Data collection could force clearinghouses to manage reams of new account information.
A Finra arbitration panel has ordered the firm to buy back funds recommended by an adviser
Before he stepped down this week as chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Chet Helck launched the organization's initiative to elevate customer care among its members to a best-interests standard. The effort, designed to help the financial industry regain investor trust, is modeled on a similar program at Raymond James Financial Inc., where Mr. Helck is the chief executive of the Global Private Client Group. He spoke to <i>InvestmentNews</i> at the SIFMA annual conference in New York this week.
The best way for the financial services industry to turn around negative public perception is to raise its standards for client care and elevate clients' interest above its own, the chairman of a major Wall Street trade association said Monday night.
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Taking the pulse of the securities regulator as chief Mary Jo White continues her charm offensive, in which she's hoping to prove that her agency is no longer the lap dog of Wall Street. Given the revolving door, proof will be in the pudding.
Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch say the days of paying big bonuses to lure each other's brokers and keep their own in place may be ending.
Details are incomplete, but it is clear that the filing point to the growing bifurcation in the variable annuity pool of offerings: There will continue to be traditional variable annuities with living benefits, but more and more, carriers will be bringing out products that are largely investment-focused.
Calculating optimal portfolio allocations requires a combination of art and science, or truly, opinion and software.
In today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Two big investment houses recommend exiting emerging markets. Also: Credit Suisse offloads risky assets, investment gurus get nervous about 2014, cold weather and a weak economy, and what will cost more this year.
About 10 million Americans will fork over a bigger slice of their paycheck to Social Security and Medicare taxes this year
