Term premium at an all-time high, but investor confidence in economy at rock bottom; 'fear priced into yields'
For adviser Brian Fenn, the horrific events of 9/11 provided affirmation that he was on the right track with his planning practice
Despite the passage of 10 years and a move to another part of New York, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are never far from financial adviser Lewis J. Altfest's mind
Ten years hasn't diminished the vivid memories of 9/11 for Paul Schatz, president of Heritage Capital LLC, a $110 million advisory firm based in Woodbridge, Conn.
Family offices saw a relatively large surge in assets in 2010. And that figure will likely be getting bigger with billionaire George Soros getting out of the hedge fund business to manage his family's money | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&Date=20110809&Category=FREE&ArtNo=809009999&Ref=PH>Top 10 family offices
Up Total Return Funds holdings in U.S. debt to 10%; backs off cash, money-market funds
Despite need to raise federal tax revenues, bank believes lawmakers will spare municipal debt
Taking advantage of loan guarantee program intended to help low-income families buy homes; debate now in Congress
Rate on average 30-year fixed loan falls to 4.12%; 'homebuyers are not responding'
Competing priorities and procrastination put life insurance on the back burner; substantial selling opp for advisers
Panel must find $1.5 trillion in savings; taxes and entitlements on the table?
A special congressional committee created by last week's debt ceiling legislation is unlikely to have the time or the political will to tackle any meaningful tax reforms
Effective date on reg is bumped back to April 1
A federal circuit court yesterday decided that retirement-plan participants can sue third-party insurers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Proposed reform mixes in wins for both blues (Democrats) and reds (Republicans); accountants, advisers may boo, however
Owners seek a quick sale -- and pray a bidding war breaks out; $65M house, $22M minimum bid
Money managers ranked by assets from clients with more than $100M.
Washington and New York will be joined by Oxford, Miss., as centers of the investment adviser universe if a group of students from the University of Mississippi law school succeeds in establishing a self-regulatory organization for advisers
