Our consumer-driven society has long since sped through the intersection where discretionary spending meets available income.
They may be gaining in popularity, but exchange traded funds are far from the perfect product.
As part of an effort to make their mark on the industry, many members of the Financial Planning Association's NexGen group of young advisers have targeted the underserved middle market — those with less than $500,000 in investment assets — as a niche that they want to develop in the future.
Judging by newly proposed regulations on investment advice, it looks as if the Department of Labor is trying hard to engineer a sharp turn from the course established by Congress.
While Generations X and Y consider earning money a top priority, many are not self-sufficient, while others fail to include retirement considerations in their financial plans, according to a new report.
The latest version of Money-GuidePro focuses on flexible features designed to automate an adviser's initial meetings with clients.
The proliferation of mutual funds that rely on computers to select stocks is coming to an end.
Even as it labors to gain visibility, Natixis Global Asset Management LP is forging ahead with plans to make acquisitions, particularly of firms that offer alternative investments.
As the comment period ends this Wednesday on an SEC proposed rule that would regulate certain index annuities as securities, independent distributors are gearing up in anticipation of the rule's enactment.
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