For the second consecutive year, the largest 25 independent-contractor broker-dealers saw top-line growth slow, even though it still was up by double digits.
OTTAWA — Two approaches for assessing mutual fund and hedge fund risk are moving forward in Canada.
SAN FRANCISCO — David Byers was hired away last month from H&R Block Inc. to apply big company retailing tactics to The Mutual Fund Store LLC.
BOSTON — The Schwab Charitable Fund is nipping at the heels of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program as the nation’s second-largest donor-advised fund.
NEW YORK — When veteran money manager James H. Huguet decided to bring to a broader audience the large-cap approach he uses for separately managed accounts, he decided to forgo creating a conventional mutual fund.
IRVINE, Calif. — Smith Barney reps are supportive of the cost-cutting plan New York-based Citigroup Inc. announced April 11.
NEW YORK — Dice Holdings Inc., which operates career- and job-oriented websites, including Dice.com and JobsintheMoney .com, plans to raise $100 million through an initial public offering.
The mutual fund giant said that it has started offering 401(k) plans an online platform that participants can use to purchase annuities.
WASHINGTON — Financial advice professionals who routinely log 60-hour workweeks may be spinning their wheels, a new report suggests.
Charles Schwab Corp. has reduced account opening minimums for all of its main brokerage and retirement accounts and eliminated minimums for many others, the firm announced today.
Another top executive has walked away from the Pacific Select Group LLC, the soon-to-be-dismantled broker-dealer network of Pacific Life Insurance Co. of Newport Beach, Calif.
H & R Block announced today that it will sell its Option One Mortgage Corp. unit to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive T. Timothy Ryan has withdrawn himself from consideration to be the Department of the Treasury's top international policy adviser, according to published reports.
Online brokerage firm optionsXpress Holdings Inc. reported an 18% increase in first quarter profit, helped out by an increase in new accounts, but fell short of Wall Street expectations.
E*Trade Financial reported a 19% increase in first quarter profit on growth in client assets.
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. posted a disappointing 1.7% increase in first quarter net income due to charges related to its failed bid to acquire the London Stock Exchange.
CBOT Holdings Inc. posted a 58% increase in net income due to higher trading volume, the exchange announced today.
Fidelity Investments’ vice chairman and chief operating officer, Robert Reynolds, announced his retirement today and Ellyn McColgan was named president of distribution and operations.
BlackRock Inc. posted a whopping 176% jump in first-quarter net income as demand for its products has improved following its merger with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.'s asset management unit last year.
Jackson National Life Insurance Co. today reported total sales of nearly $3.5 billion in the first quarter, up 21% from the same period a year ago.
