TD Ameritrade is urging RIAs to tell Congress to stick with SEC oversight of industry -- and is even advisers a sample letter to make it easier for them to weigh in.
Agency's much-anticipated report on adviser oversight fails to offer single approach; controversy ahead
The new chairman of a House subcommittee with jurisdiction over investment adviser issues is holding his fire on two crucial questions effecting the industry — until he reads upcoming reports addressing the topics.
College planning is one area where financial advisers can really stand out from the crowd
College savers are flocking to 529 plans that offer principal protection. But critics says investors in these structured products are likely to come up short when tuition time arrives.
Struggling New York banking giant Citigroup Inc. today named Deborah Doyle McWhinney managing director and head of the bank’s newly created Citi Personal Wealth Management unit, which will include roughly 600 financial advisers already in place in retail bank branches throughout the country.
The ex-president of Schwab Institutional has become CEO and president of the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation.
Many financial advisers, stunned by Deborah D. McWhinney’s abrupt departure from Schwab Institutional, are wondering just what caused it. Schwab offered little explanation as to why the 52-year-old executive left after more than six years or why there was no warning.
Agricultural commodities represents a creative way to invest in the world's emerging middle class, according to Philip Tasho, founder and chief investment officer at Tamro Capital Partners, which manages $1.4 billion in asset management.
Retirees with less than $50,000 in their individual retirement accounts may not have to take required withdrawals under President Barack Obama's proposed budget.
In the world of variable annuities, 2010 may have been the year of the guaranteed-minimum-withdrawal benefit
Lack of investment choices also slammed; fee-based variable annuities the next step?
As Pimco takes over the distribution of all its funds and expands its equity fund lineup, it plans to cut expense ratios and arm financial advisers with more research and access to its investment managers
The Tax Relief Act of 2010 includes an extension of the qualified-charitable-distribution provision retroactive from Jan. 1, 2010, through Dec. 31, 2011
Affluent clients of two large financial services companies converted billions of dollars held in conventional IRAs to Roth IRAs in 2010, particularly at the end of the year
Western & Southern Financial Group Inc.'s decision to base its variable annuity investment options on exchange-traded funds is a positive for the insurer, allowing it to better manage market risk tied to the products, according to Moody's Investors Service.
The recession that stripped many Americans of their financial security may also have saved a few marriages
Here is a way for financial advisers to keep abreast of ways to engage the next generation: an entertaining website to share with parents or grandparents, who can in turn share it with their young ones
Does anyone want to write long-term-care insurance policies anymore?
To make their variable annuities more attractive, insurers revved up living-benefit features last year. This year, some top VA sellers are hitting the brakes and trimming benefits.
