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WIREHOUSES DEC 30, 2013
UBS sweetens incentives for targeting wealthier clients

Next year, the wirehouse will increase expense accounts and other incentives to help advisers attract clients with the most money to invest.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
BROKER DEALERS DEC 30, 2013
Royal Alliance lures adviser team managing $150M

The New York-based trio works with more than 2,000 clients and plans to grow

By MDURISIN
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 29, 2013
Buffett's game

Few follow Warren Buffett's maxim — “Put all of your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket” — as diligently as Scott Moore. A high concentration of stocks should make investing more volatile but since he's beating the market handily.

By Gregory Crawford
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 28, 2013
James Stowers, American Century Investments founder, dies at 90

Turned $100,000 in seed money in 1958 into the $141 billion money management powerhouse.

By Gregory Crawford
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 28, 2013
Economic jujitsu

Rising rates and a steeper yield curve mean the economy is stronger, but too much of that too quickly raises the risk of another stall. Jeff Benjamin on what the Fed must do.

By Gregory Crawford
ALTERNATIVES DEC 28, 2013
Buffett's derivatives bets pay off

Berkshire's second-quarter profit climbs 45 percent.

By Gregory Crawford
RIAS DEC 27, 2013
Legg Mason hires Wells Fargo exec to head acquisitions

After five years of net acquisitions, Legg Mason hired Thomas Hoops from Wells Fargo & Co. to head business development as the firm seeks to expand its products and make acquisitions.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 27, 2013
The dumbest moments in American business

This year's biggest business blunders, plus other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 27, 2013
SAC's Martoma: U.S. must disclose evidence in his favor

Former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager Mathew Martoma asked a judge to force the government to turn over evidence that he says can help him beat insider trading charges as his case goes to trial next month.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 27, 2013
Take 5: For bond fund investors, it may be time to bail

"Get out while the getting is still good," says Asset Dedication's Brent Burns.

By Jeff Benjamin
WIREHOUSES DEC 27, 2013
Wells Fargo brokerage head Mary Mack nudges advisers away from stock picks

Mary Mack, Wells Fargo & Co.'s new brokerage chief, plans to put more retail clients into managed accounts as the largest U.S. firms nudge advisers away from picking individual stocks.

By Matt Ackermann
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 27, 2013
Senator: Finra too weak to go after deadbeat brokers

Sen. Ed Markey, who wrote the legislation that led to the creation of BrokerCheck, is calling for stricter regulator enforcement for <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20131024/FREE/131029933&quot;>brokers who violate securities rules</a> and continue to practice.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 27, 2013
Too easy for brokers to clean records, lawyers say

Brokers who are the subject of investor arbitration cases can clear their record of any wrongdoing too easily, lawyers say. Research finds that records were erased in 97% of cases settled from May '09 through Dec. '11.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WIREHOUSES DEC 27, 2013
Wealth management helps drive Wells Fargo third quarter

Market performance, money flows push Wells Fargo Advisors' assets to record.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 26, 2013
How the wealthy escape taxes with trusts

Individuals are taking a cue from corporations in moving assets to other states, but will regulators clamp down?

By lkonish
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 26, 2013
Keep the 'Wolf' at the door

Scorsese film celebrates frat-party side of investment-advice world.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
I passed the CFP exam (but you can't call me a certified financial planner)
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 26, 2013
I passed the CFP exam (but you can't call me a certified financial planner)

Mary Beth Franklin passed the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.'s certification exam. But unfortunately, you can't call her a certified financial planner &#8212; and probably never will.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES DEC 26, 2013
Big PE firms facing $1B settlement in collusion case

Plus: Asian markets are charging, hitting a year-end financial high note, how to use bond ETFs, Amex gets stung, and apps for getting fit. Check out Breakfast with Benjamin.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES DEC 26, 2013
BlackRock expands alternatives expansion

Money manager said to seek $3 billion for new credit hedge fund.

By Gregory Crawford
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 26, 2013
San Diego adviser faces SEC cherry-picking allegation

San Diego adviser allegedly steered winning trades to favored clients and lied about how money was spent.

By Matt Ackermann