Bank of America said it lost about $450 million from the bankruptcy of Parmalat after relying on "fraudulent misrepresentations" made by the Italian dairy company.
The SEC is looking at possible problems involving revenue sharing payments made by funds of funds.
In an attempt to save a semblance of his family’s broker-dealer, Scott Brooks, scion of the founder of Brookstreet Securities Corp., last Thursday jumped to Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. and then immediately invited Brookstreet’s 500 affiliated representatives to join him.
In an about-face, Schwab Institutional has reconciled with a former technology partner in an effort to upgrade its customer relationship management tool for financial advisers.
IRA investors have given at least $75 million to charitable organizations through June 4 as a result of a provision in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that allows distributions from the qualified plans to be rolled over to a charity tax free.
Bank sales of variable annuities that invest in mutual funds continue to grow but are outpaced consistently by those of mutual funds. That’s a function of periodic adverse publicity combined with compliance hassles, observers say.
More mutual fund companies soon will offer individual investors access to a strategy that is popular among institutional investors who are trying to outperform a benchmark.
The ever-increasing focus on social and environmental causes is attracting a segment of the hedge fund industry to a movement that is considered by some to be the ultimate test of socially conscious investing.
The college savings plan industry is closely tracking a class action filed in Illinois last month that could help open the legal floodgates for states that use tax incentives to induce residents to invest in their own Section 529 programs.
In a comfortable Colonial-era tavern in Rhode Island last Tuesday, David L. Ullom dished out generous portions of retirement advice — along with a free meal of chicken, mashed potatoes and summer squash.
