Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce suggested in a recent interview that she would like to see the SEC give advisors more leeway to provide customized solutions to clients (rather than feeling required … Read more
There’s not much new in Apple’s latest refresh of the iPad Air, so there’s not much to say about it, but it’s worth taking a brief look regardless. In almost every way, this is identical to the previous generation. There are only two differences to go over: the bump from the M2 chip to the … Read more
Gerade berät der Alt-Bundestag darüber, das Grundgesetz für ein milliardenschweres Finanzpaket zu ändern. Es geht vor allem darum, die Schuldenbremse für Verteidigungsausgaben zu lockern und ein Sondervermögen für Infrastruktur einzurichten. Was steht da eigentlich auf dem Spiel? Dazu haben wir Florian Meinel befragt, Professor für vergleichendes Staatsrecht und politische Wissenschaften an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. 1. … Read more
A proposed federal rule issued this week would, if finalized, bring wide-ranging changes for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplace, including a shorter open enrollment period in all states. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule on March 10. A final rule would modify numerous regulations affecting consumers’ access … Read more
Not sure if you noticed, but this week the U.S. Congress House Committee on Financial Services had a day investigating stablecoins, led by Chairman French Hill. The hearing was entitled ‘Navigating the Digital Payments Ecosystem: Examining a Federal Framework for Payment Stablecoins and Consequences of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency’ , and invited various … Read more
