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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an Illinois-based investment adviser with using LinkedIn and other social media channels to attempt to sell $500 million in fictitious securities.

Steve Sanduski, the Prosperous Advisor, says it’s important for financial advisors who want to succeed to understand the “why” behind each of their goals. They also must ask themselves if they’re setting these goals for the right reasons and whether they’re in the best interests of their clients.

This week, IRA expert Ed Slott fields some questions from investors about non-deductible IRAs and RMDs on inherited IRAs.

The reduction in pension and health care benefits for public sector employees in Florida has led to a rush by people nearing retirement age to opt out early.

With rising life expectancies and reports of lackluster retirement savings, the risk is a growing concern for many Americans.

Active and automatic ways to keep your new prospect pipeline flowing all the time.

The SEC has charged an Illinois-based investment advisor with using LinkedIn and other social media channels to attempt to sell $500 million in fictitious securities.

Advisors seeking better client communication tools are likely to have their wish come true because wealth management firms are expecting to increase their IT budgets by 5% to 10% this year.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services, a division of New York Life Investments, has launched a new client-satisfaction benchmarking tool for retirement plan advisors.

U.S. Pensions’ funded status dropped 12.7 percentage points over the full year 2011 to 72.4%, thanks to a sharp increase in liabilities that outpaced any rise in plan assets, according to BNY Mellon.