Wachovia Securities LLC is launching a pilot version of a retirement income management account, Robert Vorlop, director of investment products, told attendees of the Money Management Institute's annual meeting in Washington.
Morningstar Inc. a provider of independent investment research, today reported consolidated revenues of $95.4 million in the first quarter, a 36% increase from revenues of $70.1 million in the first quarter of 2006.
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors has launched a new benchmarking tool that will help advisers measure their practices against those of fellow NAPFA members.
New York-based Lehman Brothers has appointed Roger Nagioff as global head of fixed income, based in London, according to published reports.
Following the lead of investment banks, money managers are turning to India to hire research analysts at a cheaper price.
Allianz SE noted that first quarter profits grew a hefty 80%, but results were enhanced from the sale of shareholdings in Germany. Net income crested at 3.2 billion euros ($4.35 billion) from 1.78 billion euros in the same period a year ago, reported Bloomberg.
Wealthy investors are less likely to be loyal to a brokerage firm than they are to an adviser with whom they have developed a strong relationship, according to a national study of 4,000 affluent Americans released today by Cambridge, Mass.-based market research firm Cogent Research LLC.
Active managers that thrive on volatile markets soon may get their day in the sun. Recent data from Wilshire Associates Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., show just how long those managers have waited.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is reviewing security protocols after a video posted online showed someone displaying documents found in trash cans containing customers' personal information, according to CNN.Money.com.
For the second time in as many months, a Mideastern investor has acquired what it called a “substantial” stake in British bank HSBC Holdings PLC, according to published reports.
