Finra on Wednesday ordered midsize independent broker-dealer J.P Turner & Co. to pay more than $700,000 in restitution to clients who complained about unsuitable sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds and excessive mutual fund switching by one registered representative.
LPL service will allow retirement plan sponsors to shed participants who can't be located or who are nonresponsive.
When it comes to LinkedIn, regulators have become "misguided helicopter parents that will not let our industry mature and grow," according to blogger Matthew Halloran
Revamped portal allows planners to talk among themselves.
Treasuries snapped the biggest advance in a month before the Federal Reserve announces a decision today on whether it will slow asset purchases from $85 billion a month.
There's a 40% to 60% chance that the Federal Reserve will announce a reduction in its asset purchase program tomorrow, according to Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co.
Breakfast (with Benjamin) is served: Dividend ETFs losing luster as rates rise; Bernanke's last stand; nontransparent active ETFs; Obamacare's drag on health care; useless jobless claims data; and global New Year's traditions.
According to advisers and recent data from Limra, workers seem to be doing precisely what they would be expected to do with 20-page disclosure documents: Tossing them in the circular file.
He worked for firm accused of selling $18 million in fraudulent notes to star athletes, including the NFL's Vernon Davis (pictured)
FMB Wealth Management is offering entrepreneurs a crowdfunding platform that provides access to big-money accredited investors whose deep pockets can make a difference for startups.
Prospect of regulation by brokers' regulator does not bother existing sites, which have conducted crowdfunding for accredited investors for some time.
A group of eight senators wrote the SEC, saying it was concerned that it was taking so long to write rules to implement part of the JOBS Act that allows small companies to raise capital from investors online.
A new proposed plan to end Detroit's $18 billion bankruptcy would pay bondholders 20 cents on the dollar and give police and firefighters higher pension payouts than other city employees. Now disagreement from both bond insurers and unions is expected to usher in a new, more contentious phase of negotiations.
Executive vice president Bill Chetney will take the new title in January.
UBS AG, the world's largest wealth manager, said clients are shifting money to be managed directly by the bank or pay for advice in a reversal of previous outflows after it revamped services to boost profitability.
Investors watch the Fed as its last meeting of the year begins. Also in today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Stocks to buy when the Fed tapers, gold investors seek the bottom, IPOs gone wild, and a Deutsche Bank shopping guide.
Though a majority of retirees' wish lists include trekking the world, few plan ahead for such costs
Though a majority of retirees' wish lists include trekking the world, few plan ahead for such costs.
