<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Smart beta was the top financial search term on Investopedia in 2015, and for good reason.
Hedge-fund assets contracted by $95 billion to $2.87 trillion during third quarter amid a surge of fund closures.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink gives Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen rave reviews for her speech following the Fed's move to raise interest rates.
Flip-flopping the weightings of the traditional Dow 30 stocks
The firm's settlement with the states was reminiscent of how broker-dealers handled various settlements in paying clients who bought auction rate securities.
Three lessons for advisers from the closing of the Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund.
Turmoil in financial markets may slow the U.S. economic expansion. But it probably won't kill it.
Cerulli sees ETF assets more than doubling to $6T by 2020
Third Avenue Management LLC received approval from U.S. regulators to temporarily suspend redemptions from its $788.5 million high-yield bond fund.
Fund closure could put the spotlight on fixed-income ETFs, which are vulnerable because they are more liquid than their underlying assets.
Finra alleges a New Jersey-based broker-dealer failed to reasonably supervise VA sales.
Current 80% savings target may be too high &mdash; unless you get sick.
SEC cites lax oversight of subadviser data.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: This week's rate hike could hit the markets in a half dozen, mostly bad, ways.
After peaking way back in 2014 and declining ever since, the high-yield bond market finally has made national news over the past week with the very high profile blow up of the Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund.
Some advisers swear by it, while others shun it as useless legalese.
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost a decade in a widely telegraphed move while signaling that the pace of subsequent increases will be “gradual” and in line with previous projections.
Third Avenue Management is parting ways with Chief Executive Officer David M. Barse after he announced plans last week to freeze redemptions in its troubled high-yield mutual fund, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Economists have given Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen a mission for next week's press conference: Explain what gradual means.
As health costs become top-of-mind for clients, savvy advisers will reap the benefits.
