Administration officials and members of Congress fret that banks aren't lending enough, and that companies aren't hiring enough, to reduce unemployment significantly and get the economy moving again.
Strategic Point Investment Advisors LLC, a wealth management firm that was one of the original affiliates of Focus Financial Partners, has sued the company to get access to its financial data.
With representatives from nearly 200 countries hunkering down this week in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the Summit on Climate Change, the tendency to dwell on Earth-saving causes and carbon footprints is understandable and even noble.
After questioning the underpinnings of Jeremy Siegel's “stocks for the long run” fame in 2009, Lubos Pastor may spend next year poking holes in the message of Burton Malkiel.
Sen. Christopher Dodd has his own reasons for pushing hard for financial services reform next year.
Advisers who grapple with the complexities of retirement income will be getting more help next year from Moshe Milevsky, an associate professor of finance at York University in Toronto and executive director of the Individual Finance and Insurance Decisions Centre.
The mutual fund industry's Holy Grail is a fund that can provide investors with a guaranteed stream of income without tying up the client's money in an annuity.
The tough economic environment has forced many older Americans into a “recession lifestyle,” in which they're slashing spending and making other sacrifices in order to make ends meet, a new survey has found.
European markets followed Asian stocks higher Friday as a big improvement in China's exports pointed to rising global demand.
U.S. stock futures rose Friday, following overseas markets higher on a report that China's exports improved.
Morningstar Inc., a provider of investment research, said Friday it has agreed to buy Logical Information Machines Inc. for $51.5 million.
Stocks rose Friday after a report on retail sales indicated consumers are picking up their spending.
Stonegate Wealth Management LLC and Family Financial Research LLC announced yesterday that they have joined forces.
The broker recruiting wars are heating up, with wirehouses jacking up their offers to new heights to lure more representatives in 2010.
Just A few weeks after officially joining UBS AG as the head of its U.S. wealth management business, Bob McCann has snared four veterans from his former firm, Merrill Lynch & Co., to help improve UBS' financial advisory business here.
ING today stepped up its multicultural outreach efforts by hiring a slate of new executives hailing from Latin America.
Stock indexes rose Thursday as a jump in exports offset concerns about an increase in weekly unemployment claims
The Bank of England is holding interest rates steady at 0.5 percent and leaving its 200 billion pound ($325 billion) program to expand the money supply unchanged.
A weaker dollar and hopes for more good news on employment are lifting stock futures.
