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Robert McKenzie is a partner at Chicago law firm Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. He focuses on representing clients before the IRS and state agencies. Prior to going into private practice, he worked in the Collection Division of the IRS.

Louis Dandurand, MD, is an emergency department physician and ED software informaticist at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt. He also leads the physician informaticist team for Meditech Expanse implementation.

Berkery will be succeeded by Michael Blum as the chairman of UBS Bank USA. A Merrill Lynch alum, Berkery was part of the turnaround team at UBS' wealth management unit, and during her tenure, the lending book at its bank more than doubled in size.

One major help will be in helping participants think in terms of lifetime income — as opposed to accumulated balances — by requiring benefit statements to include income estimates at least once a year.

The two IBDs have agreed to pay restitution in one of the largest securities fraud cases in the advisor’s home state.

Chris Petersen is the chief revenue officer at Q2 Holdings. With more than 30 years of experience in financial services, she is focused on helping community financial institutions identify new ways to connect with their communities, drive revenue, engage with customers at all levels and create new strategic growth opportunities.

The bank sometimes ignored the advice of its own diligence vendors in packaging and selling loans.

While outpacing the S&P 500, the price tag is higher — the average expense ratio is more than 1%.

A directive on ETFs took the advisor by surprise after several years with the No. 29 IBD, he says.

The departure is the latest in a string for the wirehouse, whose broker ranks have shrunk by more than 300 over the last year.