Summit Financial deal is ninth transaction of the year for Focus.
Bill Gross is taking investors in his $232 billion Pimco Total Return Fund for a rough ride.
Inland American offers shareholders a way to cash out, but place limits on the buyback and values shares at no more than $6.50 a share.
Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services wants to help them make a concerted push into plan advising
Documents are way too long, information is split up among multiple documents, and the legalese is mystifying
Crosby's index predicts negative returns, based on extreme optimism in the market.
Regulator is 'playing the long game,' sees advisers as regulatory and revenue opportunity, IAA's Neil Simon says.
Financial Engines' results buoyed by strong markets and growing DC assets.
The parallels between running and investing are painfully easy to recognize but difficult to implement.
Startup is collaborating with LinkedIn to help firms' social-media presence
Bank of America Merrill Lynch should be able to top 30% pretax profit margins as retirement demographics and other tail winds help boost the business. But how it will team its brokerage and banking operations is an open question.
The firm snagged five industry veterans from UBS and Wells Fargo, including two branch managers and $275 million in assets.
Cerulli study: A succession partner is biggest hurdle for 32% of advisers eyeing retirement.
There are 2.18 million investors under 50 with $500,000 in their pockets.
Across the industry, executives share concerns: generational shifts, regulation and how to update legacy platforms.
Your returns made you a hero in 2013, but Dr. Daniel Crosby says your skills as a therapist are what will make them love you in 2014.
Without the additional $324 million it requested, the SEC won't be able to hire additional personnel to expand RIA examinations. What does this mean for advisers?
The parent company of Southwest Securities, SWS Group, received $7-a-share offer from Hilltop Holdings. The offer was a 16% premium to the stock's closing price on Thursday. Bruce Kelly has the story.
Seven lobby groups representing investment advisers and consumers are urging lawmakers to sign on to legislation that would charge advisers a user fee to fund more regulatory exams.
Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors won partial approval of its $1.8 billion settlement with the U.S. as a federal judge signed off on an agreement to resolve a civil money-laundering case.
