Legislation would set limits on the number of loans that can be taken from 401(k) plans and ban 401(k) debit cards.
In his 20 years of managing clients' 401(k) plans, Michael T. Scarborough has seen numerous examples of mistakes made by investors who don't allocate enough of their salaries to saving for retirement.
Women are less aggressive then men when it comes to saving for retirement, according to a new study.
One of the broker-dealers in the ING Advisors Network Inc. is on the brink of losing representatives and advisers who generate $21 million in fees and commissions to rival firms.
In the wake of a security breach that affected more than 10,000 clients, LPL Financial has taken several steps to increase data protection.
When it comes to helping clients, adviser Daniel Grossman of Acorn Financial LLC in Nashua, N.H., has his feet planted firmly on the ground.
In casual conversation about the troubled financial markets, the words "risk" and "uncertainty" often are treated as synonyms.
Despite a slowing economy and some potential future funding obstacles, the space industry has nowhere to go but up, participants at a recent space industry conference said.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech last Tuesday attracted the most attention for new mortgage lending rules, to be detailed this week, and for leaving the Fed's doors open to investment banks until next year.
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SIFMA wants Finra to raise the threshold for reporting settlements with customers to $25,000, from $10,000.
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The deal makes Hartford-based ING Wealth Management the third largest defined contribution business in the country.
Billionaire money manager Jeffrey Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in jail for soliciting prostitution.
Last time, I discussed the rationale behind accelerating the payment of taxes rather than deferring taxes for as long as possible.
Many analysts have commended Southwest Airlines Co. for hedging its fuel prices years in advance, thus allowing it to remain profitable while the rest of the airline industry fell into or barely avoided bankruptcy.
The Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission met last week to hash out a way to fill the regulatory gaps revealed by the mortgage bubble and its consequences.
More than two years after its creation, the Roth 401(k) is finally gaining traction in company plans, such as those managed by The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc., The Vanguard Group Inc. and Merrill Lynch Retirement Group.
The nation's stock exchanges and a major trading platform have entered into new arrangements with Google and Yahoo to provide last-sale trade data at no cost to online users.
