In a comment letter responding to a Labor Department request for information, ABA said it is not necessary for the agency to take any regulatory action related to climate-related financial risk or other risks associated with climate change.
The National Bankers Community Alliance, the nonprofit arm of the National Bankers Association, launched a financial wellness program to help minority communities close the racial wealth gap.
In a letter to the Department of Labor this week, ABA and several financial and retirement trade groups requested that the DOL withdraw regulatory guidance that intends to discourage plan investment options in cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
Often described as “charitable savings accounts” or “charitable checkbooks,” donor-advised funds are one of the fastest-growing charitable vehicles. Evan Sparks talks about how banks of all sizes are building DAFs into their wealth management strategies.
When it comes to their private banks, millennials are not happy.
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week issued a staff bulletin of frequently asked questions and answers related to standards of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers when they are making account recommendations to retail investors.
A recent study found that 75.1% of millennials are opting for will-based estate plans and 18.8% are using a trust-based estate plan.
Whether clients use them for charitable saving or spending, donor-advised funds are a growing part of banks’ wealth management product set.
The American Bankers Association today wrote to the Department of Labor in support of the agency’s revisions to its investment duties regulation that include consideration of environmental, social, and governance investment factors and a fiduciary’s proxy voting activity under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
How is the trust services sector positioning itself to serve the next generation of wealth clients?