The uncertain direction of the economy and the markets remains the “key challenge” for investors, according to Ron Albahary, who was named chief investment officer for Convergent Wealth Advisors on Monday.
ING's <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091007/FREE/910079995> decision to sell off its Swiss private-banking unit</a> to Julius Baer Group today is renewing speculation that the insurer may soon sell off most of its broker-dealer network here in the United States.
Officials for Penson Financial Services Inc. said that <a href= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKQdQ0T9IkE&feature=player_embedded> a video circulating on the Internet </a> of one of its traders engaging in an apparent naked short sale is a fraud that unfairly accuses the firm of violating Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.
Larger financial institutions shedding their asset management business accounted for the bulk of mergers-and-acquisitions activities in the third quarter, a trend that will continue in the months ahead, according to a report today from the financial-institutions group of Jefferies & Co. Inc.
Balances in health investment accounts leapt by more than 20% quarter-over-quarter during the second quarter of 2009, according to data from Canopy Financial Inc.
Regulators and representatives of the insurance industry appeared before Congress today to discuss a new draft of the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009.
Beacon Pointe Advisors of Newport Beach, Calif., a wealth management firm with $4 billion in assets that caters to high-net-worth individuals, is looking to bolster its business with wirehouse castoffs.
Although financial advisers think that succession planning is important, many also believe that they aren't getting enough help preparing for that transition, according to a new survey conducted by Mathew Greenwald & Associates Inc. for John Hancock Financial Network.
Investment advisory firms would have to pay fees to cover the cost of SEC examinations under draft legislation released last week by a senior lawmaker.
Three more large investment firms have raised sufficient capital to participate in the joint partnership with the government to purchase toxic assets from banks.
A new survey suggests that independent investment advisers are becoming more optimistic about the economy.
In his book “Integrated Wealth Management: The New Direction for Portfolio Manager” (Euromoney Institutional Investor, 2006), Jean Brunel educates us as to the benefits of asset “location” — not to be confused with asset allocation.
By at least one measure, today's teenagers are more responsible than their parents were.
Many American households would be in financial distress if confronted with the loss of a breadwinner, according to a recent survey from New York Life Insurance Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. may be giants of the financial services world, but they're retrenching when it comes to serving independent advisers.
Growth in The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s wealth management and retirement businesses will be a renewed area of focus as the insurance giant welcomes its new chief executive, Liam E. McGee, who officially joined the firm last week from Bank of America Corp.
Financial advisers and consumer advocates are skeptical of a proposal from the life insurance industry that could reduce the amount of capital that carriers need to hold against residential-mortgage-backed securities.
Aspiring U.S. homebuyers rushed to take advantage of a tax credit for first-time owners that expires in November, driving up the number of signed sales contracts for the seventh straight month in August.
Dangle some cash and a lot of people are happy to turn in their employers for cheating on their taxes.
Mike Dwyer, formerly of Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., has joined RBC Wealth Management as a senior vice president and financial consultant in the firm's Phoenix office, RBC said today.
