Strategic Retirement Partners is joining GRP Financial, an LPL super-OSJ.
Acquisitions in the retirement plan market are heating up.
The case, the first to address the issue of ERISA pre-emption, is a positive sign for other states.
Allianz's new indexed annuity could be a forerunner for how insurers will seek to keep assets in-house as baby boomers are forced to withdraw retirement savings.
Tussey v. ABB, one of the few such cases to go to trial, resulted in one of the largest settlements ever paid by a plan sponsor.
Fees for plans with $10 million have increased 12% in five years, while those for plans with $100 million have declined 20%.
A surge in fixed and indexed annuity sales last year helped AIG boost its annuity sales by $4.1 billion.
Wirehouse will allow more advisers to manage retirement plan menus on a discretionary basis via a Bank of America chief investment office selection.
The technology has the potential to change and improve how advisers do business.
Empower's new product lets advisers select the underlying investments.
