Late Friday night, the SEC released it's report on the fiduciary standard. In it, the commission backed adoption of a single standard of care for both broker-dealers and advisers. Now, industry groups are taking dead aim at the proposal. <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110116/REG/301169998>(What's the <i>IN</i> stance?)</a>
People who are making financial preparations for retirement typically plan for expenses such as housing or health care but easily overlook one of the most significant categories that can affect their savings — taxes
With the deadline approaching for the SEC to deliver a much-anticipated report about the regulation of financial advisers, the fight over establishing a universal standard of care is heating up
Tax man offers partial amnesty that 'gives people a chance to come in before we find them'
The ongoing political unrest in Egypt created a brief investment opportunity in neighboring Israel, where the stock market on Sunday experienced its biggest drop in nearly two years.
All of a sudden, gold seems to be losing its luster. With prices now at a five-week low, mining companies are starting to unload their inventory. Meanwhile, a growing number of analysts say the sell-off may continue.
ETFs for the precious metal now hold nine years' worth of U.S. supply; Soros, Paulson piling in, too
MetLife Inc.'s announcement last week that it will stop writing new long-term-care insurance shocked advisers, raising fears that rates will rise for existing blocks of business and that other carriers will exit the industry.
State insurance regulators are not likely to approve John Hancock's recently announced long-term-care rate hikes, denting third-quarter profits for the insurer's parent company, Manulife Financial Corp., according to analysts.
Average premium for existing policyholders could go up by 40%; 'lot of explaining' to do
The costs of long-term-care continue to rise, although at a slower pace than before the economic slowdown as nursing homes and home health care providers reduce charges.
Bank-loan funds attracted a record $5.2B in January, as investors sought protection from a rise in interest rates
The final report from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is a disappointment
The public will reap a profit as the U.S. government sells off the remainder of its holdings in American International Group Inc., chief executive Robert H. Benmosche said last week
As politicians, executives and financiers networked at parties and panels recently in Davos, Switzerland, Barrie Wilkinson was in a nearby hotel, warning that a financial catastrophe may be looming in 2015
Maybe kids don't grow up dreaming of becoming financial superheroes, but that doesn't mean they can't start
Mark Casady, chief executive of LPL Investment Holdings Inc., has reiterated aggressive growth targets for the country's largest independent broker-dealer
Recommendations from Mario J. Gabelli's brokerage firm are trouncing returns in the U.S. stock market as analysts at the biggest securities firms struggle to prove their worth.
Famed investor trouncing fund managers, S&P 500 with quarterly 'Focus Five' list
