The rally in bonds from real estate investment trusts that's made property debt the best performer this year is overdone as a slowing economy may threaten their performance, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.
A number of mutual funds placed sizable bets on Goldman Sachs -- bets that have been walloped by the SEC's suit against the Wall Street titan
Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas, talks about the immediate and longer-term impact of health care reform on health care sector stocks.
Kenneth Ira Starr, an investment adviser with a roster of celebrity clients, was charged by the U.S. government on May 27 with orchestrating a $30 million fraud. (An alleged fraud that feds would eventually bump up to an estimated $59 million.)
Despite the huge equity market rally since the March 2009 lows, U.S. stocks remain undervalued relative to long-term trends, according to Jeremy Siegel.
Firms that focus on the 401(k) market, like CapTrust, have recently reported a pickup in interest from advisers who focus primarily on retirement plans.
"Longevity bonds" would be issued by the government and would act as a hedge for pension plans and insurers.
After more than three weeks of debate, the Senate approved a comprehensive overhaul of financial regulations on Thursday night without acting on fiduciary standards amendments.
Consultant Leonard Reinhart says the advisory business isn't spending enough time on helping clients after they retire
Standard & Poor's Equity Research's fundamental outlook for the health care services industry for the next 12 months is positive.
GenSpring Family Offices LLC said today that it has hired Puneet S. Sahi as a family investment officer for its Costa Mesa, Calif., office.
Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. announced today that it has repaid the remaining $104 million in TARP money it owes the U.S. Treasury.
Consuelo Mack's all-star panel re-thinks retirement income, and what should really matter most in your clients' portfolios.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved rules that will halt trading in Standard & Poor's 500 Index stocks during periods of volatility, a response to the May 6 plunge that wiped out $862 billion in 20 minutes.
Investors pummeled shares of oil drillers and BP yesterday, sending the company to 15 month low, after President Obama talked tough about dealing with the worst oil spill in the nation's history.
Convincing broker-dealers to embrace the advisory business is still an "educational process.
The May 6 "flash crash" revealed an area of the financial markets that isn't touched by the financial-reform bills in Congress but nevertheless must be examined.
The Labor Department today released proposed regulations that prohibit financial advisers giving advice to 401(k) plans, or their employer or the employer's affiliates, from receiving extra compensation because the plan sponsors bought a product recommended by the adviser.
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC's Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund exchange-traded fund is off to a rousing start — a development that's not going unnoticed by rivals or advisers.
A pair of Nebraska investors have filed a class-action lawsuit against LPL Financial, saying that one of the company's brokers misled them about the costs and benefits of annuities.
