Top-performing adivsory firms tend to employ fewer staff members, keep a lid on salaries and are more productive — largely as a result of wringing every bit of efficiency out of their technology, according to <i>InvestmentNews'</i> RIA Technology Study, to be published later this month
Financial-services technology firm Fiserv, Inc., announced that it is putting together a system that will enable unified managed household accounts. Indeed, the tech company says that their full UMH platform will be available later this year.
Officials at federal agencies scrambling to translate the Dodd-Frank Act into regulations can breathe a little easier if they fall behind, as many of them have
The appointment last week of John Thiel as head of U.S. wealth management for Bank of America Merrill Lynch ends one chapter — and opens another — in the ever-changing management saga at the nation's second-largest wirehouse
Advertising and marketing are still a prime worry, but the 'death-penalty' is an increasing vexation
After struggling during the darkest days of the credit crisis, SagePoint Financial Inc., which is owned by American International Group Inc., is back to playing offense, today closing a purchase of the assets of Spectrum Capital Inc.
Amid the financial crisis of 2008, ratings agencies were villified by press and public alike. But S&P's lowering of its credit rating outlook for Uncle Sam was hailed by some as a crucial step in getting lawmakers to do something about the crushing federal deficit. | <font color = blue>Benjamin: Run on Treasuries a flight to crazy</font>
Rich folks, worried that the specter of a large bequeath could kill a child's drive to succeed, are increasingly keeping mum about their estates
Oracle of Omaha says long-term prospects for company difficult to predict
Barclays Plc, which bought Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s North American business, will get $1.1 billion in trading assets from the trustee liquidating the remnants of Lehman's brokerage, the trustee's lawyer said.
United Capital Financial Advisers today announced the acquisition of financial planning firm Vantage Point Advisors. Vantage Point, which manages $170 million in assets, will now operate under the name of United Capital Private Wealth Counseling.
The independent broker-dealer industry came roaring back in 2010, with the 25 biggest firms collectively reporting a 16.9% increase in total revenue, compared with the year before
Ameriprise Financial Inc., two of its Securities America units and a group of investors who sued them asked a U.S. judge to approve a proposed $80 million cash settlement.
Probable push-back in deadline for registering with states will buy advisers some time; agency under 'tremendous pressure' .
House Republicans presented a blueprint for the fiscal 2012 budget on Tuesday that seeks to end what they see as an onerous provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, dials back federal spending to a level that Securities and Exchange Commission officials say would hamstring the agency and recommends a tax overhaul that includes eliminating major tax breaks.
Bill by Senate Banking Committee's Jim Demint would scrap the regulatory overhaul that aims to make sweeping changes to oversight of derivatives, consumer lending and business practices at financial firms.
Wirehouse's network said to have been breached by massive attack from servers in PRC government; M&A info may have been target
After months of speculation, UBS today named Robert McCann as its new head of wealth management in the Americas
The president's policy goals are reflected in his personal money management, according to an expert who reviewed the tax returns the country's chief executive made public after paying his family's annual bill to the government he runs.
