The fight over the pending consolidation of the regulatory units of the New York Stock Exchange and NASD is proceeding apace on two fronts: in court and at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Universal life insurance captured a 40% share of the overall life insurance market for the first time last year and is expected to continue its strong showing, industry experts say.
Congress is beginning to refocus its retirement savings policy-making efforts on finding ways to help Americans of modest means save for retirement, as well as trying to help people get better returns from their retirement savings plans.
Increasingly popular target date funds may be missing the mark because they are too narrowly constructed and make incorrect assumptions about participant behavior, according to industry insiders and new research.
The mutual fund industry’s powerful trade group is stepping up its support of financial advisers.
The financial advice business has perhaps never been so rife with opportunities for educated newcomers — a scenario that bodes particularly well for this spring’s crop of college graduates.
The booming wealth management business has spawned a thriving cottage industry: financial-literacy courses for wealthy families and their children.
A high-profile financial adviser who hosts a weekly financial-advice radio show has lost a $314,000 arbitration claim that focused on his failure to deliver promised investment management.
BOSTON — Sen. Barack Obama took in at least $49,185 from employees of the 20-largest U.S. mutual fund groups and related companies in the first quarter, more than any other 2008 presidential candidate.
CHICAGO — Even though tax season just wrapped up, financial advisers and tax specialists say that it isn’t too early to help clients try to avoid the alternative minimum tax for 2007 returns.
