NEW YORK — Consumers with low credit scores, many of whom already pay high interest rates on subprime loans, may be paying too much for something else: kits that claim to patch up their credit.
IRVINE, Calif. — Small brokerage firms are concerned about possible increases in net capital requirements that the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed.
NEW YORK — As some U.S. senators find fault with the arbitration system that resolves client disputes with broker-dealers, the brokerage industry’s largest trade group is defending the process.
Although A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle federal charges involving allegations of mutual fund market timing, it still faces a legal battle being waged by one of the brokers involved in the case.
LPL Financial Services is playing hardball. Officials at the firm reportedly made it clear to competitor National Planning Holdings Inc. that it needs to step away from recruiting registered representatives from Pacific Life Insurance Co. or it will face consequences.
Now that a lawsuit challenging the merger of the regulatory units of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange has been dismissed, attention has turned to the Securities and Exchange Commission, where NASD bylaw changes needed to seal the deal are pending approval.
DETROIT — The three-year assault on mutual fund style boxes as an evaluation and asset allocation tool has moved to the beta-testing level by a firm that seeks to turn the traditional grid system inside out.
The widely publicized dispute between diet guru Robert Atkins’ widow and the trustees of her trust is a cautionary tale for financial advisers and their clients about what can happen in estate cases, observers say.
Financial advisers across the country who use Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. as their broker-dealer are raising prices, mostly for new clients.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining disclosures for 401(k) plans and is looking at ways to provide 401(k) information using interactive software, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said last week.
