Taken together, the Icelandic and Greek financial crises can be seen as the second stage of the larger global banking crisis.
State insurance regulators Monday voted in favor of a proposal that would allow carriers to terminate an annuity living or death benefit if a client sold the contract over the secondary market.
E*Trade Financial Corp., which took a black eye from losses on its subprime mortgage holdings, is getting back on track by focusing on its roots as an online brokerage, an analyst said Monday.
Last week, Securities America Inc. was tagged with a lawsuit from Massachusetts regulators alleging that the firm misled investors who were sold high-risk private placements.
Annual volume from life settlements transactions is expected to reach $13 billion in face value over the next three years, according to research from Aite Group LLC.
Sotheby's sold $134 million worth of art last night in a sign that investors are looking for a hard asset that is also a solid hedge against inflation
The Fed and the Bank of Japan opted to keep interest rates at historic lows. Not surprisingly, stock investors around the globe gave thanks.
Soon-to-be-premiered futures exchanges in Chicago and New York let investors wager on whether movies will be blockbusters or box-office death. Popcorn is extra.
Workers are feeling confident about being able to pay for their basic expenses in retirement. But they're far from secure as more of them say they have hardly anything in savings and investments.
Law enforcement officials go undercover to catch fraudsters, scammers and crooks
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney made an attempt to use the legal system as a bludgeon against a team departing to HighTower while Goldman Sachs did the same with a team departing to Credit Suisse.
The big wirehouses face major challenges that could thwart their announced plans to recruit brokers aggressively and hire more trainees, recruiters and analysts say.
Financial advisers this tax season are coping with what they say is an unprecedented level of client anxiety over recent tax code changes and the potential for higher taxes.
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The Washington state Legislature has proposed a bill that would double the estate taxes for residents.
Securities America Inc. chief executive Steve McWhorter said he will retire this spring after 22 years at the helm of the independent broker-dealer.
A new technology center focused on financial planning was dedicated at the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences.
A handful of distributors are seeing a rising tide of wealthy-client assets going into individual retirement accounts.
