All companies that offer 401(k) plans should be required to automatically enroll employees in the plans, the head of Putnam Investments told Investment Company Institute members today.
While supporting improved retirement plan fee disclosure, the head of the Investment Company Institute said yesterday that congressional criticism of 401(k) plan fees has been inflated by critics.
Although regulatory reform will result in more-stringent enforcement in the wake of the financial crisis, the authorities in charge of that enforcement are not likely to change much, according to a panel of experts speaking today at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. at its annual conference in Boston.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today called for a holistic approach to strengthening oversight of the banking system to prevent future financial crises.
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says new powers are needed to oversee companies that pose financial risks to the economy, an authority that could be shared by the FDIC and other regulators.
Investment executives and retirement plan officials will band together over the next several months to propose some radical enhancements to the nation's 401(k) system, said Robert Reynolds, president and CEO of Boston-based Putnam Investments.
President Obama’s <a href= http://ciedit.cr.atl.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090504/FREE/905049995&NoCache=1>proposal</a> to rein in tax deferrals for U.S. corporations doing business overseas will have a negative impact on the ability of financial services firms to compete worldwide, according to the Financial Services Roundtable.
Raymond James Financial has attracted a number of recruits in recent months and is on track to add advisers with more than $100 million in production this year.
Technology funds led equity funds in returns for the first four months of the year, according to Lipper.
As Congress prepares to tighten financial regulation to correct weaknesses revealed by the mortgage collapse, the debate over who should regulate those who give in-vestment advice, including financial planners,
A day before he and his hedge-fund consulting firm were stung by the Securities and Exchange Commission with $815,000 in fines and penalties, a major figure in the hedge fund world started his own effort to change hedge fund audits.
As Congress starts to take up health care reform, a group representing health insurance agents is voicing its dissent over President Obama's call for universal health insurance.
OppenheimerFunds Inc.'s hot streak in the Section 529 college savings plan business is coming to an end.
Running a successful family financial advisory business is much tougher than the smiling portraits posted on many firms' websites would lead a client or prospect to believe.
President Obama reached his much-ballyhooed 100-day milestone last week, but most financial advisers were in no mood to celebrate.
More than ever, state securities regulators face the threat of a diminished role in overseeing the financial services industry.
Leaders of Fidelity Investments' adviser and broker-dealer clearing businesses pointed fingers at themselves and at clients last week for retreating from customer contact during the most chaotic periods of their business careers and hinted at changes to come in several key services.
