Largest mutual fund company announces its response to reforms intended to prevent a run.
Brokers have endorsed a move by Finra to toughen sanctions for violations of the suitability rule even as they acknowledged the standard leaves room for interpretation.
Currency-hedging ETF strategies are a no-brainer: Merrill Lynch portfolio manager
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett rejects analysts' criticism of Berkshire Hathaway's financials. Plus: Family Dollar's lesson in luck, small-cap stocks at odds with jobs data, and Alan Greenspan on Greece exiting the euro.
The recent cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment holds lessons for Finra's pending data-collection proposal, SIFMA executive argues.
New share class dubbed a “T share” cuts upfront commission brokers are paid but creates an annual trailing commission.
The business is male-dominated, but some independent broker-dealers have come close to having 30% of producing female reps on staff. Here's a break down of the gender divide.
Can the new product compete against its variable and indexed annuity cousins?
Breaking down how password managers actually work, plus details on three good options for advisers to consider
Ketchum dodges criticism over the regulator's data collection program, says 'it's still very early in the game.' <i>(Also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/video?playerType=INTV&bctid=3884369463001&date=20141110"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Incoming SIFMA chair worries about CARDS' cost, security</a>.)</i>
Potential security risk concerns over Finra's highly-debated data collection proposal are not unfounded, experts say. <i>(See also: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20150504/BLOG07/150509984/finras-longtime-critics-become-its-supporters-and-vice-versa" target="_blank">Finra's backers are now its critics</a>)</i>
These firms boosted their businesses significantly between 2013 and 2014
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The solid housing market stands in contrast to the dismal first quarter GDP numbers.
Here's the key: Thinking through what happens in the event of a divorce, death or breakup.
Snares abound for parents who are eager to take on additional debt in the name of sending their children to their dream school.
A new variation offers an option for saving for disabled children.
New multialternative fund seen as endorsement of alts, while pressuring fees
Janus fund manager says impact of falling oil prices could hinder Fed, but former central bank chief says focus will be on momentum.
Some of the biggest adviser moves in 3Q were teams who left wirehouses to join firms that offered company shares for those willing to take the risk. <i>Plus:</i> Check out <i>IN</i>'s <a href="http://data.investmentnews.com/aotm/" target="_blank">Advisers on the Move database</a>.
Inserting strong language into rules, such as that wiping clean a broker's record should only be considered 'an extreme remedy,' could give it more weight.
