Accounting Today is issuing a call for nominations for the 2020 edition of its annual Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list. The list profiles a wide range of figures who wield influence over the profession, from association leaders, to state and federal regulators, thought leaders, practitioners, academics, consultants and grassroots activists. To cast the […]
Archives for September 2020
Weekend Reading for Financial Planners (September 19-20)
Executive Summary Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that despite concerns from fiduciary advocates that the Department of Labor’s new “fiduciary” rule will undermine consumer protections by allowing “fiduciary commissions”, the annuity industry is mounting a challenge to the rule out of […]
SecOps Teams Wrestle with Manual Processes, HR Gaps
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Security Takeaways from the Great Work-from-Home Experiment
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Editor’s Column: The WFH Financial Planning conundrum
To work from home, or not to work from home? – that is the question. It’s certainly a question many Financial Planners are wrangling with at the moment. I’ve adapted a famous Shakespearian quote because it reminded me of a book I read recently about Elizabethan England around the time of Shakespeare’s life. One […]
College students argue distance learning should cost less as some schools are charging more
With the fall semester just underway, and cases of coronavirus rising at colleges across the country, one school after another is pivoting to distance learning. That doesn’t sit well with students who signed up for — and paid for — on-campus instruction. Although Virginia Commonwealth University adopted a hybrid approach with a combination of in-person and […]
Corporate governance in COVID-19: Cybersecurity and technology considerations
Cybersecurity oversight is a key fiduciary responsibility for a board of directors and was a significant concern for companies even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced so many organizations to suddenly shift to remote work. Data breaches and other cyber threats pose significant competitive, reputational, and litigation risks and require increasingly costly investments to prevent, detect, […]
Nuveen CEO says staff will not return to offices until 2021
Nuveen’s staff will not return to its offices until 2021, CEO Jose Minaya said. That decision was “heavily debated” and so far the company has found that its operations have fared well with staff working remotely, he said at the FT Future of Asset Management virtual conference Thursday. Chicago-based Nuveen is the investment arm of […]
LPL snags $1B enterprise, adding to record advisor headcount
In its third recruiting grab of at least $1 billion in client assets this year, LPL Financial poached a 13-advisor enterprise from Securian Financial. Not only has LPL attracted advisors with almost $39 billion in client assets in the last four quarters, it has also completed three of the 10 largest recruiting moves among IBDs […]
LPL snags $1B enterprise, adding to record advisor headcount
In its third recruiting grab of at least $1 billion in client assets this year, LPL Financial poached a 13-advisor enterprise from Securian Financial. Not only has LPL attracted advisors with almost $39 billion in client assets in the last four quarters, it has also completed three of the 10 largest recruiting moves among IBDs […]