Practice

MME reports on April 13, 2012: After a long, winding legal road, involving no fewer than six federal court decisions, Ameriprise Financial finally won a suit alleging that it had charged excessively high advisor fees.

On April 13, 2012, MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has added three new sales directors to its sales and client management organization: Dararith Ly; John Randall and Raymond Zittlow.

Lincoln Financial Advisors had abruptly terminated Jeffrey Concepcion in August 2008, according to the arbitration filing, and then withheld severance after he refused to agree to a non-competition agreement.

On the heels of major organizational changes, Northern Trust promotes two more executives in its wealth management business.

Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay a $22 million fine and accept other penalties to resolve charges from the SEC that the firm lacked adequate policies and procedures to address the risk that during weekly meetings, known as “huddles,” its analysts could share important non-public information about upcoming research changes.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management has named an expert in philanthropy and planned giving sales director of its Charitable Solutions Group.

This week, IRA expert Ed Slott answers questions about segregating required minimum distributions and combining Roth IRAs.

On APril 12, 2012 Two industry groups, the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (“DCIIA”) and the Retirement Income Industry Association (“RIIA”), are launching a joint effort to promote greater awareness and participation in retirement programs.

Many Baby Boomers fear outliving their savings even more than death. Here’s a 10-point checklist to help Boomers save themselves from retirement shortfalls.

According to Cerulli Associates, wirehouses have been focusing on high-net-worth investors for quite some time—but not very successfully. In the last three years, wirehouses’ share of the HNW market has dropped by 11%.