Practice

Pentegra Retirement Services has hired Pete Swisher to serve as senior vice president for national sales.

iShares has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a frontier market exchange-traded fund.

John Hancock Financial Services has launched a television campaign, titled “You Are Not Alone,” that Hancock’s chief marketing officer, David Longfritz, says taps into the frustrations, as well as the resilience, of American investors now.

Here’s an interactive slide show that delves into five of the most common problems – and some solutions – facing clients who are already retired.

Former SunAmerica executive Frank Hayn will support existing retirement plan business and will help NPH representatives grow their practices in the retirement plan and 401(k) space.

The costs of fraud include direct monetary loss, fines from regulators and lost potential customers. Then social media amplify the hit to a firm's reputation, according to Progress Software's deputy CTO.

Cyber crime has become the second most common type of economic crime being experienced by financial services firms, after asset ‘misappropriation,’’ according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In order to make better financial decisions, investors need simple, easy-to-understand disclosures written in plain English and provided before they hire a planner, the CFP Board recommended to the SEC.

The independent broker-dealer network National Planning Holdings, Inc. has named Frank Hayn vice president of retirement plans.

A typical fee-based advisor undercharges clients by about $20,000 each year, according to a presentation on the PriceMetrix site.