When it comes to Section 529 college savings plans, financial advisers say they wish they had more choices
Purchase of Zirkin-Cutler biggest acquisition to date for roll-up firm
Persuades judge in civil trial to move him from prison cell to house arrest; 'wreck of a man'
Francisco Illarramendi, a hedge fund manager in Connecticut, pleaded guilty to fraud and two other men were charged with conspiracy in a U.S. probe of an alleged Ponzi scheme with potential investor and creditor losses of hundreds of millions of dollars, prosecutors said.
Service providers have an additional six months to prepare for plan fee disclosure regulations, and from the looks of it, broker-dealers are going to need all that time to make sure they're up to snuff.
Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds came to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way Wall Street executives usually recommend.
Putnam Investments has tapped former executives from John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and Fidelity Investments to help it expand its defined contribution business.
Offering gives investors access to four absolute-return funds; some fees will be waived through 2012
E*Trade Financial Corp. said Citadel LLC will sell shares of the online brokerage, cutting its stake to less than 10%, after it sold almost 24 million shares less than two months ago.
Japan's Nikkei 225 has fallen 12% since an earthquake ripped the country on March 11. U.S. investors should consider buying ADRs of Japanese stocks.
The ongoing drama at the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan sends world stock markets into a tailspin.
NASAA says ruling will have chilling effect on securities enforcement
Events in Japan have fraudsters pulling increasing number of Forex scams
Options portfolio that gained 234% during 2008 financial crisis saw no bump up from calamity in Nippon
Once again this week, markets will focus on events far from both Wall Street and Washington.
This may come as no surprise to reps, but a report released this week said the Commission needs to dramatically beef up its oversight of Finra.
The SEC finally released its much-trumpeted report on the best way to oversee the advisory industry. And in the end, the commission couldn't agree on a single course of action. <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110116/REG/301169998> (Watch INTV for views on the fiduciary standard and creation of an SRO.)</a>
