The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year. As noted last quarter, there was a wide variety of opinions on the strength of the recovery but a strong majority believed a recovery was in fact under way.
By some measures, deflation in United States is no longer a question of if, but for how long and how deep.
The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year.
Stifel Financial Corp., which has increased its brokerage force by 23% in the past year, won't be as buffeted as many analysts expect if regulators impose a fiduciary standard on brokers, the company's chief executive said last week.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. is proposing a rule that would let the regulator demand more frequent financial reporting from its member firms — and as a first step, it wants more details on revenue and expenses.
While the graying of the advisory industry creates the risk of having too few reps to meet the demand of aging boomers, it's a big opportunity for younger advisers eager to build their businesses.
In a commentary about a month ago, I described how the economic world seemed to be drifting into two opposing camps: the Washington-based "Stimulators," who insist that more government debt is the best means to end the financial crisis, and the Berlin- and London-based "Austerians," who argue that debt is the crisis itself.
Mutual fund companies may be largely unaffected by the financial services reform legislation, but they are girding for other types of regulation.
The oldest baby boomers, many of whom are expecting to retire soon, will likely not have enough money to carry them through their twilight years.
The reduction in fees follows Rhode Island's renewal of its contract with AllianceBernstein to manage both its in-state plan and its national plan.
In a first, the fund tracker will rate college-savings plans based on performance and fees.
A Kirkland financial planner who looted her clients' investment accounts was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison by a federal judge who praised her for cooperating after she got caught.
Morgan Stanley, owner of the world's largest brokerage, lost an arbitration ruling that will allow two brokers convicted of securities fraud to each keep $4.45 million in signing bonuses.
Fear of market gyrations taking hold among affluent young investors; is the 'conservatism' embedded?
Axa also failed to use product comparisons that lower the surrender and death benefit value by the investment fund charges when considering hypothetical rates of return.
Enhanced equipment trust certificates issued by airlines are suddenly high flyers, as yields climb.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. is proposing a rule that would let the regulator demand more frequent financial reporting from its member firms — and as a first step, it wants more details on revenues and expenses.
Stifel Financial Corp CEO Ronald Kruszewski downplayed the impact of a new fiduciary standard on his firm, noting it will likely be just "a disclosure regime.”
