One unintended consequence of the long-awaited Volcker rule, which was mandated by Dodd-Frank and finally issued by U.S. regulators last week, may be increased pressure on the retail-wealth-management businesses of wirehouses to contribute more to overall profitability
Occupy Wall Street protesters are lashing out against what they see as a financial industry luxuriating in wealth created at the expense of the middle class. Wall Street, however, has its own grievances against Washington, which were on display last week.
The Supreme Court has refused to revive a bid to sue Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit for allegedly paying 700 black financial advisers less than their white counterparts
Bob Reynolds, chief executive of Putnam Investments, last week called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products
Protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement are giving financial advisers something else to worry about: a generation of leery, cynical investors
Levy would fund jobs bill; given GOP opposition, 5% rate also likely probability of passage
Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit will pay $1 million to resolve claims that supervisory failures enabled a Texas-based representative to operate a Ponzi scheme using a company account.
Economic uncertainty and volatile markets are helping scam artists exploit the fear and greed of unsophisticated and often financially vulnerable investors.
Rumors have been swirling for months about who would acquire Securities America, the embattled broker-dealer. On Wednesday, the guessing-game ended, as parent Ameriprise sold the B-D to Ladenburg Thalmann.
If you're recommending long-term-care insurance to clients as a way for them to protect assets and to care for themselves when they're old and sick, you're probably doing it incorrectly.
Another independent broker-dealer that sold high-risk private placements is hanging on by a thread, with the firm's management stating grave concerns about the broker-dealer's future
Escalating medical expenses and Medicare cutbacks will strain retiree budgets
Private placements strike again: Another independent broker-dealer that sold high-risk Reg D offerings appears to be struggling. This week, CapWest Securities' management filed a report with the SEC stating grave concerns about the B-D's future.
FBI raids home of adviser Mark F. Spangler in probe of alleged fraud; served as president of financial advisers association in 1999
Much has been written about the opportunity to undo, or re-characterize, a Roth IRA conversion if the assets in the account depreciate
Schwab Intelligent Technologies part of the evolving strategy to deliver on the firm's technology promises
Jeffrey Thomasson, 52, may pass on more than $100 million to heirs using an estate-planning strategy for avoiding gift and estate taxes.
The Treasury's Federal Insurance Office yesterday announced that it's looking for public comments — with a special focus on systemic risk — as part of a report on modernizing insurance regulations.
