(The Hill) â America’s credit card balance has passed $1 trillion, or it’s about to, depending on whom you ask. The…
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Carrie Tolstedt, the former head of Wells Fargo & Co.’s Community Bank, agreed to pay a $3 million penalty stemming from charges brought in…

Advisors increased client engagement as markets got stormy, study says
As consumers grappled with financial challenges, most financial advisors surveyed said they increased their level of client engagement.

Mindy McCubbin: The four waves to a $100M practice
How did Mindy McCubbin grow her assets under management from $0 to $100 million in less than five years?

The keys to understanding the Delaware Fund Series
When it comes to investing, understanding the various investment vehicles available is crucial.
The dynamics of retirement planning have dramatically shifted as Americans navigate inflation, market volatility, financial crises, fears of bank failures and other challenges.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023:. At the federal courthouse in Central Islip, John Quadrino was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 41 months' imprisonment and over $3.3 million restitution for directing a Ponzi scheme utilizing Princess Cut Industries,…
âCredit Suisse owes former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to protect the billionaire's money held in a trust pilfered by a manager, a Singapore court ruled Friday, the latest scandal for the Swiss bank whose yearslong problems forced its takeover by a rival. Ivanishvili in 2004 put more than $1.1…

Study: insufficient retirement savings could add $1.3 trillion government burden
The chronic problem of Americans insufficiently saving for retirement could cost state and federal governments trillions of dollars.
People who are considering retiring at the end of this year need to be doing a number of steps now to see if it is possible to do so and achieve the best outcome. All retirement planning starts with one thing and that is income planning. One of the first decisions many people make is deciding when to start receiving Social Security benefits.

Debt ceiling âX-Dayâ is coming. What should an investor do?
What should investors be doing to cushion whatever economic blow might come their way from a a debt ceiling government default?
Nearly 70% of Generation Z and millennial consumers believe the current economic environment is hurting their ability to be financially independent adults and more than 1 in 4 donât feel optimistic about their current financial situation, according to new research by Experian.
A recent series of bank failures in the United States has highlighted problems with regulation and supervision by the U.S. financial authorities. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has released a report examining the March failure of Silicon Valley Bank, a regional bank in the state of California. The collapse of the U.S. banks was partly due to the Fed's interest…
A former financial advisor for the Joliet branch of Edward Jones was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $710,308 to his former employer after he pleaded guilty to stealing about $800,000 from several clients. U.S. Judge Robert Gettleman sentenced Ronald Molo, 63, of Shorewood, on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 to one count of wire fraud.
U.S. public sector pension plan managers believe the plans they support will spend more on scenario modeling and stress testing in the next two years to help manage the increased risk of market shocks according to new research from Ortec Finance.
WASHINGTON- The Federal Reserve will make only modest progress in its fight against inflation for the rest of this year, even while keeping its benchmark interest rate at a 16- year high, a group of business economists predicted in a survey released Monday. That is a quarter-point above the estimate from the NABE's February survey and is a sign that the…
Morgan Stanley has appointed Erin Vertin as Head of Fraud Preventative& Detective Controls. Insight Investment, $830 bn global investment manager, has appointed Ciaran Carr as the inaugural Head of Client Solutions Group North America. At Insight North America, Carr will lead the newly created Client Solutions Group NA and joins from Legal& General…
Talking about diversity, equity and inclusion and doing it are not the same, a keynote speaker said at todayâs National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors DEI Symposium in Washington.

SECURE 2.0 is passed but there’s still some work to do
SECURE 2.0 was signed into law on Dec. 29, 2022, but there is still some work to be done in interpreting more than 90 provisions of the bill.
A Nevada man has been charged for his alleged participation in CoinDeal, an investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of over $45 million. Bryan Lee, 57, of Las Vegas, will make his initial appearance in federal court today in Las Vegas. The companies operated under the banner of "ViRSE," and included Free Vi Lab, Studio Vi Inc., ViDelivery Inc.,…