State Street Global Advisors tabs former Goldman and Barclays executive to head its defined contribution business
Head of discount brokerage's custody arm says larger firms already talking up the virtues of the financial instruments; expand 'beyond asset allocation'
Prosecutors say a broker lied about his business successes to trick Merrill Lynch into lending him $780,000. They also claim he spent the loot on a Ferrari sportscar and other niceties..
Some intriguing stock purchases of late from Berkshire's boss; 'ample cash'
Edward Brokaw, a former Deutsche Bank AG broker, was barred from the securities industry for manipulating the price of Monogram Biosciences stock in an effort to enrich a hedge-fund client, himself and his family, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said today.
Firms see biggest one-month loss since Lehman went bust, as bets aimed at minimizing losses didn't. The question now: What will June bring?
The carrier announced, however, that it will add 400 employees to an operation in Franklin, Tenn., just outside of Nashville.
Stocks continued to face high levels of volatility last week as a strong rebound in prices early on gave way to renewed weakness by week's end.
When he was mayor of New York, Ed Koch often would ask constituents, “How am I doing?”
Natalie Choate, a retirement planning expert with Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, talks with Morningstar's Christine Benz at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit about the new rules that apply to an annuity when it's purchased inside an IRA.
Good news for the unit, which saw one-quarter of its sales force flee the firm in 2009.
In a huge blow to SagePoint Financial Inc., one of three broker-dealers that make up the AIG Advisor Group Inc., its largest branch is walking out the door following a bitter dispute over the latter's role and future at SagePoint.
The pace of mergers-and-acquisitions activity among independent advisers has been slow this year amid continuing economic uncertainty, but the fundamentals behind combinations have remained strong, according to a new study.
Businesses that specialize in consolidating independent-advisory firms — particularly, consolidators known as roll-ups — are under strain, according to participants in the ventures, investment bankers and consultants.
What were the 10 best-performing separately managed accounts across six different assets classes? Find out here with exclusive data from Prima Capital.
Douglas Johnson and Daniel Legan jumped to UBS and joined the firm's Indian Wells, California office.
Most financial services companies invest heavily in new field agents, only to see one out of every two leave within two years. What's their gameplan?
The Financial Research Corp. is recommending that target-date funds sharply curtail riskier investments well before they approach maturity — based on the assumption that investors will roll over their assets.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, UBS AG and five other banks were subpoenaed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over whether they misled rating agencies about mortgage-backed securities, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Near the end of the real estate boom, Morgan Stanley sold two series of CDOs named after Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. Now, the Justice Department reportedly wants to know if the bank told clients its trading desk might bet against the 'Dead Presidents' deals
