The fund will issue both puts and calls against the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index, taking advantage of volatility in the market. The fund will try to mitigate risk by selling options over a staggered timeframe. This options strategy will be used as an overlay to a portfolio of short-term, high-grade debt with a weighted average maturity of one year or less.
The newly formed Cetera Planning Partners is part of the firm's plan to broaden its channel for advisors working as direct employees.
A federal judge finds that the embattled brokerage Alpine Securities' argument that FINRA should answer to the federal executive branch amounts to " wishful thinking" that "collapses under the weight of spiraling aspiration."
The firms' collaboration shines a light on how the wealth management business works today and how it is evolving, as advisors weigh independence against the risks of "poking the bear" when they leave.
Matthew Pallai said he has no doubt wealth managers explained the risks of private credit when recommending it to clients, but the recent rush to withdraw money from credit funds suggests "they probably should have said it more often and said it louder."
Court decisions vacated the Biden administration's DOL rule — but that didn't make rollover rules easy, experts say. Firms that get compliance right will have an edge in tapping a trillion-dollar-plus market.
New research from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute shows pessimism about retirement preparedness is on the rise — that could open doors for advisors.
