A new study by the Government Accountability Office predicts that middle-class workers may well outlive retirement savings. The solution, the GAO says, is for workers to hold off on taking Social Security -- and buy annuities.
David Lerner Associates Inc. has been sued by investors who claim that it acted negligently in the sale and underwriting of more than $6.8 billion in shares of the Apple Real Estate Investment Trusts
Analyst claims she didn't say what she seemed to have said when she said it on national television
Precious metal gains from race to debase currencies, now tops $1,800; BofA sees it at $2,000 in a year
Could put a hole in money-market funds, which hold $760 billion in Treasuries. The question is: should investors pull their money out now just in case lawmakers in Washington don't reach a debt-ceiling agreement by Aug. 2?
Negative yields return, corporate debt's spurned, and money funds churn, as panicked investors seek out less-risky paper
In the initial year of Dodd-Frank, which reaches its first anniversary Thursday, regulators overseeing banking, commodities and securities have been pressed to conduct 73 studies and write 400 new rules. As of July 1, only 38 of those rules have been finalized.
While both custodians bristle at any suggestion of a race, Schwab Institutional and TD Ameritrade Institutional are charging ahead in their efforts to deliver a unified technology platform to their registered investment adviser clients.
Wealthy investors love their iPads and want their financial advisers to use them too, according to a recent study by Cisco Systems Inc.
Wedbush Securities Inc. was ordered to pay former municipal bond trader Stephen Kelleher $3.5 million for failing to give him years' worth of incentive-based compensation he was owed
A lawsuit by an NFL player against his investment advisers that was settled months ago has come back to life
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee are watching carefully to see how the SEC proceeds with a rule that would subject broker-dealers to a fiduciary duty.
A rule aimed at protecting small investors who buy U.S. commodity contracts from retail brokers will go into effect.
Hi folks, Davis Janowski, technology reporter with InvestmentNews here. We have created a short, simple survey for advisers in order to determine how many of you use which products and vendors and gauge your level of satisfaction with them. This will not only help me with my stories and columns but give you, the advisers, a sense of the popularity and market share they have.
A Republican commissioner on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission urged his colleagues to make sure the panel's conclusions would “not undermine” his party's efforts in the U.S. House to change or repeal the Dodd-Frank Act.
Claim custody bank defrauded customers in foreign currency transactions; 'virtually worst rates of the day'
Legendary investor George Soros is trading in his hedge fund firm for -- a family office. Of course, this family office boasts $24 billion in assets under management.
As the Labor Department prepares to issue stricter rules for the retirement fund industry, financial advisers at RIA firms are licking their chops over the prospect of poaching business from broker-dealers and insurance agents
