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DoL’s Retirement Security Rule & PTE 2020-02 Amendment: What Advisers Need to Know Now About Giving Rollover Advice After Sept 23, 2024

Nerd's Eye View

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (DoL) issued the final version of its Retirement Security Rule (the "Final Rule"), which imposes an ERISA fiduciary standard "that applies uniformly to all investments that retirement investors may make with respect to their retirement accounts ".

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Wells Fargo’s Mack, Onetime CEO Contender, to Retire This Summer

Wealth Management

Mack led Wells Fargo Advisors from 2014 until mid-2016.

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The 2024 Kenneth Black Jr. Leadership Award Winner Is Mike McGlothlin

NAIFA Advisor Today

Mike McGlothlin , CFP, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, NSSA, Executive Vice President, Retirement, at Ash Brokerage , is the 2024 recipient of the Kenneth Black Jr. Previously, he served terms on the FSP National Board of Directors from 2011 through 2016. Leadership Award.

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From Unprofitable To $115M AUM: Reinventing A 2nd Generation Advisory Business By Finding The Right Niche

Nerd's Eye View

As owners of financial planning firms approach retirement, some may decide to sell to an external buyer, while others may plan for an internal succession. Jason then pivoted to offering financial planning services for those nearing or entering retirement, which required the firm to retrain its staff on the ins and outs of retirement planning.

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Nobody Knows Anything, John Wick edition

The Big Picture

 In 2016, I wrote about the novelist and screenwriter William Goldman, and his delightful book, “ Adventures in the Screen Trade.” Watch Danny Boyd of CinemaStix’s video (above) about the challenges of making a flick about a retired hitman. But it almost wasn’t made at all.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

When you get it wrong, it crushes your retirement plans. My own track record at making big calls is pretty damned good, but none of our clients wants me slinging around their retirement monies based on my gut instinct. But when they get market timing wrong, they lose subscribers. I sure as hell don’t want to either.

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#FA Success Ep 301: Guiding Clients To Design Their Rich Life With A Focus On Spending Dials Not Goals, With Ramit Sethi

Nerd's Eye View

What's unique about Ramit, though, is how he literally wrote the book (and subsequently launched an online educational platform and brand) on how consumers can not just learn more about their finances but change their financial behaviors, without focusing on a budget or setting retirement savings goals, and instead helping them focus their money more (..)

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