Designed to help retirement plan advisers gain clients as demand for fiduciaries grows
Executives across the industry, from wirehouses to independent and regional firms, are enjoying fatter paychecks and bigger bonuses as advisers become a more important part of firms' balance sheets. <i>(Don't miss some rather outlandish <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20140324/FREE/324009999/PH" target="_blank">top executive benefits</a>.)</i>
Three clients of former broker at Hancock unit receive award for losses in failed land deals.
UBS Puerto Rico closed-end muni bond fund investors are losing billions; new research pegs losses at $1.66 billion over the first nine months of 2013.
The woes stemming from UBS AG's unit in Puerto Rico over the sale of local, closed-end municipal bond funds have landed squarely in the lap of UBS brokers and financial advisers in the island commonwealth.
Move designed to create distance between investment creation and distribution.
New software partners now sync assets and risk score on a nightly basis.
A former Wells Fargo trainee has sued the firm, claiming that its effort to get back $50K in training costs violates labor law. If the claim sticks, brokers could have a tough time recouping such costs from ex-employees who leave firms early.
Combined companies will have $220B in assets; Putnam chief Robert Reynolds named CEO of Great-West Lifeco U.S.
Financial advisers will have new ways to manage data and gauge clients' emotions, thanks to new tech developments
If the looming health savings crisis isn't enough to scare people into saving for retirement, maybe a healthy dose of peer pressure will do the trick.
As the number of audits climbs, here's what could put plan sponsors at risk for scrutiny
A court decision sheds new light on issue of whether float income is a plan asset.
Advisers urge clients to think carefully before reacting to Gov. Cuomo's latest proposal
Some public employees may not be eligible for survivor benefits.
Longer lives and additional time in the labor force have shifted views on asset allocation
Shares of company nontraded REIT czar is using to build a B-D empire have more than doubled since beginning of December .
