MetLife Inc.'s decision to stop writing new long-term-care insurance should be viewed as a positive event, according to Moody's Investor Services.
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Invesco Ltd. is poised to give BlackRock Inc. a run for its money as the world's biggest asset manager, according to Don Putnam, managing partner of Grail Partners LLC.
Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said the firm intends to buy the remaining stake in a brokerage joint venture with Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney on target dates established in the original deal.
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Affording health care during retirement remains the No. 1 concern of working Americans, according to a new survey from Edward Jones.
Two former chief executives of mutual fund companies that built their businesses on the direct-sold model are in the position to make money as a result of the pending LPL Investment Holdings Inc. initial public offering.
The Investment Management Consultants Association is zeroing in on independent advisers as it attempts to attract new members to certain designations.
Deep job losses from the Great Recession, combined with dried-up job markets, have created a class of “accidental entrepreneurs” — people who start businesses because they have few other options.
Tougher regulation in the 401(k) marketplace is driving “dabblers” out of the plan advisory business, according to an industry executive.
Financial advisers who live by the maxim “the early bird catches the worm” might want to think twice before getting a head start on making the switch to state registration.
Instead of fighting with advisers over the estimated $1.5 trillion in 401(k) rollover assets, record keepers may want to work with them.
Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., a wealth management broker-dealer that owns Edelman Financial Services LLC, indicated in its quarterly report that regulators have decided to recommend disciplining the company.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the Wall Street firm that makes more money trading equities than any other bank, stopped providing clearing services for some of its smallest U.S. clients, three people told of the decision said.
Morgan Stanley, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, divested a stake in Invesco Ltd. for $664 million five months after acquiring the shares in its sale of a retail asset-management business.
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