Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will let its nearly 18,000 financial advisers market themselves and share ideas with clients through LinkedIn and Twitter, which will allow for a 'a significant competitive advantage' according to one top exec.
Reactions to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.'s new requirements for ethics continuing-education programs have been mixed
Naysayers aside, the CFP's TV ad campaign, part of a new national public-awareness effort, is just the message the retirement-nervous need to see right now.
Pershing executives are warning about a bevy of new regulations and legislation that may blindside some B-Ds and RIAs
Independents are doing most of the deals; difficulty expanding business organically
But some say latest economic data not as bad as it seems; market mispricing could be buying opportunity
Meredith Whitney's at it again. The controversial analyst is now predicting a 'waterfall' of muni downgrades which will trigger a massive sell-off by insurers. If she's right, investors may be able to pick up some bargains in the process.
DC plan makes decisions for plan participants, nags them when they're not saving enough; Nobel laureate Merton one of the designers
Some employees in top bracket could face 15% reduction in account balances; lower-paid likely down 10%
Neuberger Berman minds client relationships with newly hired trio of defined-contribution wholesalers; asset gathering to come.
Last week saw the sixth consecutive weekly loss for the stock market, with the S&P500 now down 6.8% from its late-April peak.
If “big,” “strong” and “mysterious” are the attributes you want for a financial brand, you can't pick a better name than BlackRock Inc.
If so, auto-enrollment plans make a lot of sense
The U.S. equities market will see double-digit gains this year while the gross domestic product will reach an all-time high, Robert C. Doll, senior managing director at BlackRock Inc., predicted last week
Custody firms are engaged in a delicate balancing act, trying to accommodate a growing number of alternative investments while at the same time implementing stricter eligibility criteria for accepting those assets
The largest U.S. broker-dealers may be asked to pay more than $1 million a year to fund annual inspections required by the Dodd-Frank Act, according to a proposal by the panel that oversees public-company audits.
Wall Street gurus see S&P 500 gaining 11 percent in 2011; 'new normal may not be quite so new'
Meeting tomorrow of PCAOB to take up inspection and funding program
Some claim they'll abandon the business if they're required to act as fiduciaries to retirement accounts, 401(k)s
New study reveals savers not saving enough -- and asset allocators not allocating assets enough
