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Steph Tulley is the founder and CEO of Actuology. Tulley propels sustainability and success through: innovative economic strategy, dynamic consumer knowledge, and deep industry insight. Actuology's high-paced leader builds technology to augment human interaction, and future-proof the success of her industry.A New Yorker by birth and a quasi-Nomad by nature. When she is not working, Tulley has an adventurous streak. She has been known to spend countless hours playing in the field of natural history, and extreme wildlife photography.

Premiums for Medicare Part B, which covers outpatient care, will decrease for the first time in a decade.

Dror Pockard is Chief Strategy Officer at Earnix. He has over 30 years of experience building and leading start-ups, and in senior executive roles in large global companies. His expertise lies in strategy, business development, and M&A.

Prior to joining Earnix, Dror was CEO of Colibri Spindles Ltd., a company focused on connecting Industry 4.0 manufacturing devices with the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market. Prior to that, he was CEO of eGlue Business Technologies, a start-up in the real-time interaction/next-best-offer space. And prior to that, he was CEO of Telrad Ltd. a telecom products and services company.

Earlier in his career, Dror held several leadership roles at Amdocs Inc., including: head of their Consulting and Systems Integration Organization, and president of the CRM division. Dror also established the Israeli office of Ernst Young Management Consulting and managed it for 3 years.

Dror holds an MBA in Information Systems and a BA in Management and Economics from Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is a mentor in the Israeli Microsoft Accelerator, and is a board member of the Branco Weiss Institute and Yuvalim, two charities in the education space.

Ifty Kerzner is President and Co-Founder of Kissterra, the world's first insurance marketing operating system. A skilled tech entrepreneur in the financial service and data management sectors, Ifty's passion for business, innovation, and people led him to found several companies. Prior to his career in tech and business, Ifty was part of the Israeli entertainment industry, as both a popular singer/songwriter and host of a TV show. He holds an LLB with distinction, an M.A. in Political Science, and is also a graduate of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs' Leadership Program.

The firm will use the credit line to grow its business and invest in partner firms.

Federal regulators found violations at all levels of the Wall Street banks and financial services firms.

The San Francisco bank announced the hiring of a nine-member team led by Merrill Lynch veterans Harold Reinstein and Michael Nelson. First Republic reported 26.4% growth in wealth management revenue during the second quarter.

Separate announcements by Concurrent Advisors and Private Advisor Group display why flexibility for financial advisors is valuable to growing RIAs.

As stocks slide, public pensions are feeling the pain, leaving city governments to pick up the slack.

David Howard is executive director of the National Rental Home Council.