Employers expect compliance with the health care reform law to account for nearly one-third of the projected 10% average increase next year in health benefit costs, but most are taking steps to keep that increase at or below 6% — a move that will cause many to lose grandfathered status, according to a survey by Mercer LLC.
I thought the article “No profit in talking politics with clients” (Aug. 29) was spot-on.
Former Citigroup Inc. stockbroker Ralph Casbarro was fined $500 and received no prison sentence or probation for his involvement in a scheme to let day traders eavesdrop on internal conversations over brokers' “squawk boxes.”
In the two months since sweeping financial reform legislation became law, the measure has failed to win over the vast majority of investment advisers. Others say they're just plain confused by it.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association wants to delay the effective date of any new standard of care that the Securities and Exchange Commission may adopt for brokers giving advice to retail investors.
It appears the SEC will be sorting through its mail for some time.
The Tax Foundation, a Washington research group that advocates for lower taxes, said state, local and federal levies would result in a tax rates of nearly 50% in some states' top earners.
Study reveals which locales will end up with highest total marginal tax rates; Hawaiian punch
Advent Software yesterday announced availability of Moxy 7.0, the latest version of the trade order management system that's so popular with registered investment advisory firms
SEC eyes tougher rules for high-frequency traders; loss of specialists bemoaned
The commission launched its study of fiduciary requirements amid fanfare and a flood of public input. But the GAO is quietly examining the regulation of the entire financial planning industry.
Here's how the 10 major industry groups in the S&P 500 grade out, according to John Dorfman
Citigroup Inc.'s private bank will triple the number of hedge funds such as Paulson & Co. that its wealthy clients can invest in, under a push to increase money-management revenue.
Move frees company to focus on asset management; insurance less profitable
Long-term care insurance is considered a valuable benefit by employees, but advisers seldom share their enthusiasm.
Self-funding would give the regulator a fighting chance of keeping up with the growing number of investment advisers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't conduct a meaningful probe of indicted money manager R. Allen Stanford until 2005 even though examiners suspected him of operating a Ponzi scheme eight years earlier, an internal report found.
