Mersberger Financial Group will form the base of Merit’s new retirement plan business.
Goldman has been straining to prepare a feature that would let users set up direct deposits and pay their bills online, but it's constrained by the accelerating losses on its online platform, Marcus.
BlackRock, UBS and Schroders are among the financial firms called out by the state comptroller for their 'boycott' of fossil-fuel companies.
But advisers have concerns that the loan forgiveness may contribute to inflation and that it transfers the repayment burden to taxpayers.
An updated filing with the SEC appears to squash reports that Dynasty is shelving its plans to go public.
'This is where investors want to be putting cash to work,' said Andy Sieg, president of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
The Biden administration's plan to cancel billions in student debt could drive inflation even higher.
The plan would set a $125,000 income cap for individuals and $250,000 for households, and would provide up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness for those who also received Pell Grants.
Benchmark Private Wealth Management, with offices in Dallas, Waco, Plano, Austin and Houston, will retain its ties to Benchmark Bank.
A desire to act in the best interests of the firm's clients leads to launch of Moran Wealth Management in Naples, Florida, with 36 employees.
An academic study finds retail stock trades are getting done at significantly different prices, depending on the brokerage.
Nicholas Troiano and Mathew Mattice join the firm's employee unit in Colorado.
As M&A boosts the size of registered investment advisers, here's a list of the biggest fee-only firms, based on the data they report on their form ADV to the SEC.
Total U.S. annuity sales rose 16% to $79.4 billion in the second quarter, nearly the exact opposite of the S&P 500's return.
The fintech has purchased UBS Fund Advisor, the wirehouse’s legacy proprietary U.S. alternative investment manager and feeder fund platform that represents $7 billion in client assets.
A new survey shows 47% of plan sponsors are considering changing advisers and 48% are thinking about switching record keepers.
Here are some of the things about working as an independent adviser that may surprise those who've made the jump from a wirehouse.
A client event features the life and art of Suzie Zuzek, the woman who designed the fabrics used in Lilly Pulitzer's clothing line.
The brokerage firm's in-house energy fund, Energy 11 L.P., reports $45 million in 'unpaid distributions' to investors.
The insurer will pay almost $21.6 million to consumers and their beneficiaries, along with $2.2 million to the New York State Medicaid program and a $2.5 million penalty to New York state.
