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INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 07, 2017
Con artist gets 15 months for defrauding broker-dealers

Three-year scheme by Massachusetts man based on bogus bank transfers.

By InvestmentNews
FINTECH MAR 07, 2017
Impact investing portfolios that come with a performance guarantee

Three new portfolios from Motif Investing promise to refund a monthly subscription fee for underperformance

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2017
Fidelity, Empower and T. Rowe take three different approaches to the DOL fiduciary rule

Some retirement plan advisers see providers' compliance moves as potential competition.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2017
Advisers embrace elimination of Obamacare taxes, question GOP replacement plan

The House Republican approach kills investment-income levies, but the breadth of coverage could shrink.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY MAR 07, 2017
Lebenthal sells major stake to South Street Securities

Treasury market brokerage buys asset management, family office units outright.

By InvestmentNews
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 06, 2017
Judge orders advisory firm to give up Ariel name

Ariel Investments wins trademark suit against small Florida RIA with same name.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 06, 2017
SEC enforcement unit bracing for budget cuts under Trump

Division bulked up under Mary Jo White, but is already curtailing expenses as it awaits new budget

By Bloomberg
RIAS MAR 06, 2017
Fidelity puts David Canter in charge of RIA segment

Replaces Bob Oros, who departed in January.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 06, 2017
Lebenthal family seeking to sell firm

Reborn once before, it's beset with debt problems, reports The Wall Street Journal.

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 06, 2017
Finra bars broker-dealer owner for false testimony, fabricated documents

Frank H. Black and his firm, Southeast Investments N.C. Inc., failed to retain business-related emails and to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws, according to the Finra panel's decision.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 06, 2017
Clients fret as bull market reaches 8th birthday

By John Waggoner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 06, 2017
Senate moves to kill DOL's state, city auto-IRA rules

Resolutions to overturn the rules only require a simple majority to pass, and aren't subject to a Senate filibuster

By Greg Iacurci
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 06, 2017
Prospects for independent adviser exams fade with increased SEC efficiency, Piwowar resistance

The regulator's acting chairman says he prefers that agency employees conduct exams.<a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20170306/FREE/170309954/sec-enforcement-unit-bracing-for-budget-cuts-under-trump&quot; style=&quot;color:#b10816&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>&#8203;&#32;<i><b>(More: SEC enforcement unit bracing for budget cuts under Trump)</b></i></a>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS MAR 06, 2017
Tighter SEC budget likely to keep RIA audits few and far between

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 05, 2017
The accredited investor rule should be redefined, not erased

If nothing else, the dollar amounts should be adjusted for inflation.

By crain-api
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 03, 2017
LPL gets mixed reviews for recruiting more to corporate RIA platform

Some affiliates say the firm is competing against them for recruits.

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION MAR 03, 2017
Point-Counterpoint: Should employers have a fiduciary duty to their 401(k) plans?

Two experts on retirement law square off on the question of fiduciary duty for 401(k) plan sponsors. One believes employers aren't best-suited for the responsibility, while the other believes the current system is OK.

By Dana M. Muir and Jonathan Barry Forman
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 03, 2017
Bill Gross' Pimco successor, Dan Ivascyn, is on a hot streak

The Pimco Income Fund returned 10.6% in the past 12 months alone and investor money is now pouring in at a pace unseen by any other actively managed stock or bond fund

By Bloomberg
RIAS MAR 03, 2017
RIA Marc Broidy pleads guilty to stealing $1.5M from clients

The registered investment adviser faces up to five years in prison, as well as criminal forfeiture and a fine

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 03, 2017
DOL removes consumer FAQs on fiduciary rule from its website

The FAQs encourage investors to press their advisers about whether they are fiduciaries.

By Greg Iacurci