
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.
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FINRA accused the advisor of unlawfully "structuring" a total of $77,560 by depositing cash into his bank accounts in amounts just below the $10,000 reporting threshold.
Lottery winnings of retirees will not result in a lower retirement benefit, as the windfall will not be subject to the earnings test.
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The beleaguered bank is reported to have been ordered by the Justice Department in late 2017 to conduct an independent investigation of the business.
The rep borrowed $528,000 from a SunTrust client without the bank’s prior written approval, FINRA alleged.
Donald Heberle will leave his post at the end of March, a decision mutually agreed on by both Heberle and bank management.
The bank is looking to attract more affluent customers with $250,000 to $3 million in investable assets, the bank's head of wealth management told analysts.
The advisor lured the client into investing $100,000 in what he claimed was a private placement bond but instead deposited the money into his personal bank account, say federal prosecutors.
The advisor fleeced the duo of nearly $1 million by misappropriating their stock holdings and initiating unauthorized wire transfers from their bank account, prosecutors allege.
82% of beneficiaries who qualified for survivor benefits and their own benefits were not informed that they could opt for a restricted application and boost their benefit.
Retirement investors may want to adopt the billionaire's investing strategy if their risk tolerance allows them.
Seniors who reach the age of 65 and are in good health have the option of opening a Medicare medical savings account.
Lawmakers agreed to form a congressional committee that would look into multiemployer plans and develop a measure to fix these plans' insolvency woes.
The advisor persuaded the customer to liquidate his IRA and invest the money in a risky and costly options trading strategy the advisor managed, FINRA alleged.
First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana moved its investment services business to LaSalle St. Securities in a bid to deepen relationships with the back-office staff supporting the business.
The advisor tricked investors into thinking they would get their money back, with a return, in four to eight years, but they haven't seen a penny returned, the Massachusetts regulator claimed.
The Waterbury, Connecticut-based bank wanted to ensure that it was meeting the technology expectations of clients across the wealth spectrum.
The firm invested the widow's money in oil and gas securities, real estate investment trusts and other investments that did not square with her conservative risk profile, her lawyer argued.
The number of accounts with $1 million or more increased to 150,000 in the fourth quarter of 2017 from 93,000 recorded in the same quarter the year before.