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OPINION MAY 05, 2013
Beware the transaction tax proposal

The industry needs to remain on guard for proposals from lawmakers seeking to squeeze more coin out of existing revenue streams, or open up new ones.

By MFXFeeder
RIAS MAY 05, 2013
RIAs bringing in new money, study finds

By AOSTERLAND
WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2013
UBS wealth unit reports record profits, inflows

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 05, 2013
Franken to SEC: Ban mandatory arbitration

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2013
Float suit vs. Fidelity

By Darla Mercado
WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2013
Outlook good for wirehouses

By AOSTERLAND
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 05, 2013
White offers little on future of MM reform

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2013
Finra: REIT information misleading

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 05, 2013
UBS elevates Mathews to oversee ultra high-net-worth business

Former regional director replaces Chandler, who will run wealth management.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS MAY 05, 2013
UBS should hive off wealth management unit, shareholder says

In a letter to UBS staff and shareholders, Knight Vinke said the bank should split up its investment bank and wealth management units.

By Gregory Crawford
WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2013
Influential bank analyst says wirehouses looking good

Bank analyst sees wirehouses as big winners in wealth-management industry recovery. Light at the end of the tunnel?

By AOSTERLAND
WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2013
UBS wealth management announces record profits, new money

Focus on wealth and asset management paying off as revamp from capital-heavy activities accelerates.

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2013
Jim Rogers: Gold is a 'buy' if it hits this price

Famed investor likes bullion -- if it falls to $1,300; commodity yet to set a 'proper bottom

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2013
Take Five: Janet Briaud on gold

Adviser recommends that clients have 5% to 10% allocated to the precious metal

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2013
Gold sell-off a buying opportunity for some advisers

Mixed signals from global economic uncertainty, currency war.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 04, 2013
Supremes may decide Finra-Schwab scuffle

The battle between Finra and Schwab over class-action waivers is not done. Lawyers say the case could get swept up in the national debate over consumer rights -- and ultimately end up before the Supreme Court.

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 04, 2013
Schwab's class action win a blueprint for other firms

More brokerage firms are expected to demand that customers give up their right to file class actions against them

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 03, 2013
Invest in growth, not geography, American Funds says

An adviser building an equity portfolio is very likely doing so around global benchmark indexes such as the S&P 500 or the MSCI EAFE, but according to American Funds, there is a better way.

By JKEPHART
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2013
More Americans giving up citizenship to dodge taxes

But financial advisers warn such moves could cost you more

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2013
Is renouncing U.S. citizenship financially favorable?

New data indicates more Americans are deciding that the cost of hanging on to U.S. citizenship is too much of a tax burden.

By Liz Skinner