The House Financial Services Committee today unanimously approved a measure that would move oversight of investment advisory firms with less than $100 million in assets to state securities regulators.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday endorsed a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would give the government unprecedented power to seize bank holding companies teetering on the brink of collapse and stick their competitors with the cost.
Though the industry has been transformed, some old mistakes are being made again
NorthStar Systems International on Monday unveiled Turnkey Advisor Desktop Solution.
State regulators are objecting to proposed amendments to the Investor Protection Act that would eliminate a requirement to look into the failures at self-regulatory organizations.
The beta of Kapitall — an investing website intended for consumers or advisers — was launched yesterday.
A jury will return Tuesday to further deliberate the fate of a Minnesota businessman accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $3.5 billion.
Financial adviser Irene Berner is lacing up and hitting the pavement against leukemia and lymphoma, as she trains for the P.F. Chang's Rock "n' Roll Half Marathon in Phoenix.
If the SEC has its way, more disciplinary information about brokers will be available to investors.
The SEC may be examining fewer investment advisers than ever, but when it does pay a visit, even routine exams are more demanding, according to lawyers, consultants, advisers and the agency itself.
Insiders say that the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearings Wednesday will focus on the potential for conflict of interest within proprietary target date funds.
Small advisory firms and sole practitioners, especially those just starting out, often don't know where to turn for expertise in selecting technology and software.
Members of the insurance industry are applauding an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 that eliminates a section that would have given the agency oversight of some insurance products.
WealthTouch Inc. this week announced an addition to its Institutional Reporting Module which it is calling the Share of Wallet Report.
Patricia Cornwell, the author of several best-selling crime novels, is going after her financial advisers in an attempt to recover $40 million she has lost, according to multiple published reports.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has reached a $200,000 settlement with the state of Massachusetts, resolving accusations that several of its reps employed unfair sales practices when working with clients.
Richard Ketchum, the chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., told a gathering of brokerage firm executives that his group will be more aggressive about investigating the advisory activities of their brokers — regardless of whether it <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090517/REG/305179968&ht=SRO>gets full regulatory authority </a> to oversee investment advisers.
Fiserv, Inc. has released version 5.6 of its Investment Management Solution. The solution is a soup-to-nuts trading platform that supports everything from account screening and portfolio validation to order generation and trade execution.
Microsoft Corp. today officially launched its Windows 7 operating system to the masses.
