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American Funds Is Cutting Fees. Several Bond Funds Look More Attractive.
American Funds is cutting the fees on 18 of its funds, its parent company Capital Group announced Monday, May 2. The change applies to funds with current assets of less than $15 billion, resulting in ...
Ex-UBS Advisor Pleads Guilty to Fraud That Funded Multiple Romances
An ex- UBS advisor pleaded guilty in a federal court in Miami to defrauding clients of more than $5 million, the Justice Department said. German Nino, who was charged earlier this year, entered a plea...
Warren Tells IRS to Focus Audits on the Rich, Not Low-Income Taxpayers
Lawmakers are calling on the IRS to stop disproportionately auditing low-income taxpayers, who they say are far more likely than other taxpayers to face IRS scrutiny, with audit rates for poorer filer...
Wells Fargo to Pay to Settle Lawsuit Over Its 401(k) Plan
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle a two-year-old case involving alleged self-dealing with the company’s 401(k) plan. Wells Fargo, which had previously sought to dismiss the lawsuit...
Want to Unload That Investment Property? What Advisors Recommend.
With valuations high and many boomers gearing up for or entering retirement, many investment property holders could be rethinking their strategy around real estate ownership. It’s a big issue for many...
Senators Plan Bipartisan Retirement Package as House Poised to Pass Secure 2.0
Retirement experts urged lawmakers Tuesday to take action to expand the availability of workplace savings plans and to level some of the barriers that have kept workers from putting more money away fo...
‘Not the Best Look From Vanguard’: Community Conversations
Readers can’t get enough of a story about a lawsuit filed against the indexing giant. In fact, the story generated record traffic for Barron’s Advisor (in less than 48 hours). Other stories that are s...
Investors Sue Vanguard After Target Date Funds’ Big Tax Bill
Three investors are suing Vanguard Group for alleged negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, saying that changes the company made to target date retirement funds resulted in “massive tax bills” for i...
What the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Means for Clients Considering Crypto
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, cryptocurrencies posted strong gains. Bitcoin rallied from $38,300 to $44,400, and Ether jumped to $3,000, up from $2,400. President Biden’s recent execu...
Morgan Stanley Hires 2 Advisors From J.P. Morgan
Morgan Stanley hired two advisors from J.P. Morgan Securities, the brokerage arm of JPMorgan Chase. Advisors Mark Horowitz and Joel Bodner previously managed approximately $750 million in client asset...
Why Moving to a State with Low Income Taxes Could Cost You
That’s what financial professionals are telling clients who are fed up with high income tax rates in their home state and weighing an out-of-state move. They’re counseling clients to take an in-depth ...
Proposed LIFE Act Would Boost Annuities’ Role in Retirement Plans
The passage of the Secure Act in 2019 has led to some dramatic shifts in retirement plans. Of particular note, the law allowed for annuities providing guaranteed lifetime income to be incorporated int...
Week’s Best: Wealthy Investors Are Hanging On to Their Cash
Advisors take note: despite a January increase in consumer prices not seen in four decades, investors are stubbornly clinging to cash positions or cash equivalents like CDs, according to a new survey ...
UBS Says Wealthy Investors Are Hanging On to Cash
Even with inflation rising, many investors are stockpiling cash. UBS polled 900 U.S. investors and 500 business owners during January. Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg That’s an important takeaway from UBS Gl...
Morgan Stanley Wants to Educate Investors on Ethereum
It’s not often that one of the major wirehouses tells clients to pay attention to cryptocurrencies, so when Morgan Stanley Wealth Management introduces a 20-page primer on the cryptocurrency Ether, it...
Inflation Is Surging. Here Are Some Portfolio Changes to Consider.
Market sentiment changes awfully fast these days. Rising concerns about the impact of interest-rate hikes pushed the S&P 500 down more than 5% in January (with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Inde...
Wells Fargo Won an Investor Dispute. Judge Says It Gamed the System.
In 2017, Brian Leggett, a Wells Fargo customer, filed an arbitration claim against the bank and one of its financial advisors, accusing them of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty in how they hand...
Why Advisors Say You Shouldn’t Pay Off Debt Now
Got debt? Don’t be so quick to dump it. That’s what financial advisors are telling clients with low-rate, fixed debt these days. “There’s never been a worse time to pay more than is required on fixed,...