RIA firms shouldn't expect the good times to last. After benefiting from strong equity markets in 2009 and 2010, registered investment advisory firms will be battling head winds for the next few years as they seek further growth, observers predict
Bailed-out insurer AIG should be broken up eventually because its two main businesses have “no strategic fit between them,” according to Harvey Golub, its former chairman
Bank of America Corp. won a court order temporarily blocking four former employees from using and sharing the bank's client records at their new employer, New York-based Dynasty Financial Partners.
Fidelity Investments is improving services for breakaway hybrid advisers who face bumps in setting up dual advisory and commission businesses, the fund giant announced today.
The last time U.S. bond prices were this low Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House. In fact, yields on Treasuries only need to rise slightly to put holders into the red.
Industry veteran ran Merrill Lynch's clearing service for seven years; most recently CEO of Century Securities Associates
The latest wrinkle in the world of exchange-traded funds is a fund that is a foreign company
If it wants to avoid potentially onerous new regulations and a slew of negative headlines, the life insurance industry must band together immediately and establish universally accepted guidelines for identifying deceased policyholders and disbursing benefits to beneficiaries
Ameriprise Financial Inc. last week put on the block one of the most prominent independent broker-dealers in the industry, its subsidiary Securities America Inc., but no clear buyer has emerged
LPL Financial will acquire Concord Capital Partners, the first acquisition for the independent broker-dealer since its parent company --LPL Investment Holdings-- went public in November.
Jackson National Life Insurance Co. has temporarily closed off access to the JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation fund option in the carrier's variable annuities.
Morgan Stanley has moved Sara Furber to lead a group that refers clients to its investment banking, retail brokerage and asset management divisions.
In addition to satisfying regulators, the wealth of information contained in revised ADV forms may be a gold mine of competitive intelligence
Although its wirehouse rivals are keeping their electronic drawbridges closed to social media, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC last week became the first major Wall Street firm to allow its financial advisers to use popular networking websites
Assertions made by speaker of the House's in recent speech not supported by government indicators, market data
Advisers love exchange-traded funds. What they may not like so much: the execution of ETF trades -- particularly for less liquid funds -- can hit clients in the wallet
Greg Fleming was named boss of Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit earlier this year. Since then, he's been busy rejiggering the management team at Smith Barney. The latest: the rehiring of a onetime CFO at the brokerage.
The House Republican budget plan put forth last week by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan marks the beginning of the debate on government entitlement reforms — a rancorous clash sure to play out through the next presidential-election cycle and beyond
$1.6T deficit hardly ideal, but Uncle Sam far from bust, economists say; 'very misleading'
