Newer models could offer attractive alternatives to wirehouses, but they're not making a huge dent in headcounts.
Selling into a depressed market is not the brightest move ever, but that's what many clients are doing by cashing out their muni bond funds. The better play? Stay patient -- and buy individual bonds
Survey shows few pre-pensioners have set aside money for LTC or even raise the topic with advisers or loved ones
Truth-in-labeling law comes to medical insurance biz; 'plain English'
Combination life and long-term care polices are gaining serious traction in the marketplace. One for-instance: Sales for Lincoln National's MoneyGuard are up 62 percent over the past year.
As Congress attempts to trim the nation's deficit, advisers and their clients should brace for a less generous tax code in 2013, said James Delaplane (pictured), at the <i>InvestmentNews</i> Retirement Income Summit.
Do you suffer from compliance anxiety? No need to fear: Actiance Socialite is her
Guy de Chimay, who pleaded guilty to running what prosecutors called a $7 million Ponzi scheme that he promoted by claiming his company was linked to Belgian royalty, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison.
Trade associations representing the life insurance industry and agents today applauded New York's passage of life settlement legislation.
Small-town resident has raked in $21M in four separate jackpots. Mathematicians put the odds of this happening at 18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1. That's a lot of zeros.
Here, you'll find the top ten SMAs across six different categories, with data provided to InvestmentNews exclusively by Prima Capital.
The average 401(k) retirement plan balance has reached the highest level since Fidelity Investments began tracking account values in 1998
Finra wants broker-dealers to disclose the revenue-sharing deals they have with mutual funds
A Massachusetts federal court judge has quashed a motion by Prudential Insurance Co. of America to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the insurer had wrongfully held on to veterans' death benefits instead of paying them out in a lump sum
An SEC rule proposal that would raise the net-worth thresholds at which advisers would be allowed to charge performance-based fees would likely cut into the bottom lines of smaller hedge funds, private-equity firms and some registered investment advisers
Claim Barriger misused fund's assets and issued false statements about returns
Wells Fargo dramatically rejiggered its regional management set-up — with five execs losing their positions. According to a bank spokesman, the move is intended to help Wells 'realize the efficiencies of the merger with Wachovia.' One of those efficiencies: Cross-selling to Wachovia clients.
The Fed Reserve's quantitative easing is finally about to end. S&P analyst Michael Souers says this could be a real a boost for Treasuries with less lengthy maturities. Retirees, take note.
According to sources, the Manhattan DA's office has slapped Goldman Sachs with a subpoena. The district attorney is said to be examining the bank's activities right before the financial meltdown in 2008.
