Practice

LPL’s board of directors has been putting a lot of trust lately in some of chairman and CEO Mark Casady’s longest-serving, highest-flying lieutenants.

Despite the easy passage of Rep. Eric Cantor’s Small Business Tax Relief bill, H.R. 9, in the House of Representatives, RIA firms aren’t likely to be counting on any tax savings at this point.

On April 20, CPI added a new retirement consultant.

Regulators on Thursday heeded complaints by financial institutions to provide precise guidance on when they would have to comply with the so-called "Volcker Rule," saying full compliance was not expected before July 21, 2014.

The Atlanta-based company unveiled a new branding service for advisors.

The SEC now charges that a Chicago securities dealer whose chief financial officer was a one-time chief financial officer of optionsXpress continued to trade as a customer account under optionsXpress’s auspices, after delisting itself from the only market of which it was a member, the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

On April 19, 2012, the financial research and consulting organization LIMRA has hired Alison Salka to serve as corporate vice president and director of its retirement research division.

On April 18, Transamerica Retirement Services appointed Darren Zino as division vice president of the company’s mid-Atlantic region, overseeing all sales activities for the region and will be based in North Carolina.

Nearly four-in-10 (38%) retiree households say they don’t have enough income to cover their monthly expenses. What can retirees and pre-retirees do to improve their monthly retirement income?

Nearly four-in-10 (38%) retiree households say they don’t have enough income to cover their monthly expenses. Here’s an interactive slide show highlighting five things retirees and pre-retirees can do now to improve their monthly retirement income.