In case anybody was wondering, survey reveals pensions are preferred to 401(k)s
President wants to make sure wealthy don't pay lower rate than middle-income earners
Index giant looks to break insurers' domination of bundled-plan space; 'last bastion' for carriers
Carriers think VAs are an attractive area for growth, but the product line faces some hurdles that may dampen sales.
James Shorris to return to the private sector after seven years with regulator; had said private placement crackdown was top priority
Bradley Bennett, currently a partner at Baker Botts LLP, is set to take over as head of enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Susan Merrill wants back in the private sector. So, after six years at Finra, the regulator's head of enforcement is taking a job at law firm Bingham McCutchen
Finra is putting the finishing touches on a rule proposal that would shorten the amount of time available to broker-dealers to come up with estimated valuation of a nontraded REIT
The co-founder of Axa Rosenberg Group agreed to pay $2.5 million and be barred from the securities industry for life for failing to tell investors that there was an error in the computer code of the investment model he developed and the firm used to manage client assets.
Industry observers think the Securities and Exchange Commission will have to backtrack on a proposal to increase the number of people regulated as municipal advisers
Tommy Lee Jones is Ameriprise Financial's new pitchman in ads that take a more conservative tone
Compensation for compliance experts has been stagnant over the past few years, but that situation should be improving soon, largely thanks to the Dodd-Frank Act.
The Dodd-Frank Act's new incentive program, which rewards tipsters with as much as 30% of penalties collected, has been operating on an interim basis since the law was enacted last year.
Rep. Spencer Bachus, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, wants to overhaul the SEC and delay the fiduciary rule.
Not-so-binding arbitration? Two months after Raymond James Financial Services Inc. was ordered to pay $1.7 million as a result of an arbitration decision over suitability, the broker-dealer and the client are arguing in court.
Powershares fund out-running 500 Index fund; training his sights on bonds next
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges today against unregistered Long Island investment adviser Corey Ribotsky for allegedly lying about the performance of his investment strategies and stealing more than $1 million from one of the hedge funds he managed.
Galliard Capital Management Inc.'s stable-value funds, designed to preserve principal in tumultuous times, drew more than four times the usual inflows in August as market volatility increased, said managing partner John Caswell
Financial advisers who go beyond what is typical in terms of helping with college planning are finding that clients reward them later with assets
