respected technical analyst who the client believed “walked on water,” his lawyer claimed.
Retirees have median savings of $839,000, but many of them are unwilling to spend away their nest egg.
Clients are advised to keep track of their financial information and have a trusted person who knows where to locate it.
As baby boomers exit the workforce, they perpetuate a problem that has long dogged Social Security in that there aren’t enough workers to replace them.
One of the misconceptions is that payroll taxes should be raised and benefits should be cut considerably to save the program.
A widower wanting to claim at 64 learned he’d have to wait until full retirement age before he’d start receiving benefits.
Advisors should frame health care costs as an annual expense rather than a lump sum, which is demotivating for investors, according to Vanguard.
Community Bank & Trust of Florida switched its program after a 16-year relationship with Invest Financial.
Some 1.4 million participants in private pension plans may be facing stiff pension cuts that could come as soon as 2028.
A client dramatically increases her retirement income, thanks to guidance from her advisor.
“Public pension plans continue to bury their heads in the sand living in a time warp of decades-old actuarial assumptions,” says a former Connecticut state treasurer.
Seniors receiving pension payments should ensure that their tax withholding is enough to cover the tax liability on the income and avoid trouble with the IRS.
The advisor told the client that she could pre-pay her advisory account fees at a discount by writing him a $7,400 check, FINRA claimed.
Contrary to what many people think, Social Security will continue to pay benefit payouts to future retirees even after the program exhausts its trust funds by 2034, says expert.
The former J.P. Morgan wealth executive will replace Don Heberle, who left his post at the end of March.