Sykes bulking up new firm, JHS; set to acquirer broker-dealer of Paulson Capital
About 30 brokers who used to be with the defunct broker-dealer GunnAllen Financial have found a new home — with their old boss, John Sykes
Filing could leave plaintiffs fighting over insurance money
A look at the top B-Ds by percentage of advisers that rate a 'strong likelihood' to consider joining, plus net change in AUM at each B-D.
A Goldman economist uncovers a Fed strategy to push tapering out as far as the eye can see. Meanwhile, don't get fooled by all the Twitter IPO hype but take a look at U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. From <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Plus: Goldman shows its softer side to recruit the Millennial market
The smallest stocks are rallying almost twice as fast as bigger companies in the U.S., a bullish economic signal from businesses whose profits are most dependent on domestic demand.
For the third year in a row, LPL Financial plans to institute some kind of fee increase. The one slated for 2014 is on the firm's third-party money management platform and has some advisers unhappy. Bruce Kelly has the story.
Fewer than a third of survey respondents expect corporate profits to improve in the next year
After Democrats and Republicans came together for a brief display of bipartisanship to avert a U.S. debt default, financial advisers all but turned their backs on Washington.
Advisers - and their $800M in client assets - join Northstar from Essex.
VisionPoint Advisory serves corporate retirement plans, private clients.
The bond superstar sees no end in sight for rate increases, despite previously predicting rates would fall as low as 1.7% before year-end.
Federal deductions for individuals for state and local taxes, as well as R&D credits for businesses also on list for Dec. 31 cutoff
Social Security employees are highly trained professionals who put the public's interest first.
Inflows into long-term mutual funds last week reversed a trend of net outflows that had dominated since August. Bond and equity mutual funds combined received $13.54 billion for the week ended Oct. 23, according to estimates from the Investment Company Institute. The week before, the funds sustained $1.9 billion in outflows.
Goldman Sachs, along with the investment-banking divisions of six of its biggest U.S. and European rivals, allocated a collective 39% of revenue for compensation in the first nine months, down from 42% a year earlier and the 50% some firms earmarked before the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs's 41% ratio so far this year is its lowest nine-month figure as a public company.
Independent broker-dealer division adds 55 reps and advisers.
