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Friday, November 20, 2009
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E-Trade Financial Corp. shares surged late Wednesday after media reports fed speculation that rival online broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. could make a bid for the company.
Portfolio Manager Perspectives
Gannett Welsh's Fox: Don't oversimplify the fixed-income portion of a client's portfolio
Fixed-income investors focused on the direction of interest rates run the risk of making big mistakes, warns portfolio manager John Fox, co-head of fixed income at Gannett Welsh & Kotler LLC.
Focus Financial Partners LLC, which calls itself “the leading partnership of independent wealth management firms,” confirmed Monday that it is buying a stake in Joel Isaacson & Co. Inc.
Although the Federal Reserve Board remains confident that inflation will remain low, those drafting the health reform legislation in the House of Representatives appear to be betting that it will accelerate in the next few years.
In a move to attract and retain registered investment advisers and independent-broker-dealer clients, Fidelity Investments has introduced a program that it says offers financial advisers access to market analysis and industry insights.
Fidelity Investments, in a move to attract and retain registered investment advisers and independent-broker-dealer clients, has introduced a program it says offers advisers access to market analysis and industry insights.
Google searches for “Roth 2010 conversion” have increased dramatically in recent months, indicating that investors are desperate for information on the upcoming rule change.
John Hancock Funds LLC is looking to double the size of its sales team targeting registered investment advisers to 12, according to Keith Hartstein, the company’s president and CEO.
Focus Financial Partners LLC, which calls itself the largest partnership of wealth management firms in the world, is securing a new capital infusion to help it service outstanding bank debt and continue its business of acquiring stakes in large registered-investment-advisory firms.
Wealthy investors know that tax increases are in their future.
CashEdge Inc. is now making its AllData Advisor account aggregation service available to financial advisers via a self-service online subscription.
Stifel Financial Corp., which has been expanding its Stifel Nicolaus & Co. retail- brokerage business aggressively, is about to make a push into serving registered investment advisers.
Kenneth Feinberg, President Obama's “pay czar,” last week capped and restructured the salaries of top executives at seven embattled corporations that have not yet repaid the help they received from the federal government last year.
The investment advisory division of Raymond James Financial Services Inc. has raised the minimum level of assets under management for new clients to $50 million, from $30 million.
Raymond James Financial Services revealed a new strategy for targeting “elite” registered investment advisers.
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