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Brokerage also ordered to pay restitution to clients
Client still has open positions with broke i-bank; swimming with the big fish
Morgan Stanley in the third quarter continued to cut the number of financial advisers in its joint venture retail brokerage, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
Finra continues to focus on nontraded real estate investment trusts
Patrick Evershed, a former New Star Asset Management Holdings Inc. fund manager, was bullied by company founder John Duffield, who called him a “criminal” and a “moron,” according to Mr. Evershed's lawyer
Nathan Behan, a senior investment analyst at Prima Capital Holdings, outlines some key recent and long-term trends in the markets in an economic report and analysis on the third quarter.
The surging price of New York's taxi medallions and their promise of steady cash flow have sparked investor interest in the licenses and bolstered shares of a company that finances their purchase to a four-year high
Even as the U.S. economy slogs through a slow recovery, forcing many Americans to cut back on spending, there are signals that wealthy Americans won't be deterred from making fourth-quarter charitable donations
Italy's passage of belt-tightening measures Friday, coupled with its impending change of leadership, calmed immediate fears about Europe's debt crisis, but investors should brace for more eurozone turmoil in the weeks and months ahead
The Securities and Exchange Commission engaged in an unprecedented crackdown on investment advisers over the past year, contributing to an overall surge in agency enforcement
Sapient Private Wealth Management, a fee-based investment adviser in Eugene, Ore., last week joined Focus Financial Partners LLC, marking the eighth transaction completed by Focus this year
As Primerica Inc. prepares to add a fixed indexed annuity to its platform for the first time, the company faces the tall task of prepping its 82,000 representatives on the complicated savings product
Greek contagion would likely take down the banking systems of several eurozone nations; ball's in your court, Germany
Along with the thousands of advisers under one roof here at the Schwab Impact conference in San Francisco, there are also thousands of opinions on issues ranging from economics to politics.
LPL has informed its reps that it will be raising several of their fees come Jan. 1. One of the bump-ups: a 40% hike in the so-called 'affiliation' fee. | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20111110/CHART/111119993>What other B-Ds charge &raquo</a>
Global economy going through rough patch, but end in sight: 'cleansing, catharsis and purging'
The demise of Jon Corzine's brokerage shows little has changed in how the former Goldman boss -- or Wall Street itself -- do business since the demise of Lehman Brothers. Author William D. Cohan weighs in.
