In this time of very low fixed-income returns, investors often are attracted to the diversification and income that real estate securities can provide.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> What does it say about the U.S. stock market when it reacts so violently to the Brexit vote, and then just puffs right back up again?
The Boston fund giant is lowering expense ratios on 27 index funds and ETFs.
Richard William Lunn Martin improperly recommended non-traditional ETFs while warning of economic collapse, Finra said
Call volumes rose in the first few hours of trading Friday as investors tried to make sense of what Brexit means for their retirement accounts.
High-income retirees could see net benefits decline next year if Medicare premiums rise.
National Holdings Corp. said it reached an agreement to be acquired by Fortress, a biopharmaceutical company.
Supporters of 529 plans want tweaks to law that caps fund changes at two per year, which could spur adviser interest in managing them.
States get additional guidance on how to administer 529 ABLE plans.
The larger trend toward passive investing, as well as cost-consciousness on the part of plan sponsors and general industry push to lower expense ratios, are at play.
The wealth manager overbilled for investments in REITs and BDCs
These alternatives to traditional living arrangements can help satisfy older Americans' requirements for affordable and accessible living spaces.
But they're remarkably short on what to buy.
First off, advisers should tell them that adding international stocks can dampen a portfolio's volatility, and increase the number of potential winners.
The fund giant wouldn't say if regulatory pressure compelled it to impose the practice.
Here are some of the most critical and potentially damaging misconceptions held by compliance professionals.
Many advisory firms are playing with fire by failing to report to regulators cybersecurity breaches, both big and small, experts say.
Chairwoman Mary Jo White and commissioner Kara Stein laid out regulations the agency will tackle, despite missing two of its five members.
A move by the Securities and Exchange Commission to beef up oversight of investment advisers probably will not stop the agency's effort to establish third-party exams for the sector.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Something amiss when safe-haven investments move into bubble territory. The utilities sector is up 21% so far this year.
