
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.
James Katayanagi allegedly created fake ATM cards and used them to swipe more than $14,000 from eight bank customers.
Almost two in three credit unions with single pay plans reported difficulty in recruiting advisors. Those with multiple plans had significantly less trouble.
Advisor Jo Ellen Fisher, who allegedly stole nearly $1 million from a 95-year-old client, is barred from the industry and has been sued by her former employer.
The new program is designed to help advisors and sales assistants sharpen their sales and administrative skills.
Halé Behzadi will oversee the bank's offices in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle.
Most banks and credit unions outsource their investment services programs to third-party broker dealers, also known as third-party marketers or TPMs. Here's how the largest TPMs stack up by revenue.
Wells Fargo landed in hot water for failing to act on indications that a broker traded on insider information.
One of the three allegedly stole $11,134 from a bedridden customer who suffered from multiple sclerosis.
Darrel Hackett will be responsible for BMO Financial Group's personal wealth management businesses throughout the United States.
Designing comp plans with many grid levels is one way credit unions can boost advisor productivity, according to a report from Kehrer Bielan Research & Consulting.
Ane S. Plate was banned for allegedly looting more than $140,000 from a customer account.
The firm hired another wealth director for business development, the second such director it hired in Pittsburgh this year.
Wealth management services reeled in record first-quarter revenue for bank and thrift holding companies. Here are the top 10 banks with the fastest-growing wealth management programs. Sept, 16 2014
Bank and thrift holding companies generated $35 billion in first-quarter wealth management income, up 7.3% year-over-year.
The Minneapolis-based bank has added three wealth management advisors and one senior trust officer to the Chicago office of the Private Client Reserve.
Pamela Grace Musiimire was barred for allegedly attempting to bamboozle two customers.
Wells Fargo advisor tries unsuccessfully to convince his elderly client that he hadn't won a $5 million lottery and that the whole thing was really a scam.
Bank holding companies generated $1.57 billion in insurance brokerage fee income in the first quarter of 2014, down 8.4% year-over-year.
As the nation's 76 million baby boomers retire and live longer, advisors can expect to encounter more clients with memory and cognitive issues. Here are some of the red flags advisors should watch for.
Nobody wants to think about the prospect of failing mental capability, but it's an issue that clients need to address if they're to be fully prepared for retirement.