Advisers should always kick the tires and look under the hood of any software they buy for their practice.
Sheila M. Chesney likes it when clients look at reports detailing how their portfolios have performed, and tell her that they really understand what they are looking at.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is considering proposing legislation that would require all managers of qualified default investment alternatives in defined-contribution plans to act as fiduciaries under ERISA — a move that would place much more stringent requirements on all managers of target date funds, target risk funds and balanced funds.
This week, we will be covering two critical areas for reaching your goals for 2010 and beyond. The first is retaining your top clients. The second critical area is to start outlining your business plan for 2010
Massachusetts regulators allege two Newton financial advisers and their company connected to a Framingham man's alleged Ponzi scheme have been operating as unregistered brokers.
A Los Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that cheated about 50 investors in a NASCAR merchandise wholesale business out of at least $10 million.
People who knew how to make a quick buck held some of the fastest-growing jobs two years ago. Now, the growth industry is in helping financial firms figure out how to follow the rules.
New arbitrations filed with Finra surged in 2009 to 7,137 cases, up from 4,982 cases in 2008, according to statistics recently released by Finra. That's a 43% gain.
The upset election of Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts will have a more modest impact on financial services regulatory-reform legislation than on health care reform. But the stunning result in Massachusetts will give Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee a stronger hand in shaping financial reform.
Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc., the San Francisco-based investment bank, faces a regulatory probe over the sale of $15.7 million in auction-rate securities as the market neared collapse.
The FDIC seized another four banks late last week, bringing the year's tally to 41. And there's plenty more where that came from
“Headline risk” associated with municipal bonds went up today when the U.S. Census Bureau released data that state government tax collections totaled $715.2 billion in fiscal year 2009. That's a decrease of nearly $67 billion (8.6%) from fiscal 2008.
The Department of Labor and the Treasury Department have put out a request for information on the use of annuities in defined-contribution plans.
BrightScope Inc., a provider of 401(k) plan ratings, today introduced a new online tool that provides investors with personalized data about how much they are paying in fees in their retirement plans.
Caterpillar Inc.'s announcement that it has reached a tentative settlement over the fees it charged its 401(k) plan participants may be bad news for plan sponsors, their advisers and mutual fund companies.
New targets have surfaced for lawsuits over 401(k) fees: small retirement plans, their investment advisers and service providers.
