
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.
An average 50-year-old woman in New York should begin socking away 49% of her income to her retirement account to live comfortably in her golden years, according to UBS study.
If a family contributes approximately $6,000 per year to an HSA, compounded at 6% growth for 20 years, that's $234,000 at retirement, says expert.
Retirees can change their Part D prescription-drug plans, Advantage plans, and/or switch from traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage during open enrollment, which ends December 7.
About 28% of seniors polled by Nationwide claimed that their lives worsened after they retired.
The bank is testing several trading and investing platforms and will be talking about "what might or might not work," CEO Jamie Dimon said during its third-quarter earnings call.
The annual cost-of-living adjustment could increase by as much as 2% due to inflation spurred by recent hurricanes.
The regulator claimed he sold $2.63 million in equity-indexed annuities without disclosing the business to his employer, U.S. Bancorp Investments.
Social Security, pension type, and education are factors that have contributed to the rise in the retirement age since the mid-1980s.
The new platform offers the convenience of a brokerage account without incurring any of the fees that go with it, the companies say.
A new breed of combination life insurance and long-term care products is making it easier for middle-income Americans to secure coverage.
The rep purportedly received an email from the impostor requesting that she sell securities to fund the wire request to a third-party in the United Kingdom.
Some say the changes could make the Federal Housing Administration's program less attractive to borrowers, but they could also improve the market.
The broker declined to appear for on-the-record testimony regarding expense reimbursements that SunTrust alleged were not valid expenses, according to FINRA.
Retiree savings are only as safe as the places that hold retirees' personal information, says expert.
The broker recommended that a recently retired couple invest $135,000 in a non-investment grade municipal bond intended only for sale to institutional buyers.
Retirees can open health savings accounts, which offer tax breaks on contributions and qualified distributions, and tax-free growth on investments.
U.S. Bank hired an executive to lead the fledgling Business Owner Advisory Services group on a national level.
"We're offering the same if not better-quality products at a highly reduced fee," said Eileen Duff, head of distribution at iCapital Network.
SunTrust Investment Services collected more than $1.1 million in avoidable 12b-1 mutual fund fees from more than 4,500 accounts, the SEC charged.
The program rejoined Cetera's platform after a brief six-month stint with LPL.