24-00122.pdf

A 2010 photo of an armed Somali pirate keeping vigil on the coastline at Hobyo, northeastern Somalia, while the Greek cargo ship, MV Filitsa is anchored just off the shores of Hobyo where it was held by pirates after beimng captured some 513 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles as it was sailing from Kuwait…

The yield on 30-year US Treasuries hit the highest in almost two decades, reflecting investor angst over surging government spending, a flood of long-dated bond sales, and inflation that’s been stuck over the Federal Reserve’s target for the past five years. The rate on the so-called long bond rose five basis points to…

Raymond James recently added a trio of advisors in Newport Beach, Calif., to the firm’s employee advisor channel. The team, operating as Capital Reserve Group of Raymond James, joins from Comerica, a regional commercial bank, where they managed $5.4 billion in client assets. Advisors Cory Matsumoto, Rey Carandang and Genae Affrunti join Raymond James &…

When a plan participant calls a support line and states his or her name for authentication, they might not think there is any danger. However, according to voice security provider Mutare Inc.’s 2026 Voice Threat Survey, voice communication tools are often a preferred pathway from scammers to bypass traditional cybersecurity controls. Criminals regularly use impersonation,…

Do you have a home improvement project on your to-do list? You might have a deck to build or a leaky toilet to fix. If so, you’re in good company. Searches for “home renovation” and “home improvement” reached their highest levels so far this year in June, according to Google Trends data. Renovations and repairs…

Managed account providers argue that a key differentiator separating managed accounts from other defined contribution investment solutions is personalization, according to a recently published report by the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association’s Retirement Research Center, “Managed Accounts Today and Tomorrow: Industry Provider Perspectives.” The study was based on interviews with 12 recordkeepers and managed account…