Stock index futures are pointing to a lower open on Wall Street as investors refrain from any major moves while they await a stream of economic data.
Moss Adams, in a bid to continue the expansion of its wealth advisory business, has acquired a registered investment advisory firm in San Diego.
A federal judge in Florida has refused to dismiss charges of illegal document shredding against two former employees of disgraced financier Allen Stanford.
Most of the easy money has already been made in this market rally, making 2010 a “stock-picker's market” that requires more investing skill and analysis, says Adriana Posada, manager of the $6.8 billion American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund (AVASX) from American Beacon Advisors Inc.
Fitch Ratings on Monday raised its outlook on Prudential Financial Inc., citing improvements to the insurance and investment company's capital position.
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The most important issue that Congress needs to get right in overhauling financial services regulation is reform of the over-the-counter-derivatives market, investor advocate Barbara Roper believes.
House lawmakers are ready to clear a significant hurdle in their drive to slap new financial restraints on big Wall Street institutions and to demand greater openness from the nation's central bank.
Investors shouldn't expect returns and profits ever to get back to the levels of a few years ago, Bill Gross, managing director and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC, told attendees of InvestmentNews' Virtual ETF Insights online conference this morning.
The suspension of 2009 required-minimum distributions from retirement plans and IRAs was enacted as part of the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, which was signed into law Dec. 23.
The SEC has fined independent broker-dealer Woodbury Financial Services Inc. of Woodbury, Minn., $65,000 for a variety of violations of Regulation S-P, which prohibits disclosure of non-public personal information about clients to non-affiliated third parties, such as other broker-dealers.
The college savings market will more than double in the next five years, but Section 529 plans still have much further to go to gain a meaningful share of the market, according to a study released today by Financial Research Corp.
Lord Abbett & Co. is offering discounts to clients who open an individual retirement account by April 15.
The stock market traded mixed after reports on factory orders and housing gave mixed signals about the economy.
Stock investors are expected to slow their pace of buying following a big rally on the first trading day of the new year.
At October 31, 2009, over 59% of Fund net assets were invested in the common stocks of extremely well-financed companies located in East Asia. Forty-three percent of such investments were in eight real estate and private equity companies headquartered in Hong Kong, all also having major presences in mainland China.
A new regulation that would have placed more responsibility on life insurers for producers' bad annuity sales has been delayed.
FundQuest has added Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co.'s Personal Retirement Annuity to its platform, marking the first time that the Fidelity variable annuity will be available to fee-based advisers through a managed-account provider.
A Southern New Jersey securities broker who operated a $1.8 million investment fraud scheme has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
