The Insured Retirement Institute today chose James A. Shepherdson, executive vice president of Axa Equitable, as the group's chairman.
Al Frank Asset Management Inc. today announced it has acquired Innealta Portfolio Advisors LLC, a quantitative asset management firm specializing in the creation and tactical management of exchange-traded fund portfolios.
Not many mutual fund managers have a 19-year tenure on a fund, and only a handful of them were able to outperform their peers in all three major bear markets of the past two decades.
Assets managed by the 50 largest registered-investment-advisory firms grew by a barely perceptible 0.4% during the second quarter, according to research conducted by RIA Database for <i>InvestmentNews</i>.
James McDonald, president and chief executive of Rockefeller & Co. Inc., one of the country's largest multifamily of-fices, died on Sept. 13.
Deflation is working its way back into polite conversation.
Judging by the recent 2009 Moss Adams/ InvestmentNews Adviser Compensation and Staffing Study, financial planning, investment advisory and independent-brokerage firms could teach companies in many other fields how to manage in tough times.
The Department of the Treasury wants all states that have an income tax and also sponsor a Section 529 college savings plan to offer residents a tax break, no matter what plan they choose, even if it is one from another state.
The immediate future continues to look bright to Tom Forester, manager of the $90 million Forester Value Fund (FVALX). The fund stood out at the end of last year for its 0.4% gain.
The Vanguard charitable fund has seen a double-digit increase in contributions this year, while comparable funds at Fidelity and Schwab didn't fare as well.
The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says she is "considering all options, including borrowing from Treasury," to replenish the dwindling fund that insures bank deposits.
Eight companies are looking to raise as much as $3.7 billion when they go public next week, the most activity the U.S. IPO market has seen in a single week in nearly two years.
Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded.
California's attorney general said Thursday his office is investigating Wall Street's big credit rating agencies to determine what role they may have played in the collapse of the financial markets.
While the recession has taken a toll on Americans' ability to save money for college, there are some encouraging signs from families using Section 529 college savings plans, according to a trio of reports released today as part of College Savings Month.
The rule book for Wall Street may not change that much after all.
U.S. factories made more cars, clothing and other goods than expected in August, and inflation remained in check in the early stages of a broad economic recovery.
