Record earnings fueled by the highest profit margins since 1993 are giving executives more leeway than ever to boost dividends as the bull market enters its third year
Asset manager set to launch customized programs for broker-dealers
Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration adviser assigned to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said that lawmakers looking to limit the agency's authority should focus instead on the Wall Street “behemoths” aiming to undermine its mission
For the first time in up to a decade, the average sale price of an advisory business fell last year, according to two separate studies.
McMillan also bemoans pace of reform, saying firms still not sure if they'll be deemed too big too fail
Retirement funds not even close to what employees say they'll likely need; confidence level lowest in 20 years
So who's the big winner in the QA3 rep sweepstakes? Right now, it looks like FSC Securities. The AIG unit is in line to snag 50 of the foundering B-D's reps.
For newly minted sole practitioner Andrew J. Feldman, the toughest part about striking out on his own has been coping with the cost of doing business
