Portfolio

The pandemic is prompting financial advisors to use video messages, webinars and even board games to connect with clients and prospects, Hightower Chief Marketing Officer Abby Salameh says in an episode of Financial Planning’s Podcast.

Early withdrawals from retirement accounts may be unavoidable in today’s economic climate. You can help mitigate the damage.

The funds will be used to support housing, job training and aid for small businesses in communities that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

So-called buffer funds have attracted over $2 billion worth of inflows so far this year.

“It is amazing that annuity sales are only down in the single digits, given the devastating effects that COVID-19 has wreaked on the annuity industry,” an expert says.

Practitioners say it’s too hard to use, too pricey and doesn’t meet the pandemic-economy moment. This, and other findings of our annual research.

Among our findings, advisors are (finally) embracing chatbots and robo advisors.

Under Lauren Schadle’s tenure, the association rolled out its OneFPA initiative while also dealing with declining membership.

The change is one of several made to the board’s disciplinary reporting process following a report by an independent task force that found “systemic, long-standing, governance-level weaknesses.”

The $4.64 billion fund lost 75% of its value in two months.