The custodial firm TradePMR Inc. has signed on with First Clearing LLC
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Smaller life insurers — battered by the recession but ready to get back into the annuity business — have begun to outsource the manufacturing of fixed indexed annuities to marketing groups
Ameriprise Financial Inc., two of its Securities America units and a group of investors who sued them asked a U.S. judge to approve a proposed $80 million cash settlement
In yet another shake-up at Morgan Stanley, Greg Fleming, president of the bank's asset management and wealth management operations, has hired a former Smith Barney exec as chief operating officer of the joint venture Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
The University of Texas Investment Management Co. has taken the advice of Dallas hedge-fund manager J. Kyle Bass and now holds 6,643 gold bars, worth $987 million on April 15, in a bank warehouse in New York
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The Securities Investor Protection Corp. is taking issue with a warning from the SEC's inspector general that the cost of liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm and Lehman Brothers could deplete the SIPC's reserve fund
Investors are shorting commodities, a sign that the sector's rally may soon be over.
Bank of America's Global Wealth and Investment Management division — and specifically the Merrill Lynch brokerage operation — continue to benefit from improving markets.
Advisers notified clients about planned reduction in features, hike in fees
The indie B-D is bucking the trend with the launch of its expanded fee-based VA platform. A single fiduciary standard will likely improve the odds of success
Finra is seeking to shut down a broker-dealer it alleges is selling fraudulent oil and gas private placements.
Axa Equitable Life Insurance Co. has paired up with Wilshire Associates Inc. to give small and midsize retirement plans access to fiduciary services.
