Ireland and Greece should have declared bankruptcy. Ben Bernanke is inept. College students should abandon their finance programs and study agriculture or mining.
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With an insider trading probe sweeping across the financial services industry and a multibillion-dollar sovereign-debt crisis unfolding in Europe, investors might find the feel-good idea of impact investing appealing right about now.
For some time now, there has been a net outflow of advisers from broker-dealers to investment advisory firms
Next Financial Group Inc. was hit last month with its third significant regulatory action in three years when Finra socked it with a $400,000 fine and $102,000 in restitution to clients.
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Morningstar Inc. may consider reviewing the way it displays information to financial advisers and their clients about returns on variable annuity subaccounts.
A broad coalition of accounting, financial planning and consumer groups are hoping that the new Congress will take up a long-sought-after ban on the practice of patenting tax strategies
Congress won't act directly on the recommendations of a presidential deficit commission, but elements of its plan — including the elimination of tax breaks and deferrals for retirement, life insurance and employer-sponsored health care plans — may become part of legislation in coming months.
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SEC staff attorneys have been required to show proof that they are active members in good standing with at least one state bar association.
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Leaders of a presidential deficit commission recommend the elimination of all tax breaks for retirement, life insurance and employer-sponsored health care plans in their final report, which was released Wednesday and will be voted on by the full panel Friday morning.
Diamondback Capital Management LLC, one of three hedge funds raided by the FBI last week, said it received a federal grand jury subpoena and is cooperating in a U.S. probe that it said includes research consultants.
A New York man received five years' probation for defrauding his customers of more than $66 million they thought was invested in the foreign-exchange market and instead was spent on art and an Aston Martin car.
The House of Representatives approved on Thursday a bill that would permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts for the middle class but allow rates for wealthier taxpayers to increase.
Morningstar Inc. may consider reviewing the way it displays information to advisers and their clients about returns on variable annuity subaccounts.
President Barack Obama told newly elected state governors that he's “optimistic” the administration will reach a deal on tax cuts with congressional Democrats and Republicans before the end of the year.
Elizabeth Warren says that a new consumer protection agency must go big or go home.
The global financial markets are still trying to regain some stable footing following the $116 billion bailout of some of Ireland's largest banks.
