The SEC can’t win for losing. As a result of judicial overrides of its major regulatory initiatives in the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission is less likely to try bold new initiatives, experts on securities regulation say.
For the second consecutive year, the largest 25 independent-contractor broker-dealers saw top-line growth slow, even though it still was up by double digits.
OTTAWA — Two approaches for assessing mutual fund and hedge fund risk are moving forward in Canada.
BOSTON — The Schwab Charitable Fund is nipping at the heels of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program as the nation’s second-largest donor-advised fund.
WASHINGTON — New default options that the Department of Labor will likely approve for 401(k) investments will have a “significant” impact on the way mutual fund assets are invested, independent fund directors were told at a conference here April 12.
NEW YORK — When veteran money manager James H. Huguet decided to bring to a broader audience the large-cap approach he uses for separately managed accounts, he decided to forgo creating a conventional mutual fund.
IRVINE, Calif. — Smith Barney reps are supportive of the cost-cutting plan New York-based Citigroup Inc. announced April 11.
NEW YORK — Dice Holdings Inc., which operates career- and job-oriented websites, including Dice.com and JobsintheMoney .com, plans to raise $100 million through an initial public offering.
The mutual fund giant said that it has started offering 401(k) plans an online platform that participants can use to purchase annuities.
BOSTON — Labor activists are using a Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring mutual fund proxy disclosure to ratchet up the pressure on executive compensation that they consider excessive.
WASHINGTON — Financial advice professionals who routinely log 60-hour workweeks may be spinning their wheels, a new report suggests.
Courts and regulators will evaluate your effectiveness as an investment adviser against a process standard — as opposed to a performance standard.
Charles Schwab Corp. has reduced account opening minimums for all of its main brokerage and retirement accounts and eliminated minimums for many others, the firm announced today.
Another top executive has walked away from the Pacific Select Group LLC, the soon-to-be-dismantled broker-dealer network of Pacific Life Insurance Co. of Newport Beach, Calif.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive T. Timothy Ryan has withdrawn himself from consideration to be the Department of the Treasury's top international policy adviser, according to published reports.
Online brokerage firm optionsXpress Holdings Inc. reported an 18% increase in first quarter profit, helped out by an increase in new accounts, but fell short of Wall Street expectations.
E*Trade Financial reported a 19% increase in first quarter profit on growth in client assets.
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. posted a disappointing 1.7% increase in first quarter net income due to charges related to its failed bid to acquire the London Stock Exchange.
CBOT Holdings Inc. posted a 58% increase in net income due to higher trading volume, the exchange announced today.
