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June 29, 2023

Don’t overlook the LGBTQ+ population

The LGBTQ+ community has been the subject of recent legislation and executive orders that shed light on this population segment’s financial planning and insurance challenges.

84% of millennials say they need financial advice

June 28, 2023

Younger generations struggle with accessing financial advice, often unsure how to get advice or feeling as if they don’t have enough saved to receive it.

California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme

June 28, 2023

—A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure. Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison in a years-long scam that bilked investors out of $8.75 million, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office.

Kentuckians rank near the top of victims of investment fraud

June 28, 2023

A new study finds Investment fraud has become the No. 1 costliest type of fraud in the U.S. with a record $3.82 billion stolen in 2022, up from $1.6 billion the previous year, with Kentucky having one of the largest average victim losses. According to the findings released Monday, Kentucky ranks No. 6 with the average victim losing $151,253 per incident last year.

Biggest threats to a comfortable retirement?

June 27, 2023

If you save and invest for decades, you'd like to know you can retire without financial worries. Nonetheless, you still have to be aware of some threats to a comfortable retirement- and how to respond to them. Your withdrawal rate should be based on several factors, including your age at retirement, the size of your portfolio and the amount of income you receive from…

June 26, 2023
Image of a well-dressed person next to a large number "9" made out of gold coins. 9 reasons wealthy clients should reconsider self-funding long-term care.

9 reasons wealthy clients should consider LTCi

Although some high-net-worth individuals might want to self-fund their long-term-care needs instead of buying a long-term care insurance policy, self-funding is not always their best option.

Jill On Money: The bear market is dead, long live the bull!

June 26, 2023

The Great Financial Crisis bear lasted 517 days (from Oct. 9, 2007, to March 9, 2009, and caused a 56.8% drop in the S&P 500 index. To help thaw the frozen economy, Congress enacted a series of spending measures, and concurrently, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero and purchased government and mortgage-backed bonds. The combination of these trillions…

Fort Worth oil, gas owner sentenced to 17 years in prison in $30 million fraud case

June 26, 2023

A Fort Worth owner of oil and gas companies was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for running a multi-million dollar fraudulent scheme, announced Leigha Simonton, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Billy Marcum, Jr., 67, pleaded guilty in December 2022 to wire fraud. District Judge Mark Pittman, who also ordered Marcum to pay more than $16…

New Florida law requires high schoolers to take financial literacy class

June 23, 2023

TAMPA, Fla.— Starting this fall, all ninth graders in Florida will need to take a financial literacy course before they can graduate high school. It may be summer, but Savannah and Alana Powell are learning how to manage their finances– a lesson that has the potential to last a lifetime. Their father, Cedric Powell is a financial advisor who is supporting the measure.

Bill addressing use of ESG in investments goes to governor

June 23, 2023

RALEIGH— A bill addressing environmental and social governance has passed both houses of the General Assembly and was sent to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on June 14. Destin Hall, Jason Saine, Celeste Cairns, and Neal Jackson.

William Lako:The Secure 2.0 Act: Empowering student loan borrowers and retirement savings

June 22, 2023

Barring additional suspensions from Congress, student loan payments will resume this fall after a three-year forbearance that began as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Fidelity Investments studied nearly 60,000 student debt holders and found that roughly one in five borrowers report allocating nothing to their 401.

NY ‘Lottery Lawyer’ gets 13 years for scheme targeting jackpot winners

June 21, 2023

Long Island resident Jason Kurland, age 49, of Dix Hills, was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison in US District Court in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 15. According to prosecutors, Kurland was a partner at a Long Island law firm between 2018 and 2020, and built a reputation for representing lottery jackpot winners across the United States. In 2018, Kurland took on…

U.S. Attorney: Four indicted for $17 million bank fraud scheme

June 21, 2023

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena J. King, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023:. A criminal indictment has been unsealed in federal court in Asheville, charging four individuals with allegedly executing a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North…

June 20, 2023

Financial professionals still favor tried and true investments

Financial professionals are interested in recommending alternative investment vehicles for their clients but are concerned about the lack of liquidity and overall cost associated with those investment vehicles.

June 19, 2023
Department of Labor logo against an American flag. ESG rule needed to counter 'chilling effect,' DOL says.

ESG rule needed to counter ‘chilling effect,’ DOL says

The Department of Labor’s ESG rule is needed to correct the “chilling effect” a previous Trump administration rule placed on those environmental, social and corporate governance investment options, U.S. attorneys argue.

Opinion: Social Security and Medicare need reform

June 19, 2023

The left and the right both agree Social Security and Medicare need reform. Reader K writes, "Those who work the hardest in our country are the same people funding the Social Security Trust Fund and are still paying into the Medicare fund even when they are enrolled in Medicare and receiving Social Security. "Many of those higher-income people found out just how…

Under court deal, Binance can continue U.S. operations as it battles SEC fraud charges

June 19, 2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance have reached an agreement in court that lets the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange continue to operate in the United States as it battles SEC fraud charges. The SEC alleges Binance broke U.S. law by operating as an unregistered securities exchange. As a result, the SEC asked that the assets of…

June 16, 2023

The benefits of engaging through philanthropy

The direction of my life has been forever changed by the relationships I’ve made through work with charitable initiatives.

Editorial: The levers of Powell: The Federal Reserve pauses interest rate hikes, a caution that should continue

June 16, 2023

After 10 consecutive interest rate hikes meant to squeeze down inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday held steady at a benchmark rate of between 5 and 5.25%, indicating that the aggressive intervention has yielded results and the central bank is easing off. Let's hope this pattern holds, because the consequences of too much harsh medicine could be more…

‘Lottery Lawyer’ Jason Kurland gets 13 years for defrauding his jackpot-winning clients

June 16, 2023

The Long Island“ Lottery Lawyer” who fleeced his multi-million-dollar jackpot winners drew an unlucky 13 years in prison Thursday, when a Brooklyn judge ordered him locked up in his fraud case. Jason Kurland, 49, was convicted at trial last year of steering winners’ money into his own merchant cash advance business— and of losing millions of their funds in a Ponzi…

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