Investors should be careful not to let the “sticker shock” of the latest unemployment data derail them from their long-term investment strategies, said Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas.
When it comes to providing financial advice to athletes, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is relying on a little inside baseball to gain an edge in this ultra-competitive sector of the wealth management market.
Investment advisory groups, state regulators and consumer advocates last week cheered a pledge by the House Financial Services Committee's chairman to defeat a measure that could expand Finra's reach over advisers.
The volume of signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes rose for the eighth straight month in September as buyers scrambled to take advantage of a tax credit for first-time owners that expires at the end of this month.
UBS AG's wealth management business in the Americas returned to profitability in the third quarter, despite losing financial advisers and client assets.
U.S. home prices rose for the third straight month in August, data Tuesday showed, a key sign for a broad and sustained housing recovery.
The number of buyers snapping up new homes dipped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owners started to wear off.
Although Aviva USA Corp. already has an established strength in its lineup of indexed products, the insurer has its eye on the next innovation: a guarantee wrapper with a managed account or 401(k), according to chief executive Christopher J. Littlefield.
Bruce Wasserstein, a prominent Wall Street dealmaker and CEO of Lazard Ltd., was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat.
The industry effort to regulate financial planning as a profession has support from within — but it won't escape opposition from other sects of the financial services community, several industry leaders said today.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed into law a bill that discourages stranger-originated life insurance transactions.
The life settlements industry felt some of the ill effects of the economic crisis last year, as purchasers of settlements ran into difficulties financing new premiums and policyholders showed more interest in selling their coverage, according to a report from Conning Research.
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission to reconsider a rule that treats most equity index annuities as securities.
If you had a good mix of stocks and bonds in your retirement account and you left it alone through the market madness of the past year, more than likely you're in good shape now.
Excluding auto sales, retail demand rose 0.2%, half of the expected 0.4% rise.
Money managers are fighting legislation that would — for the first time — subject the roughly 4,000 firms associated with broker-dealers to regulation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Fixed-income investors focused on the direction of interest rates run the risk of making big mistakes, warns portfolio manager John Fox, co-head of fixed income at Gannett Welsh & Kotler LLC.
Investors are growing more upbeat about the economy following an increase in retail sales and as a weaker dollar sends commodity prices higher.
