More wirehouses and B-Ds realize they need to allow advisers to take on fiduciary services.
Investor appetite for hedge funds will be gauged as London-listed closed-end funds are expected to announce plans to raise a combined $612 million.
The ETF 50 Index increased 4.7% in September, marking its largest monthly gain this year.
More clients are interested in charitable donations while they are still alive to oversee how the money is being spent.
Hedge fund managers, traders and analysts are keeping a close eye on the weather — and not just to get an idea of what the weekend will be like.
The new brokerage, to be called Wachovia Securities LLC, will be based in St. Louis.