The SEC aims to add more enforcement agents and examiners to its hedge fund speciality unit. With 700 hedge shops closing in 2009, there should be shortage of applicants.
A judge has decided prosecutors have enough evidence to try two former Nebraska City brokers accused of defrauding investors out of more than $20 million.
Now that the days of generous variable annuities are behind them, some advisers are finding ways to fit the revamped, slimmed-down versions into clients' portfolios.
The French bank says it's conducting an internal audit after uncovering 'anomalies' in the account. Clients have been notified.
District judge rejects Fidelity's argument, says fund company employees are covered by Sarbanes-Oxley; ruling 'will increase transparency'
For advisers trying to convince themselves (read that as rationalize) that they can buy the new iPad to replace their laptop — don't bother, you can't.
One year later, it's clear who's running the show
I don't understand the flap about service fees, and think that Blaine F. Aiken was wrong about many of his assumptions and representations (the Fiduciary Corner column “Let's say goodbye to 12(b)-1 fees,” which appeared in the Jan. 18 issue).
I have a solution for Lee Feldman's salespeople who are worried about losing their income derived from 12(b)-1 fees (“Keeping 12(b)-1 fees discourages churning,” Feb. 1).
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management confirmed today that Jimmy Tighe, who left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney this week, has joined the firm.
A federal judge has refused to grant a mistrial despite signs that a Miami jury is struggling to reach a verdict in the Stanford document shredding case.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will reassess the 12(b)-1 fees collected by brokers as compensation for selling and servicing mutual funds, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said today.
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. has made another addition to its wealth management business, this time snatching a $150 million adviser team from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
Eight U.S. senators want Congress to oppose International Money Fund and World Bank loans to the government of Antigua and Barbuda until that government compensates victims of Stanford Financial Group. Stanford International Bank was located in Antigua.
The Charles Schwab Corp. could be liable for millions in investors' claims over losses to a short-term-bond fund that blew up this year because of its exposure to mortgage-backed securities.
The agency's boss says the securities regulator is examing the actions of several companies in the run-up to the financial crisis
