Understanding the Black Investor
African Americans in general have fewer assets, less faith in Wall Street and less appetite for risk than whites, but their need for financial guidance is arguably that much greater.
The Bankers Who Control the World
Some goldbugs have accused the Bank of International Settlements of engineering the 2008 financial crisis to subvert the dollar. This account of a visit to BIS' Swiss headquarters, first published in Harper's in 1983, has been updated for RIJ by the author.
How To Market to Advisors
Here's a smarter way for retirement income product manufacturers to segment and sell into the advisor market, according to survey analysts Howard Schneider of GDC Research and Dennis Gallant of Practical Perspectives.
Plan Sponsor Group Joins Hueler SPIA Platform
The deal will allow the 1,200 members of the Profit-Sharing Council of America to give their six million plan participants access to a no-load, multi-issuer SPIA platform. (Photo of Kelli Hueler by David Lubarsky).
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A Scholar’s Perspective
"It’s not as if African Americans were a different species. They are over-represented among lower income populations, but that’s where their distinctiveness stops,” said Wilhelmina A. Leigh, Ph.D., of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
An Advisor’s Perspective
Antoine Orr, president of Plancorr Wealth Management LLC in Greenbelt, Maryland, tells his clients to pay down debt and invest only what they can afford to lose. "African American wealth is more abundant than people think," he says.
News
Pershing positions itself as source for retirement-oriented advisors
The global clearing-and-execution firm and BNY Mellon unit has set up a website, Retirement PowerPlay, to help advisors "grow their retirement businesses” and has published a call-to-arms entitled, "The Secret Knock."
One-third of HNW investors have itch to change advisors
Investors under age 45 are keeping more than 40% of their money in cash or cash equivalents, according to a new survey by Northstar Research Partners and Sullivan, a communications strategy and design firm.
Average annual cost of private nursing home room: $85,775
You can save more than $10,000 a year by sharing a room with someone else, according to the 2011 Cost of Care survey by John Hancock Financial.
New technology offers to help plan advisors meet fee disclosure rules
The AXIS Retirement Plan Analytic Platform is designed to service all retirement plan types through a single web-based interface and data repository, according to the manufacturer, Castle Rock Innovations.
New Symetra FIA tracks equities and/or commodities indices
The product offers point-to-point and monthly average interest crediting methods, and five account options: S&P 500 Point-to-Point, S&P 500 Monthly Average, S&P GSCI Point-to-Point, S&P GSCI Monthly Average and Fixed Account.
