Apparently, $4M isn't what it used to be. When asked how much they'd need in investable assets to consider themselves wealthy, millionaires came back with a hefty number.
Reluctant to entrust their financial assets to any one financial adviser, the nation's top tier of investors is spreading its wealth. In fact, new research shows that well over half of wealthy clients now work with at least five advisers.
Government studies show employees, bosses often unaware of practice; does it boost returns or not?
Employees' 401(k) account balances in the equities markets in 2010 continued to climb and were higher than they were before the markets fell, according to a recent analysis
Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds came to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way Wall Street executives usually recommend.
Putnam Investments has tapped former executives from John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and Fidelity Investments to help it expand its defined contribution business.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Government Accountability Office have called upon the Labor Department to give employers guidance on securities-lending activities that are taking place within retirement plans
Unflinching optimism continues to dominate the outlook of the financial planning community, despite the gloomy forecast from the media, according to the latest quarterly research from Russell Investments
The move more than likely signals a shift from accumulation -- but without insurance lock-ins
Clients not interested in re-balancing, saving more or devising a financial game plan, survey finds
Asset manager hires Robert Francis, former COO at B-D's retirement unit
With college tuition reaching mind-boggling levels, economist Laurence Kotlifoff reexamines the ROI of higher education. What he discovers may explain why the guy who fixes your sink drives a better car than you do.
Like a nagging cold, leakage from defined-contribution plans continues to bedevil plan sponsors and their providers
Going independent has never been easier, but there are still a host of issues to consider. This first installment of a four-part special report explores the ins-and-outs of starting your own practice.
Service providers have an additional six months to prepare for plan fee disclosure regulations, and it seems that broker-dealers will need all that time
Financial adviser training and compliance expenses could spike for broker-dealers of all sizes — and become especially burdensome to smaller firms — if the Labor Department applies its proposed fiduciary rule to individual retirement accounts, observers say.
Retirement plan clients seem to want it all — and these days, they're asking plan advisers what they can do for their participants in terms of guidance.
