The big wirehouses face major challenges that could thwart their announced plans to recruit brokers aggressively and hire more trainees, recruiters and analysts say.
Financial services industry executives are expected to flex their muscles and make some radical changes to the nation's retirement system over the next several months — an effort that could significantly increase the amount of money flowing into 401(k) plans and guaranteed-lifetime-income products.
Legislation that would require that all fees be disclosed to 401(k) plan participants in simplified form is needed, most of the panelists at a hearing on the legislation today testified.
Financial advisers this tax season are coping with what they say is an unprecedented level of client anxiety over recent tax code changes and the potential for higher taxes.
The Washington state Legislature has proposed a bill that would double the estate taxes for residents.
Delaware attorneys have drafted a bill to address the lack of a federal estate tax, joining a slew of states taking this matter into their own hands.
Securities America Inc. chief executive Steve McWhorter said he will retire this spring after 22 years at the helm of the independent broker-dealer.
Faced with the prospect of gaining jurisdiction over 4,200 registered investment advisory firms, state regulators are scrambling to make sure they have the resources to handle a handoff.
State securities regulators are gaining ground in their battle to regain authority to oversee private-placement offerings.
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro's comments on Thursday that all financial advisers who provide personalized advice should come under “meaningful” fiduciary standards has drawn heat from a group representing state securities regulators.
State securities regulators are pushing to get House support for legislation allowing states to have greater oversight over private-placement offerings.
A handful of distributors are seeing a rising tide of wealthy-client assets going into individual retirement accounts.
More people are rolling over their 401(k) savings into IRAs when they leave their jobs or retire.
A push by officials in Washington to curb tainted IRA advice could spoil the party for brokers and plan service providers
Bankers. Business groups. Consumer advocates. They all lined up to bash the Conn. Senator's latest proposal for financial reform.
The pension and actuary group sends a mea culpa to members after a financial advisory firm got hold of the association's mailing list for an upcoming conference.
And there's a 5% chance the tab could top $570K, according to a sobering study published this week by Boston College.
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is circulating legislative language that would delete a requirement that brokers acting as advisers be registered investment advisers.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said today he will work with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Banking Committee, to write a new draft of the financial-services reform legislation the committee has been considering.
President Barack Obama is going to the heart of Wall Street on the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to outline changes needed to prevent a future crisis like the one that sent the global economy into a tailspin last year.
