Financial advisers are bumping into one another trying to win new accounts among affluent investors, but they can add some profitable business from less obvious market segments — one of which is investors who have never had a financial adviser.
As overall longevity increases, outliving retirement resources is more likely than in the past, making retirement planning more important than ever
Brokerage Mesirow to take on 401(k) fiduciary duties for Mutual of Omaha plans sold by SA reps
A multimillion-dollar campaign to encourage investors to use credentialed financial planners to manage their money launches this week with a print advertisement in three business magazines.
Wild swings and declines in the market have advisers addressing constant client questions.
California signed on TIAA-CREF to manage its college-savings replacing Fidelity Investments, which decided not to bid
With marginal rates likely going up, now is a good time for clients to rethink how they can get the most out of their tax-deferred college-savings plans
Plenty of complications in ensuring the wealthy pay same percentage as middle-class earners; 'opening the door for tax lawyers'
Aging baby boomers may hold down U.S. stock values for the next two decades as they sell their investments to finance retirement, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Fund firm says staying the course works; investors' resolve tested sorely this week
Taxpayers will be able to examine the qualifications of paid tax-return preparers in a database being built by the IRS that may be available as soon as 2013.
$250K limit can easily be bumped up to $2M; CDARS, brokered CDs gaining in popularity
Retail accounts of many banks not money-spinners; Wells Fargo latest to join field
New unit named after maker of bank's trademark stage coach
Typical family office invests more than a quarter of its clients' assets with hedge funds; share could be even larger
Fears of second economic downtown driven by fears, not fundamentals; 'bad things have not happened'
S&P's single-notch lowering of the U.S. sovereign debt rating was seen as a big blow to the Treasury market. Instead, worries about default on government debt has investors clamoring for -- yep -- government debt. The result? In an auction this week, taxpayers saved $647M.
GOP and Democratic lawmakers skewer plan to apply stricter standard to retirement plan advisers; 'absence of evidence'
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. has signed an agreement to provide a money management platform for Shareholders Service Group Inc., a San Diego-based custodial firm that serves 700 advisers.
