The agency could be on the path toward clarifying whether online trading platforms are giving investment advice. The examination will also consider potential conflicts of interest between brokers and investors.
The hiring push is the fund company’s third in less than a year, reflecting the boom in individual investing that has lifted the entire trading industry.
The average account balance was more than $348,000, up from nearly $287,000 a year prior, according to a new study. Brokerage accounts are favored by investors who want to be more active in managing their retirement assets.
The payments giant enters a competitive but flourishing marketplace for online brokerages as it evolves its app to enable millions to trade individual stocks. PayPal currently has approximately 400 million users.
Allison Taylor leads the all-female group in Huntington Beach, California.
Cooper, the company's chief investment officer, succeeds Dennis Glass, who has been chief executive since 2007.
Carrie Tolstedt, who was a senior vice president at the bank, cited her constitutional right against self-incrimination more than 100 times in a response filed to an SEC complaint claiming she misled investors.
If you are an adviser, you are either currently with an RIA, thinking about going RIA or know someone who has left a broker to go RIA.
David Foster found his niche when he realized how difficult it was to make sure his donations were having the desired impact.
The agency fined 8 firms, including Cetera and Cambridge, a total of $750,000 for inadequate policies and procedures to protect customer information.
The funds will be made available for clients of its robo-adviser Personal Advisor Services through advised portfolios as part of a five-fund active equity offer.
Despite the difficulty of the conversation, clients are most often receptive to planning for health problems later in life, including diminished mental capacity.
Two clients complained to LPL about annuity contracts that differed from the ones they agreed to purchase, according to the regulator.
The long-delayed report, which is due every year no later than April 1, is expected this week and should highlight the pandemic's impact on program funding.
Great advisers with good tools were unable to prevent far too many investors from making emotional decisions amid the March 2020 market volatility.
While the central bank could begin reducing its monthly bond purchases this year, the Fed chairman said it won't be in a hurry to begin raising interest rates.
On Thursday, the asset manager's shares had plunged as much as 14.2% on the news that Germany’s financial markets regulator, BaFin, and U.S. prosecutors were probing claims by a former sustainability executive that DWS overstated the amount of assets adhering to social and environmental criteria.
The agency issued a wide-ranging request for comment on how online brokerages use game-like features and other tools to attract investors.
FPA is cancelled, but Morningstar is still on track. The industry is on edge over how to proceed in the most responsible fashion possible.
Being on video caused workers to become disengaged and participate less than if they spent the meeting off-camera, a recent study found.
