Soon, a blood test may let patients know they have Alzheimer's 10 years earlier than it can be diagnosed today. Advisers say that is a lot of extra years to allow clients to save and make important legal and health care decisions.
Real assets making up 10% of institutional "inflation buckets."
Betting that inflation will reverse gold's slide
European shares gain from cash moving off the sidelines, central bank stimulus.
The agency's goal is to ensure funds are liquid enough to meet client redemptions.
'Alternative' funds come with the same disadvantages hedge funds have: high fees, inconsistent performance and strategies that take a PhD to decipher.
With several uncertainties resolved and technical indicators pointing in the right direction, Dow 18,500 by year end attainable.
Tips to help make 2014 less painful than 2013 for wealthy clients
Harbinger Capital's Phil Falcone is being scrutinized by the SEC for allegedly borrowing client funds to pay taxes and giving preferential treatment to Goldman Sachs
Due diligence on funds requires blending performance data with professional judgment
Financial advisers doing end-of-the-year planning for clients must begin the work of reconciling the gains of the U.S. economy and financial markets with mutual fund and ETF capital gains that could increase those clients' tax liabilities.
Mutual funds with sales charges and distribution fees are on pace for their fifth and possibly largest-ever year of redemptions.
New platform aspires to be an alternatives outsource for financial advisers.
Banks, lenders extend last week's gains; automakers advance.
JPMorgan estimates global demand will outstrip supply by roughly $400 billion.
RCS Capital Corp. says it is regaining the confidence of IBDs, with firms reinstating 51 nontraded REIT selling agreements.
A slump in VA purchases clashes with historical notion that product sales mirror the stock market's trajectory. And insurers are launching new products.
Start your week with <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, featuring a global bond market mismatch that now has demand far outstripping supply. Plus: Loading up on stocks after retirement, how Larry Summers got it wrong, and new liquid alts players breaks it down for investors and advisers.
Hedge fund giant boosts ownership of broker-dealer.
The advantages of active strategies come from identifying value with respect to credit risk, interest rate levels and currency valuations, according to Legg Mason's Thomas Hoops.
