The fourth panel on May 3 discussed aging and wealth from the standpoint of the “financial solutions provider” (the investment product provider). Representatives of Allianz, PIMCO, Empower Retirement and Eaton Vance suggested the following: A hot topic in … Continue reading
The third May 3 panel discussed wealth and aging from the vantage point of leading financial advisors. Four successful on-the-ground advisors offered the following perceptions of the advisory business, prodded by observations from Professor Joe Coughlin, director of the … Continue reading
The second panel on wealth and aging discussed financing retirement through the lens of the asset management firm, with participants from the highest executive levels of Putnam, MFS, BOA, Columbia Threadneedle and BlackRock. Major take-aways: Placing retirement costs … Continue reading
This is the first of four posts based on panels convened in Boston on May 3 by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay. In conjunction with a fund-raising event, BBBS presented four discussion forums on how society, and individuals, … Continue reading
Some facts: Per the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the Department of Commerce, the biggest risk in maintaining cyber security is that people suffer from “security fatigue.” We are tired of all those passwords and security questions and … Continue reading
This is not a political post. It is about perceptions and nomenclature and is not designed to be provocative (sorry for the disclaimer but this is necessary so that we can focus on ideas and not polemics). Nor is the … Continue reading
The formal title of this blog site is Law and Other Anomalies. An anomaly is something that is incongruous and inconsistent. Welcome to Delaware business law. Let us say your are a fund investing in a Delaware corporation; you have … Continue reading
This last cold, gray drizzling day of April here in Boston might as well be the day on which we discuss bankruptcy, itself a gray subject. I am sure all readers are fascinated by waivers in bankruptcy proceedings, so do read … Continue reading
The SEC yesterday proposed significant new regulations affecting the relationship between investment advisors and retail customers. In substance, proposed Regulation Best Interest would establish a duty for registered advisors and retail brokers to act in the best interest of the … Continue reading
It depends whom you ask. The cultural values of a company are transmitted downstream by the CEO, but the Board of Directors names and monitors the CEO and is responsible for the culture evidenced at the Board level. Since the … Continue reading