In a huge win for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a Merrill Lynch team with $14M in annual production -- and including several members of the firm's elite 'Circle of Champions'-- has left to join MSSB. Said one recruiter: "This will send shock waves through [Merrill.]' | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CI&Dato=20110616&Kategori=FREE&Lopenr=616009999&Ref=PH>How do MSSB and Merrill rate with clients?</a>
Despite easing of refinancing standards, home loans still tough to come by
California is closing its adviser-sold Section 529 college savings plan and folding its $283 million in assets into the state's much larger direct-sold plan, after failing to find a company to manage the adviser-sold plan
Pressure is building for higher dividends as U.S. companies from Google Inc. (GOOG) to Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) sit on record cash stockpiles, and payouts remain at three-year lows
Onetime Barron's hotshot adviser files suit against firm; also suing local regulators, including new NASAA president
AUMs, number of clients also up; firms doing more with less
Cleveland financial adviser Rich Lowrie's first hint that Herman Cain's campaign might catch the public's attention came last May when Mr. Lowrie was still interviewing for the role of the Republican presidential contender's economic adviser
Slammed by the 2008 recession, a greater number of older Americans claimed Social Security benefits at a younger age, and a shockingly large percentage exhausted their personal savings, a government report has found
UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, said Francois Gouws and Yassine Bouhara resigned as co-heads of global equities following the $2.3 billion unauthorized trading loss detected last month.
The Clare at Water Tower missed $229m payment this month
Controversial plan to expand definition yanked to allow more input, further economic analysis
Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. won a small victory last week when a class action brought by investors in a Tennessee state court was dismissed by a federal judge. But it doesn't look as if the troubled securities firm is any closer to being sold than when its parent company, Regions Financial Corp., put it up for sale three months ago
Big firms were in play, private-equity firms were active; next two years could see 'frenetic activity'
Turbulence is where this hedge fund manager thrives
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the best-selling book “The Black Swan,” said the current global market turmoil is worse than it was in 2008 because countries such as the U.S. have larger sovereign-debt loads.
A group of workers at Ameriprise Financial Inc. have filed suit in federal court against their employer, alleging that the company placed their 401(k) contributions in proprietary funds, ringing up $20 million in excess costs.
A LIMRA survey released Tuesday found that 32% of 616 producers picked an aspect of training as the most valued service offered by insurers.
Though Latinos know they ought to have life insurance to protect their families, fewer of them buy it, compared with other demographic groups
