Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Inside look: A Merrill Lynch investigation into broker cold-calling In the months prior, Elliott, then the resident director of Merrill’s Peoria, Arizona, office, had been texting tips to a trainee on how to land her first client, and messaging a colleague about a gala. A more pressing matter was…
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Wealth managers await legal fallout in wake of $1.8B fraud case
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Wealth managers await legal fallout in wake of $1.8B fraud case By Tobias SalingerFebruary 09, 2021, 5:47 p.m. EST5 Min Read With a billion-dollar fund manager facing a barrage of regulatory cases, the wealth managers that sold its pricey alternative products could be left holding the bag. Hundreds of clients…
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Annuities Just May Be the Broccoli of Retirement Planning
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Annuities Just May Be the Broccoli of Retirement Planning Deferred income annuities are good for your long-term retirement health, but most people still don’t seem to crave them. But if you want to quit worrying about running out of money in retirement, you may want to dish one up….
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Transamerica sold variable annuity exchanges with inaccuracies: FINRA
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Transamerica sold variable annuity exchanges with inaccuracies: FINRA By Tobias Salinger December 23, 2020, 6:01 p.m. EST3 Min Read Near the start of the new year, Transamerica Financial Advisors may be finished paying for alleged regulatory woes from the first half of the recently completed decade. The wealth…
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares The ABCs of Yields & Your Guide to Roth Conversions
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares The ABCs of Yields & Your Guide to Roth Conversions Anil Vazirani is president of Secured Financial Solutions, independent insurance advisor investment advisor rep with a fiduciary obligation and in the financial services industry since 1994. A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau for over a decade and a…
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Year-end tax planning: New strategies under SECURE, CARES Acts
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Year-end tax planning: New strategies under SECURE, CARES Acts By Donald Jay KornDecember 09, 2020, 11:41 a.m. EST4 Min Read As 2020 has been a unique year, advisors would do well to take some new directions when they meet clients in December to talk about taxes. Specifically, two major tax…
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares SEC charges ex-Wells Fargo execs with misleading investors
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares SEC charges ex-Wells Fargo execs with misleading investors The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused two former top Wells Fargo executives of misleading investors about a sales metric that was exposed as unreliable after bank employees were found to have opened fake accounts for customers in order to…
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Voices: Target-date funds are too risky for savers
Anil Vazirani Scottsdale Investment Advisor shares Voices: Target-date funds are too risky for savers One of the great financial innovations in recent decades is target date funds. These investment vehicles, which have $2.3 trillion in assets, are intended to be a sort of “set it and forget it” program for investors saving for retirement, automatically…