<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Fed continues to hem and haw on raising interest rates. Plus: Options-based funds get it done, hedge funder spills the beans on 2015, and the outlook for oil prices is all over the map.
Top-rated fund manager, with better record in bonds than stocks, fond of bold pronouncements.
Independent advisers might look at this deal as a 'canary in the coal mine moment'.
Morgan Stanley can hit 10% return on equity driven in part by better margins in the wealth management group, CEO James Gorman said.
Still in pilot, online program rolls past VC-backed startups
Independent adviser alliances have grown up along with the industry, allowing members to share knowledge and feel connected.
Deal with Ameriprise could mark the end of the line for John Sykes, who, at one time, hoped to build a brokerage to rival Raymond James.
Formerly known as First Midwest Securities, the IBD has 33 advisers and $600 million under management.
<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Where the price of oil is likely to settle. Plus: On the responsibility of retirement plan sponsors and mutual fund directors; don't get blown away by the new jobs report and banks pass stress tests with flying colors.
Largest ETF firm wins victory in case questioning its lucrative securities-lending business.
Some agree with concept but argue that short treatment lumps everyone together and lacks nuance.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: OPEC might be rethinking their strategy of flooding the market with oil to crush the fracking industry.
As new annuities gain in popularity, broker-dealers are getting reps up to speed on using them as part of a comprehensive retirement income plan.
Agreement could be announced within days
Four new funds not for the faint of heart or buy-and-hold investors.
Boston mutual fund and brokerage giant increased its earnings by 29% last year despite surging investor redemptions of its mutual funds.
The new head of the burgeoning independent-broker-dealer network expects to have 20,000 brokers within five years, could make it the largest such firm in the country. <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140516/FREE/140519936">Plus: Schorsch in $1.5 billion Red Lobster deal</a>
What tax professionals' experience says about the future for financial advisers
21,000 retirees of the hygiene products maker will now be receiving their pension checks from Prudential
