By Ben Bernanke
'It may be that the most rhetorically populist president since Andrew Jackson will, in practice, not be populist enough,' writes the former Fed chairman in this excerpt from an address this week to the European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal.
By Kerry Pechter
Only six percent of Medicaid recipients use nursing homes, but their bills account for 42% of Medicaid spending. Many of those who receive Medicaid for long-term care expenses are once-affluent people who outlived their money, according to Kaiser Health News.
By Kerry Pechter
If the fiduciary rule and its Best Interest Contract Exemption are here to stay, will they trigger a wave of lawsuits against advisory firms? No one seems to know for sure.
By Editorial Staff
The program extends Nationwide's internal employee assistance benefits, such as health advocacy, counseling and access to legal services, to owners of certain Nationwide variable annuity products.
By Editorial Staff
Retirement Income Journal will take a one-week recess to celebrate the July 4 national holiday and will not appear on July 6. We will return to our weekly publishing schedule on July 13. We hope you enjoy the holiday, and wish you safe travels.
By Editorial Staff
Morningstar evaluated HSAs from Alliant Credit Union, Bank of America, BenefitWallet, HealthEquity, HealthSavings Administrators, HSA Bank, Optum Bank, SelectAccount, The HSA Authority, and UMB Bank.
By Editorial Staff
Brief or late-breaking items from Accenture, Envestnet, T. Rowe Price, Voya Financial, Ernst & Young and Cerulli Associates.