Poor planning leaves his heirs with unnecessary legal fees and an onerous tax bill The way his terrible estate plan is unraveling, if the late James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” could see from wherever he is, he wouldn’t be screaming his most-famous three words: “I feel good.”
Sixteen years ago, Jessica Abrams’ life revolved around her pony. To buy the horseshoes and other accessories she needed for shows, the then 14-year-old baby-sat several days a week and carefully saved.
Pension funds would be adversely affected if taxes on private-equity were raised, said witnesses.
Fidelity debuted a Web-based tool designed to help advisers create and manage retirement income plans for their clients.
Senate hearings on taxing-carried interest begin tomorrow, but reports predicting its impact are out now.
More voices are joining the discussion of how best to disclose the costs of 401(k) plans to the employees who participate in those plans.
The firm has added services for shareholders that invest in its $100,000 no-load, low cost mutual funds.
NEW YORK — NEXT Financial Group Inc., which is in the middle of a scrap with the Securities and Exchange Commission over its use of confidential client information when recruiting representatives, is getting strong support in some corners of the independent-contractor brokerage industry.
DETROIT — Financial advisory firms that concentrate on holistic planning and leave the investment management to outside professionals are seeing the benefits in real dollar terms, according to a recent study.
NEW YORK — Another independent broker-dealer has shut its doors, months after one of its brokers got in trouble with regulators.
CHICAGO — Pension consultants and third-party administrators want bundled providers, including industry giants such as Vanguard and Fidelity, to disclose their revenue-sharing arrangements with affiliated service providers, but the bundled providers are balking.
NEW YORK — Workers know they need financial planning, and they are looking at their employers to guide them to sound decisions, according to a study from Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Minneapolis.
IRVINE, Calif. — Critics of the industry arbitration system want the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to require that “public” arbitrators have no ties to the industry. In a rule awaiting approval at the Securities and Exchange Commission, New York- and Washington-based FINRA has proposed limiting to $50,000 a year the amount of revenue a public arbitrator could receive from brokerage firms for handling customer disputes.
In the newly created position, Mr. Lee will be responsible for expanding the investment bank's business in Taiwan.
Regulators continue to leave independent- contractor broker-dealers in the lurch over the tricky issue of how brokers can use clients’ private information when moving accounts to a new firm.
Like LinkedIn’s 13 million other registered users, financial advisers are discovering that online networking can pay off.
Senate Finance Committee leaders are working on a plan to resurrect legislation to cap deferred compensation, which they could reintroduce next month as part of a bill that would extend popular education tax breaks.
