Fund companies and service providers are offering webinars, seminars and handouts to help advisers handle the onslaught of questions they're getting from 401(k) participants and employers in this volatile market.
Advisers for ultrawealthy investors are bullish on hedge funds, with many planning to increase their allocations to the alternative investments next year, according to a new study.
Advisers are struggling to deal with clients' exposure to foreign stocks.
Regional and independent brokers such as LPL Financial, D.A. Davidson & Co., Raymond James Financial Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp. are thriving while brawnier brokers struggle, but the firms' executives have deep concerns even as they rev up their recruiting.
National and state securities regulators disagree over the use of encryption in storing and communicating client information.
As mutual fund investors brace for a likely double whammy of negative performance, coupled with above-average income and capital gains distributions, financial advisers are homing in on all manner of tax management to try to cushion the blow and add some value in a dismal market environment.
The Securities Industry and Financial Market Association will file a lawsuit against South Dakota if voters there approve a ballot initiative tomorrow that the group claims would effectively ban all short selling.
Recent market volatility is forcing mutual fund managers to pay more attention to how much risk they are taking in their portfolios and to focus more on balance sheets.
Confidence among U.S. consumers declined sharply in October as Americans continued to grow more pessimistic about the prospects for the economy.
The world’s second-largest insurance broker, Aon Corp., saw its net income decrease 43% to $117 million, or $0.40 per share, in the third quarter, compared with $204 million, or $0.64 per share, in the year-earlier period.
