As the financial advisory industry continues to evolve, more investment professionals and firms are embracing the hybrid registered investment adviser model.
Rather than get stuck with paltry returns on money-market funds, some investors are putting their cash to better use: they're shifting into 15-year mortgages, saving big bucks in the process.
A new poll reveals which financial insitutation gets the least favorable response from traders, investors and analysts. Remarkably, survey respondents also said the winner -- loser? -- won't be hurt by this negative vibe.
Balances in HSAs — tax-advantaged medical savings accounts — grew to some $11.7 billion in total assets, reflecting a 31% increase over last year.
The U.S. will review health insurer requests to raise premiums for individuals and small businesses at least 10% in 10 states, ruling that local regulators aren't adequately policing rates.
Finra will take a data-centric approach to performing market exams, pulling reams of information from broker-dealers, insurance companies and clearing firms.
A new report finds that VA customers don't read prospectuses — and with the some of the documents running upwards of 200 pages, it's easy to understand why.
Firm predicts large-cap index will reach 1450; lack of confidence by consumers, corporations actually a plus for markets
The AARP has refuted an article in today's Wall Street Journal saying the organization had a change of heart after internal debates and had decided that it would accept benefit cuts to the massive entitlement program.
Finra-crafted rule creates new license for administrative personnel; exam mandated
Closing of funds to investors suggests carrier's plan to slow variable annuity sales will be less aggressive than first thought; 'quite modest'
The Department of Education this week released its latest data on the cost of a college education. The list of the priciest private universities offered several surprises -- and a stark reminder of just how expensive higher education has gotten.
Depreciation schedule on the President's radar; aviation industry feeling 'singled out'
Finra's variable annuity suitability rule should be old news to broker-dealers, but firms that want to steer clear of an arbitration land mine ought to review their procedures.
Surprise, surprise: 85% of full-service investment firms' clients have never heard of, nor do they understand, the difference between the suitability standard followed by brokers and the fiduciary standard followed by registered investment advisers, according to a J.D. Power & Associates survey
A petition signed by about 5,200 financial planners has been delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission, urging it to impose a universal fiduciary duty on anyone providing retail investment advice
April agreement for JPMorgan Chase & Co. to return $800 million in cash and securities approved by judge
U.S. equity research and related services from JPMorgan Chase & Co. was voted the most valuable to asset managers surveyed by Greenwich Associates.
A “perfect storm” of fiscal woes in the United States, a slowdown in China, European debt restructuring and stagnation in Japan may hurt the global economy, according to New York University professor Nouriel Roubini
