In further expanding its national footprint, AssetMark Financial Holdings on Friday announced its intention to acquire Efficient Advisors, LLC, an asset management platform with $3 billion in client ...
A trio of former Morgan Stanley employees have filed suit against the Labor Department for an advisory opinion they say, “creates immediate and concrete harm to financial advisors who are arbitrating ...
The opening session of the 2025 ASPPA Annual in San Diego included a wide-ranging discussion on the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), the government shutdown, new agency leadership, private-market assets ...
It’s been hard to keep up with the pace of filings, motions and adjudications on the who now knows how many of these forfeiture fiduciary breach suits — and this one was dropped almost as soon as it ...
Plaintiffs who have lost at both the district and appellate court level are asking the nation’s highest court to weigh in on a suit involving alternative investments — more specifically the ...
But there’s more to these types of decisions than “the math” — and I think some people get so caught up in a slide rule [v] exercise they forget that there are real, rational, personal reasons for the ...
There are many facets, nuances and hard realities to cybersecurity. A professional uniquely positioned to discuss it in the context of retirement plans offers her insights into protecting sensitive ...
Participants want flexibility and control over their savings in retirement, but many lack the skills needed to turn savings into income and would like more help from plan sponsors.
There appears to be somewhat of a disconnect between what investors want for retirement compared to what advisors recommend, suggesting that advisors may have more work to do to help their clients ...
Noting that it “appreciates the Court’s careful effort to craft an injunction that ensures compliance with ERISA’s twin duties of loyalty and prudence, while avoiding “overbreadth that could disturb ...
When defined contribution plan sponsors were asked to name the top three priorities over the next 12 months, expanding financial wellness, ensuring regulatory compliance, and reducing plan costs were ...
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins on Tuesday, raising concerns ...