Caplan oversees $83 million acquisition of flat-fee VA seller; targets RIAs
Suze Orman's new prepaid debit card will come with fees of at least $36 a year
Technology is not just another expense item detracting from take-home pay and profit distributions. For top-performing Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), it's viewed as a long-term investment that generates growth and higher profitability.
Another week, another potential suitor of Morgan Keegan & Co. is reportedly out of the picture.
There's no need for shareholders of DWS Investments' mutual funds to rush to the exits.
Regulator fines Wells Real Estate unit $300K for misleading marketing; says distributor claimed Wells Timberland was a REIT when it wasn't
Almost a quarter of wealthy individuals in the U.S. don't trust their children or stepchildren to protect the assets they plan on leaving the next generation.
Buying bonds for safety, when so many stocks are yielding such attractive dividends, is a losing strategy: Ave Maria manager.
The trickle of advisers leaving Morgan Keegan & Co. since it was put on the block by parent Regions Financial Corp. in June is picking up volume.
U.S. workers' health insurance premiums rose 63% between 2003 and 2010 as employers shifted more of the burden of rising medical costs to individuals and families, according to a study from The Commonwealth Fund
Avoid paying the IRS using complicated stock sale strategies; effective tax rate for billionaires now down to 18%
Economist Nouriel Roubini said the U.S. economy could be entering another recession just as policymakers' options dwindle and the European debt crisis looms
Accounting firms would have to consider how much risk their clients take when auditing brokerage firms under rules proposed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board voted today to charge fees on 640 B-Ds to help pay for examinations of their auditors. Non-custodians may get off the hook, though.
Since corporate insiders typically receive stock as part of their compensation, it is normal for insiders to sell about 2 shares on the open market for every share they purchase outright. Recently, however, insider sales have been running at a pace of more than 8-to-1.
Schwab's new bundled 401(k), Index Advantage, will offer 40 low-cost funds covering about 16 asset classes.
The upstart network of Broker-Dealers was launched barely two years ago, amid an industry shakeout no less. But in that time, the firm has found solid footing, pulling off a string of acquisitions. Yesterday, Cetera struck again, acquiring Genworth's B-D and its 2,000 advisers.
