401(k) millionaires stage comeback in Q2 with market gains

IRA and 401(k) millionaires are staging a comeback, with the number of seven-figure retirement accounts at Fidelity Investments inching back toward a 2021 high. The tally of such accounts rose by more than 12% in the second quarter to 727,104, according to an analysis released by Fidelity Thursday. That’s the highest since...

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Finra arbitrators order former advisor to pay $664,901 for unsuitable options strategy

Finra arbitrators ordered a former financial advisor to pay more than $600,000 for recommending risky options strategies for a group of Alabama investors. The investors filed an arbitration claim in July 2021 against Norman Edgar McNeill and McNeill Financial Advisory. The causes of action included unsuitability; negligent misrepresentation and suppression;...

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House Republicans take anti-ESG campaign to CalPERS

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has turned over thousands of pages of documents in recent months to Congress as the country’s largest pension fund faces Republican scrutiny for its investment practices intended to combat climate change. The $464 billion fund has been handing over the trove of information to...

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Banks ‘largely blind’ to nature loss risks to portfolios, report warns

Most financial firms aren’t assessing their portfolio exposure to nature-related risks with the same urgency they use to measure climate impacts, a shortcoming that could lead to higher costs, litigation and a hit to reputations, according to a new report. Only 20% of financial companies measure their exposure to nature-related risk,...

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Overwhelmed by ESG debate? Impact investing may be the answer

Don’t give up so quickly, all you browbeaten ESG investors. Consider impact investing instead. All the recent political furor surrounding environmental, social and governance investing has an increasing number of investors who were once looking to do well by doing good now saying good riddance to the whole idea of...

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It’s time to start looking at private real estate again

A promising opportunity lies on the horizon: the private real estate sector. Conversations with managers have revealed a developing potential within this space. Private real estate, as an asset class, is influenced by various market uncertainties that also impact other sectors. Factors like inflation, rising interest rates and financial challenges...

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