In retirement, your paycheck might go away, but taxes won't.
Investors seem to have re-gained some of their appetite for risk, and sidelined capital is again being to put to work in the markets.
The news that Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut will not seek re-election this fall is a welcome development for both the nation's most powerful banking regulator, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and its toughest, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chief Sheila Bair.
A year after Wall Street failures plunged the nation into recession, the House on Friday passed the most ambitious restructuring of financial regulation since the New Deal.
A Utah judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by two former financial advisers accusing state regulators of violating their constitutional rights by bringing securities violations against them without proof of wrongdoing.
The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a review of the dismissal of a lawsuit against Deere & Co. and two Fidelity Investments units, claiming unreasonable fees were charged for investment options in Deere's $3.1 billion 401(k) plan.
The actively managed exchange-traded-fund market is expected to explode as top mutual fund companies consider entering the business or expand their lineups.
Almost a year after a court dismissed a complaint against Wal-Mart over its 401(k) plan fees, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought the case back into play.
In the next two weeks, members of Congress are expected to decide on the fate of legislation that would have severe implications for every firm that advised 401(k) plan participants, or planned to.
As December winds down, now is the time to reflect on the last year and determine what, if anything, you would have done differently in your practice or even in your personal life
Utah announced modifications to its Section 529 college savings plan today, including lower fees on some investment options and more flexibility in asset allocation.
New versions of Profiles Professional and Profiles Forecaster are available from Emerging Information Systems Inc.
Most financial advisers with whom I speak say that they look forward to generating quarterly reports and client presentations about as much as they do to an SEC audit.
Advisers should always kick the tires and look under the hood of any software they buy for their practice.
Sheila M. Chesney likes it when clients look at reports detailing how their portfolios have performed, and tell her that they really understand what they are looking at.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is considering proposing legislation that would require all managers of qualified default investment alternatives in defined-contribution plans to act as fiduciaries under ERISA — a move that would place much more stringent requirements on all managers of target date funds, target risk funds and balanced funds.
This week, we will be covering two critical areas for reaching your goals for 2010 and beyond. The first is retaining your top clients. The second critical area is to start outlining your business plan for 2010
Massachusetts regulators allege two Newton financial advisers and their company connected to a Framingham man's alleged Ponzi scheme have been operating as unregistered brokers.
