The SPARK Institute's option would limit contributions to $10,000, higher than the typical IRA, would “simplify” investment option selection, among other things.
The life settlements and life insurance industries are criticizing President Barack Obama's 2011 budget proposal, which includes provisions that would require additional reporting to the IRS for life settlements and would impose taxes on corporate-owned life insurance.
Asset manager Affiliated Managers Group reported a fourth-quarter profit on Monday, reversing a loss for the same period a year ago.
VVV Research and Development Inc. conducted a national survey on behalf of broker-dealer Cambridge Investment Research Inc. In the survey, 648 representatives were surveyed about their experience with their broker-dealers. As part of the survey, advisers listed areas in which they said broker-dealers needed to improve.
Over the weekend, my daughter asked me what our family was going to do to help Haiti.
The size of the college savings market will more than double in the next five years, but Section 529 college savings plans still have a long way to go to gain marketshare.
We are a few weeks into 2010 and you may be wondering what you can do to rejuvenate your practice and spice things up
The stock market might not perform as well in 2010 as it did last year, but the case for equities is still hard to ignore, according to John Buckingham, chief investment officer at Al Frank Asset Management Inc.
After two disastrous years in a row, brokerage industry observers say something akin to normalcy may return this year.
The state of Illinois has reached a settlement in its lawsuit over losses in the Bright Start college savings program under which parents will get back $77.23 million — slightly more than half of what they lost in investments handled by Oppenheimer Funds Inc.
Fidelity Investments last week announced that it is cutting the management fees on its Section 529 plans.
A wrecking ball has hit ING Groep NV's global supermarket of financial services, whose many parts include a $600 billion global asset management business and a U.S broker-dealer network of 8,700 reps and advisers.
Proposed entity would be capitalized by the prime-money-market-fund industry.
Serving smaller convertible-based accounts has become too challenging, so the fund company is raising the investment minimum to $750,000, from $100,000.
Reebok founder Paul Fireman is suing his longtime friend, investment adviser and accountant, claiming he stole $25 million from him and a charity.
By now, most financial advisers know that when you have after-tax money in an individual retirement account, you can't just convert those funds and pay no tax on the conversion.
Many investors approaching retirement view the stock market as too much of a gamble.
Money managers owned by global investment banks are re-engineering their business models in response to mounting pressure to earn their keep.
The Obama administration last week announced plans to require employers to give employees the option of enrolling in direct-deposit individual retirement accounts.
