PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - SECURE 2.0: Leveraging Opportunities Employees Want Most
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Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 4 - Financial Talk
Rising Chapter 11 Bankruptcies in Healthcare
Physician Employment Agreements: Focus on Financial Planning
All in the Family – Introducing Family Owned Life Insurance™ (aka FOLI™)
Family Affair - Introducing Family Office Life Annuity (FOLA)
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME! PART II - Embracing the Magic of Private Placement Life Insurance and Private Placement Variable Annuities
RETURN TO FOREVER - What Game Shall We Play Today?
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD! Planning for Post-Retirement Medical Expenses with 401(h) Plans
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD! Planning for Post-Retirement Medical Expenses With 401(h) Plans
HIPPER THAN HIP
NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Part IV Using Post-Retirement Medical Plans to Raise AUM and Sell Life Insurance
NOWOTNY ON DEATH AND TAXES EPISODE 35 USING POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL PLANS TO RAISE AUM
NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Part 3 Using Malta Pension Plans to Raise AUM and Sell More Life Insurance
NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Part 2 Using PPLI and PPVA Annuities to Raise Assets Under Management and Sell More Life Insurance
The importance of clear drafting cannot be overstated. Ambiguity of language can lead to disputes, costly litigation and unintended outcomes. The recent Court of Appeal judgment in Cantor Fitzgerald & Co v Yes Bank Ltd [2024]...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed a sweeping expansion of the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) affirmative anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of...more
The Discussion Paper on the Advice Guidance Boundary Review examines how authorised firms can provide more support to customers. The FCA has published a Discussion Paper (DP23/5) with the government on the Advice...more
Join Michael J. Charlillo as he discusses FINRA's latest expungement process enhancements. He will explore process changes implemented when requesting and obtaining expungement of customer dispute information. Michael will...more
This presentation will take a detailed look at the attorney-client privilege between a trustee and its attorney, the scope of the privilege, the fiduciary exception that would allow beneficiaries to review communications and...more
Mindful of the impending retirement of many millions of investors in the “baby boomer” generation, which hold a substantial amount of the world’s wealth, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) continues to...more
David F. Johnson will address the complex issues surrounding a trustee’s duty to disclose and will compare Texas law and the Uniform Trust Code on this topic. He will address disclosure requirements under trust documents and...more
Relying on the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and noting that the FAA “enumerates limited grounds on which a federal court may vacate, modify, or correct an arbitral award,” the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona...more
Unless you rely solely on streaming services, at some point in recent years, you have likely seen Tom Selleck pitching reverse mortgages as a retirement strategy. Is that a product for you? Or your parents? This article won’t...more
A plan sponsor was spared from a 403(b) lawsuit, but the advisor is still on the hook. Two plaintiffs filed a complaint in Texas federal court against their employer, Legacy Counseling Center, Inc. the plan’s manager,...more
As the year draws to an end, it is clear that 2022 will be the year when short-selling activism and short-seller reports gained real traction in Sweden. From being virtually unheard of in the Swedish context, the use of...more
The U.K. Government has published the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, known as the Brexit Freedoms Bill, which aims to repeal or assimilate retained EU law and abolish the principle of the supremacy of EU law in...more
On August 10, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final Interpretive Rule stating that the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) applies to companies engaged in targeted advertising of financial...more
Striking a balance between investor protection and market development - The U.K. is assessing its financial promotion framework, and changes are being made or proposed to amend the laws and rules. Financial promotions are...more
The CFPB reached a settlement with payment processor BrightSpeed Solutions Inc. and its founder (collectively, “BrightSpeed”) to resolve allegations that it knowingly assisted companies in defrauding consumers by knowingly...more
Institutional investors and regulators across the globe are increasingly focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in terms of investment portfolio composition, corporate best practices and corporate...more
In this episode, the first in our three-part EU ESG Considerations for Beginners miniseries, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Ezra Zahabi looks at the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and what it means...more
On May 18, 2021, South Carolina became the latest state to enact legislation to protect elder and vulnerable adults from financial exploitation. The new law allows broker-dealers and state-registered investment advisers to...more
This is the third installment in the series Nowotny Knows Squat. This series focuses on value added planning ideas that financial advisors and life insurance agents should introduce to their clients. In case, you haven't...more
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. and Great-West Capital Management, LLC (together, “Great-West”) have won a judgment that they did not violate their fiduciary duty by receiving excessive investment advisory and...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
All U.S. persons or businesses that meet the definition of a "financial services provider" and conducted financial services transactions with foreign persons during the 2019 fiscal year must file the survey known as the...more
This presentation will address beneficiaries requesting loans from trustees. There are multiple issues that arise regarding the trustee’s authority to do so under the trust’s language and statutory and common law, and the...more
On March 5 at 2 p.m. (ET), Ulmer attorney Christopher D. Seps will host a live webinar to discuss the FINRA expungement process from beginning to end, including: - Procedural steps governing the FINRA expungement process ...more
In Atwealth (Pty) Ltd & Others v Kernick & Others (116/2018) [2019] ZASCA 27 (28 March 2019) the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was called upon to decide, among other issues, what conduct constitutes financial advice and what...more