A New Jersey woman was charged today with raising $8 million through a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in her purported wholesale merchandise business.
The debates in Congress about whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits, and about the DREAM Act, which would give children of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, have delayed action on another tax measure that must be addressed: the annual temporary fix of the alternative minimum tax
Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds went to Washington last Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way financial services industry executives usually -recommend
Invesco Ltd. is poised to challenge BlackRock Inc. for the position of world's biggest asset manager, according to Don Putnam, managing partner of Grail Partners LLC.
The Labor Department this month is expected to introduce its final rule on how retirement plan sponsors will be required to disclose plan fees to participants.
Newly proposed disclosure rules could steer plan sponsors to more conservative target date funds for their 401(k) plans, according to some industry experts.
With reform looming, bank's asset management unit joins others in offering retirement plans so-called R6 option
It's that time of year when you are talking to clients about taxes.
Aviva USA last week rolled out a series of changes to its fixed-annuity lineup, including reductions on agents' commissions and the discontinuation of one of its income riders.
More affluent Canadians are flocking south for the warm winter sun and cheap real estate deals
A new Finra rule could put a crimp in the business of brokers who run outside investment advisory and insurance businesses
U.S. socially conscious investing assets grew to $3.07 trillion as of year-end 2009, up 13.3% from $2.71 trillion in 2006, according to the Social Investment Forum Foundation's latest report on such investing trends
The slow-food movement has inspired an investment approach known as slow money.
Mountain Pacific Group LLC, a money management boutique led by Ronald G. Layard-Liesching, plans to measure and manage the commodities-related risks embedded in institutional investors' U.S. equity allocations
Ameriprise Financial Inc. has cut off outside broker-dealers from selling its RiverSource variable annuity, limiting sales to Ameriprise registered representatives.
CalPERS' investment committee is leaning toward expanding the $220.1 billion system's risk portfolio by increasing its public-equity and infrastructure allocations
Mountain Pacific Group LLC, a money management boutique led by Ronald G. Layard-Liesching, is plans to measure and manage the commodities-related risks embedded in institutional investors' U.S. equity allocations
Bargain shoppers, braving rain or frigid weather, crowded the nation's stores in the wee hours of the night to get their hands on deals from TVs to toys on Black Friday.
Sanjeev Jayant Kumar Shah, a former adviser at Smith Barney, pleaded guilty today to defrauding clients of more than $3 million, prosecutors said.
Prudential Financial Inc. is teaming up with Edward D. Jones & Co. LP to create a new A-share variable annuity. The insurer expects to submit a filing for the product in the next 30 to 60 days.
