As they examine the 401(k) retirement plan system, policy makers would be wise not to focus all their attention on fees, Martin L. Flanagan, chairman of the Investment Company Institute of Washington said today at the ICI’s general membership meeting.
As part of effort to spiff up its fee business, the ING Advisors broker-dealers have cut fees that their advisers pay for two key advisory offerings.
Fidelity Investments, in cooperation with Oracle Corp. and Emerging Information Systems Inc., has created two web-based customer relationship management and financial planning systems for registered investment advisers, the Boston-based firm announced today.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. will pay $7.9 million for its failure to provide best execution to certain retail orders for over-the-counter securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.
Legg Mason Inc. posted a 15% increase in net income as increased advisory fees drove assets under management to record levels.
NASD announced today that it has fined two Fidelity Investments broker-dealers $400,000 for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature promoting plans that were sold primarily to U.S. military personnel.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to stop making payments to more than 100 college alumni associations that allowed the company to market its consolidation loans directly to graduates, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Charles Schwab Investment Management has lowered its minimum initial investment in mutual funds to $100 as part of a sweeping effort to capture younger investors.
Citigroup Inc. today announced that it will spend $50 billion over the 10 years to address global climate change, the largest such move ever by Wall Street firm.
Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding one of its brokerage units that manipulated auctions involving municipal and corporate bonds.
Mutual fund companies are starting to slow the pace at which they hire legal and compliance officers, according to several industry experts. With the mutual fund scandals receding into the past, such a trend was inevitable, they said.
INVEST Financial Corp. of Tampa, Fla., this morning said it has acquired the contracts of nearly 400 bank-based registered representatives of PFIC Securities Corp. of Franklin, Tenn., a subsidiary of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. of Memphis.
New accusations against equity index annuity sellers may lead to regulatory grief comparable to what property-casualty firms suffered during the contingent- commission scandal a couple of years ago, industry observers say.
Amid protest from its advisers that they are being asked to assume too much liability, TD Ameritrade Institutional is going back to the drawing board with its new service agreement.
While advisers want their separately managed accounts made available on unified managed account systems, SMA managers fear that that will result in a loss of control over how their products are marketed.
Thomas James clearly is displeased with the growth at Raymond James Financial Services Inc.
Many top executives at large financial services companies saw a big jump in pay last year.
Many Employee Retirement Income Security Act fiduciaries, including plan sponsors, trustees and members of investment committees, are unaware of their significant responsibilities relating to the prudent selection and monitoring of plan asset investments, and the proper operation of their qualified plans.
