Department pushes back deadline for comments by 15 days
The Labor Department and representatives from service providers and pension advocacy groups sparred last week about whether presenting a retirement plan with a fund lineup constitutes investment advice
Are you familiar with the Wells Fargo Profit Formula program? It was designed and originally launched by Wheat First, the Richmond, VA based regional broker dealer bought out by First Union in 1997. Wachovia and First Union merged in 2001, and Wells saved Wachovia from collapse in 2009.
Once, big firms battled other big firms for the best advisory talent. Now, smaller firms are nipping at their heels as well.
Using bucket strategies to manage clients' retirement income has become more popular in recent years and the reason is pretty simple: Dividing a client's portfolio into separate pools, or buckets, each with varying investment objectives, works
It is time for the Securities and Exchange Commission to set an even more rigorous net-worth standard for “accredited” investors than the requirements set forth in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law
In a bid to expand its financial-adviser-sold defined-contribution business, BlackRock Inc. is tapping former executives of a retirement-focused broker-dealer that LPL Investment Holdings Inc. bought last year
Get in the market and stay in the market. Don't worry about the sentiment of the crowd or short-term crises that make others panic. If you invest in good companies, you'll do well in the long run.
Putnam Investments has reorganized the senior ranks of its retirement division and is in the process of getting rid of all non-functional titles among senior executives across the company
Flooded with last-minute calls from registered investment advisers who haven't filed their new plain-English ADV Part 2 forms, compliance consultants estimate that a third or more of them will miss the Securities and Exchange Commission's Thursday deadline
A judge shoots down a possible class-action settlement between Securities America and private placement investors, leaving the brokerage's future in doubt
As the crisis in Japan continues to unfold, some worried U.S. investors have turned to their financial advisers for reassurance that the market won't suffer a 2008-like decline
Investment advisers took to their phones or e-mail to answer client concerns about the possible effect of the crisis in Japan on their investments and on the U.S. recovery in general, according to an InvestmentNews website poll conducted this week.
Finra boss Richard Ketchum says a fiduciary standard is unlikely to happen for another 18 months; regulator will have to build new staff and create a separate board – if it's chosen as advisory biz SRO
A new rule aimed at making the financial advisory business more understandable to clients is giving advisers a headache.
A report by Russell Investments reveals that clients are way too focused on short-term events and global news. This does not make an adviser's job any easier.
Barclay's behavioral-finance expert says rich clients' irrational responses can be reined in
The largest brokerage has seen its assets swell, while reps' productivity has soared. Those reps that are not producing? MSSB still plans to do some pruning.
