The Office of the Illinois State Treasurer may reach a settlement with OppenheimerFunds Inc. by the end of this month to recover $77 million for the state’s Bright Start College Savings Program as a result of losses from the Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund last year.
Sun Life Financial Inc. today said that it will buy Lincoln National Corp.’s business in the United Kingdom for about $318.6 million.
The “liquor indicator” is showing that consumers are still worried about losing their jobs.
City National Corp., the bank holding company that owns Convergent Capital Management LLC, has agreed to buy a majority interest in Lee Munder Capital Group, a firm with more than $3 billion in assets under management.
Despite the intense scrutiny on executive compensation by legislatures and regulators, major brokerage firms continue to offer generous recruitment packages to top brokers.
A sprawling case of alleged securities fraud involving an independent broker-dealer and two brokers may wind up costing an insurance company $10.3 million.
Two-thirds of affluent parents with children under 18 aren't using Section 529 college savings plans, according to a report by The Phoenix Cos. Inc.
A “mockumentary” film to be released on DVD this month takes on Ponzi schemes, multilevel marketing scams and “the get-rich-quick mindset that nearly bankrupted America,” according to its official website.
As new annuity rules continue to develop, chief compliance officers at broker-dealers say that they still face some challenges in implementing compliance procedures with their financial advisers.
Rydex Investments, now Rydex SGI, is repositioning itself to focus on an expanded set of asset management capabilities.
Executives of Pershing, the largest provider of clearing services to broker-dealers, spent much of their energy at the firm's annual Insite conference trying to persuade clients to open their brokerage doors to fee-based registered investment advisers.
As Congress takes up health care reform, too little attention is being paid to long term care.
Something must be done to encourage employees of small companies to save for retirement. As many as 78 million such workers aren't saving for the future and ultimately will depend solely on Social Security for retirement income.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s proposal to widen its purview to include non-securities products has left some in the fixed-annuities industry gnashing their teeth.
Pershing LLC, the largest provider of back-office services and financing to small and independent broker-dealers, this month began charging shareholder servicing fees to brokers and financial advisers who buy certain mutual funds from its Fund Center platform.
Make way for the 1,600-pound gorilla in the money management industry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Alabama Securities Commission announced today that they have charged Aura Financial Services Inc., a Birmingham-based broker-dealer, with churning customer accounts, supervisory failures and other violations.
Online charitable giving provides only a small slice of revenue for charities, but that is changing, according to a survey of 400 non-profit organizations conducted by Convio Inc.
The Principal Financial Group has declined to participate in the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program.
The insurer yesterday received preliminary clearance to accept approximately $3.4 billion in federal aid.
