While the new fiduciary rule could be interpreted as an unnecessary compliance burden, it may also present an opportunity with regard to 401(k) accounts.
Edmund F. Murphy III, president of Empower Retirement, says reforms need to be led by the private sector.
Artificial intelligence investment-advice services are likely to become more popular as banks expand services for the less-than-fabulously rich.
The bill still requires passage by the Senate, which plans to take it up in the next several weeks.
Following record MetLife fine, regulator says VAs are now at the core of their focus: complex products marketed to seniors.
The original industry regulations from 1934 and 1940 were perfect — just not perfectly enforced.
Latest lawsuit alleges widespread misuse of investor funds abetted by the brokerage firm.
Push by advisers could help tug this needed legislation out of the doldrums and on to the president's desk.
Clients accused Lee Weiss of recommending an unsuitable investment in a Polish tobacco company.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Liquid alternative strategies are growing up, and that means some growing pains.
A new survey finds adult children are far less likely to say that these conversations should take place well before their parents retire or get sick.
In this time of very low fixed-income returns, investors often are attracted to the diversification and income that real estate securities can provide.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> What does it say about the U.S. stock market when it reacts so violently to the Brexit vote, and then just puffs right back up again?
The Boston fund giant is lowering expense ratios on 27 index funds and ETFs.
Richard William Lunn Martin improperly recommended non-traditional ETFs while warning of economic collapse, Finra said
Call volumes rose in the first few hours of trading Friday as investors tried to make sense of what Brexit means for their retirement accounts.
High-income retirees could see net benefits decline next year if Medicare premiums rise.
National Holdings Corp. said it reached an agreement to be acquired by Fortress, a biopharmaceutical company.
Supporters of 529 plans want tweaks to law that caps fund changes at two per year, which could spur adviser interest in managing them.
