The Tax Foundation, a Washington research group that advocates for lower taxes, said state, local and federal levies would result in a tax rates of nearly 50% in some states' top earners.
Advent Software yesterday announced availability of Moxy 7.0, the latest version of the trade order management system that's so popular with registered investment advisory firms
SEC eyes tougher rules for high-frequency traders; loss of specialists bemoaned
The commission launched its study of fiduciary requirements amid fanfare and a flood of public input. But the GAO is quietly examining the regulation of the entire financial planning industry.
Here's how the 10 major industry groups in the S&P 500 grade out, according to John Dorfman
Citigroup Inc.'s private bank will triple the number of hedge funds such as Paulson & Co. that its wealthy clients can invest in, under a push to increase money-management revenue.
Move frees company to focus on asset management; insurance less profitable
Long-term care insurance is considered a valuable benefit by employees, but advisers seldom share their enthusiasm.
Self-funding would give the regulator a fighting chance of keeping up with the growing number of investment advisers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't conduct a meaningful probe of indicted money manager R. Allen Stanford until 2005 even though examiners suspected him of operating a Ponzi scheme eight years earlier, an internal report found.
Black Diamond's BlueSky first of new wave of coming integrations to be added to platform
TD Ameritrade Institutional attracted more breakaway brokers in the last nine months than it did in all of its 2009 fiscal year, company executives said last week.
Despite expectations that interest rates will remain near zero for another year, the interest-sensitive TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. plans to invest $30 million in technology and “client-facing” activities in fiscal 2011.
Among other things, GAO charged with examining professional standards that currently govern planners and advisers
The Senate financial-reform bill introduced by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., tackled a lot of difficult issues, made some tough decisions and punted on a relatively easy one — requiring financial professionals who give investment advice to accept fiduciary responsibility.
Tearful, angry victims of a $77 million Ponzi scheme that targeted hundreds of often working-class Italian-Americans crowded into a Chicago courtroom Thursday to tell their stories before a judge handed the convicted swindler a maximum 23-year prison term.
Last month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. shut down APS Financial Corp. for overcharging clients $1.3 million for bond trades in 2005 and 2006.
UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, is putting more focus on its richest clients in Asia and bringing its investment bankers closer to asset managers to meet their demands.
The Buckingham Family of Financial Services today announced a merger with Wealth Management Consultants LLC.
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