The North American energy revolution continues to help our economy and provide compelling investment opportunities, one expert says
An in-depth look at managed futures, which can be a confusing asset class for investors and advisers alike.
After 18 years, David Tittsworth is leaving the Investment Adviser Association, a group he led during a period of expanding regulation.
The bill preventing a government shutdown includes SEC funding hike and allowance to cut pensions. Left out is language that would have killed the DOL's fiduciary rule.
Wall Street resistance has helped slow down a pending Department of Labor rule to strengthen standards for advisers to retirement plans. With a re-proposal slated for January, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is urging more of its firms to contact Congress to oppose the measure.
Advisers forced to go beyond numbers when faced with clients' concerns
Deferred-income annuities can alleviate retirees' fears of running out of money late in life, but they are not for everyone.
Citing stats that every year, SEC examines just 9% of the roughly 11,000 RIAs under its purview, Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House financial committee, has renewed her call for action on adviser oversight. Question is, is anyone listening?
The fundamentals reflect the 1970s rather than the 1990s.
House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would extend retroactively for one year an assortment of individual and business tax breaks.
Convinced of Social Security's shakiness, those born from 1979 to 1996 participate in retirement plans at high rates, according to one study.
Bringing bill to a floor vote expected for political gain: The issue may well play out in the Presidential election.
Chicago-based team has moved to LPL's hybrid RIA platform.
As stocks cross a symbolic threshold, advisers fear clients' rushing in at potential market peak.
Recent Supreme Court decision preventing bankruptcy protection for these assets calls for careful planning strategies.
From Bill Winterberg: Which features of Apple's latest operating system advisers need to know. Plus his highlights from Apple's 2014 World Wide Developers Conference.
Why did Sterne Agee <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140527/FREE/140529934">fire CEO James Holbrook Jr.?</a> Many want to know, especially since the firm and its former CEO were recently accused of all manner of professional hanky-panky.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: Why there's no excitement for this stock rally. </i>Plus: Fee-only RIAs in the catbird seat but they can't relax; the active ETF world heating up; what QE has wrought; on Phil Mickelson and insider trading; and Apple's big day.
