The Texas Department of Insurance is mulling a regulation that would mandate disclosure for annuity buyers, but advisers are questioning how effective it would prove to be.
Financial firms have bolstered their efforts to help financial advisers connect with minority clients, who typically aren't saving significantly for retirement.
It didn't take long for Allgen Financial Services Inc., a registered investment adviser, to seize on The Charles Schwab Corp.'s offer to waive electronic stock commissions through next June 30 and reimburse account transfer fees for any new-to-Schwab client that RIAs sign on by yearend.
investment advisers, financial planners and brokers should exercise extra caution before they recommend or guide their clients into leveraged exchange traded funds.
Financial advisers are troubled by an administration proposal that would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to ban commissions and take other sweeping actions regarding their fees.
Advisers along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are sending a storm warning to their clients: Beware of impending sharp increases in the cost of property insurance or equally steep reductions in coverage.
Competition among clearing firms and custodians to woo advisers with technology ratcheted up a notch last week when National Financial Services LLC said that it had integrated the Thomson One wealth management platform into its Streetscape broker workstation.
Finra is backing off controversial remarks made by one of its officials regarding the sale of Section 529 college savings plans — comments that caused confusion and consternation.
In another barometer of the continuing pain that fee-based financial advisers are experiencing, The Charles Schwab Corp. has reported that net new assets in its adviser services businesses fell 47% in the second quarter to $7.7 billion, from $14.5 billion a year earlier.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management raised more than $600 million from institutional and high-net-worth investors for its TALF strategy, spokeswoman Erica Platt confirmed.
Throw cold water on reports that bearish economist Nouriel Roubini is turning into an optimist.
Moglia will likely feel comfortable at the athletic department because he coached football for 16 years and served as Dartmouth College's defensive coordinator before joining the business world.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro has called on Congress to allow broker-dealers to compete on commissions they charge when they sell mutual fund shares.
Two House committees today approved the Affordable Health Choices Act, a health care reform bill that would expand health insurance to 97% of Americans.
Prudential Financial Inc. of Newark, N.J., is back in talks with American International Group Inc. to purchase a pair of the beleaguered carrier's Japanese units, according to published reports.
Citigroup joined four other big banks in reporting strong results for the quarter. After paying preferred dividends, the bank earned $3 billion, or 49 cents per share. It lost $2.86 billion, or 55 cents per share, during the same quarter last year.
Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months, a sign builders are starting to regain confidence as they emerge from the housing bust.
Virginia will receive nearly $1.3 million as part of a multistate settlement with two investment companies.
Executives at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney have begun a round of layoffs in a bid to cut costs resulting from the massive merger of the two firms, which was completed last month.
The Charles Schwab Corp. today reported a 31% decline in second-quarter earnings from the year-earlier period, citing low interest rates, restructuring charges and still-weak equities markets.
