Pru the latest marquee carrier to exit from the individual LTCI business; last day for sales is March 30
Union chief Hamilton requests resignation from Prim Capital; accusations of nepotisim
Identifying key items with different age groups can help advisers close the generation gap, Wells Fargo exec says
Wirehouse revives advertising icon in new TV campaign; 'symbol of strength and optimism'
John Sykes' first broker-dealer holding company, GunnAllen Holdings, is out of business and his second, JHS Capital, has sustained significant losses and faces a handful of Finra arbitration claims. Bruce Kelly reports.
The individual investor businesses at Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. remain in the doldrums, with low trading volumes and interest rates.
A Tax Policy Center study has estimated that in 2015, Romney would need to eliminate $320 billion in tax breaks, or 30% of the total, to pay for his proposed 20% reduction in tax rates.
It's hard to suss out what happened with the rigging of Libor -- or estimate eventual monetary damages, if any, to U.S. banks being probed by regulators. But one attorney says the scandal may be the 'mother lode' of civil litigation. As for reputational damage to the banks' wirehouses? The sky's the limit.
Variable annuities aren't the great deal they used to be, what with insurers pulling back on generous benefits and offering to exchange onerous payouts for a bump up in account values. But now, an SEC official has fired off a warning shot about such practices
Will require that brokers perform reasonable due diligence to understand the nature of the recommended strategy or securities product and whether it's suitable
Election could be big loss for those with capital gains
