Raymond James Financial Inc. of St. Petersburg, Fla., last month rolled out a series of research reports on variable annuity riders designed to help its reps sort through the confusing array of products.
When computers manage the portfolio, the first challenge is often preventing the human brain from getting in the way.
Standard & Poor's MarketScope Advisor is a beautifully designed, intuitive online application that is meant to serve as a financial adviser's central source of real-time stock analysis, equity research, strategic asset allocation guidance and market commentary.
Investment advisers can thank the 2006 Pension Protection Act for giving them a new opportunity.
It's time for all investors, institutional and individual, to tell boards of directors: "We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore!"
Legislation allowing donations from IRAs to individual charities will not include donations to donor-advised funds.
Citigroup Inc. is selling a 4.9% stake to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, in a transaction valued at $7.5 billion.
Charts displaying stock market activity or detailed stock analysis are common on investment or brokerage websites — an embedded music player would seem out of place.
I would like to respond to recent comments of Sallie Krawcheck, chief executive of Citigroup Inc.'s global-wealth-management division, as quoted in "Krawcheck: Accept the F[iduciary] word" (InvestmentNews Daily, Nov. 8.).
As discussed in earlier columns, there are two types of structured-note products — those without a principal guarantee and those that guarantee the return of principal as a worst-case scenario.
Some brokers at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley have been hesitating to use new advisory options that their firms have deployed as replacements for fee-based brokerage accounts.
The Securities and Exchange Commission should resist calls for it to require, at this time, greater disclosure of the business risks to companies from climate change.
One of the most useful ways for the registered representative to envision the [arbitration] process is to realize that it is a marathon and not a sprint.
Registered investment adviser and independent-contractor-broker-dealer firms looking to attract high-producing wirehouse brokers are increasingly seeking to differentiate themselves in a crowded and competitive marketplace.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 included a provision that would permit non-spouse plan beneficiaries to transfer assets directly from the plan to a properly titled inherited individual retirement account.
Regulators have asked local banks and foreign banks’ Chinese subsidiaries to ensure that loans at year’s end do not exceed the total outstanding by Oct. 31.
Health-care spending for people under 65 is growing faster than for those over the "magic" number.
The greatest risk facing the 401(k) system is that plan service providers will be declared legal fiduciaries as a result of litigation.
