A new website is creating a Facebook-type social networking site to help investors check up on their financial advisers.
A number of top independent-contractor broker-dealers have recently reached a variety of records and milestones, from best-ever revenue to increasing revenue from fees rather than commissions.
Because Congress was slow to take up legislation to protect taxpayers with moderate income from having to pay the alternative minimum tax, it is likely that the Internal Revenue Service will have to delay processing 50 million taxpayers, the acting chief of the agency told the nation's accountant association last week.
Young companies with green technologies are cleaning up when it comes to venture capital dollars.
It used to be that when Bill Miller, the vaunted value manager at Legg Mason Inc. of Baltimore, gave his view of the market, it would be hard to find folks who would disagree with him.
German insurer Allianz SE, saw third-quarter net profits soar 21%, reaching 1.92 billion euros ($2.81 billion).
Morgan Stanley CEO John J. Mack has identified Zoe Cruz, a co-president, as the leading candidate to succeed him.
The House passed a one-year reprieve from the alternative minumum tax for an estimated 23 million taxpayers.
J. Andrew Kalbaugh is the new chief executive of Mutual Service Corp. of West Palm Beach, Fla.
An increase in exports helped push the U.S. trade deficit for September down to $56.5 billion.
Consumer confidence fell this month to the lowest level in more than two years, according to the RBC Cash Index.
Securities firms should accept fiduciary responsibility in advising retail clients, said Citi's Sallie Krawcheck.
Fund giant's Aa3 rating makes it a low credit risk, but Moody's still worries about transparency.
The firm has upped its subprime-mortgage losses to $27.2 billion, $6.3 billion more than earlier reported.
American International Group Inc.'s third quarter net income dropped to $3.09 billion or $1.19 per share.
Elizabeth A. Ward will handle all elements of strategic risk management and have oversight across MassMutual’s companies.
The dollar fell to historic lows against the euro on concerns that China would move reserves out of the U.S. economy.
Fireman’s Fund, a member of Allianz Group, has launched the first green homeowners’ insurance policy upgrade.
Raymond James has surpassed the $1 billion mark in revenue this year — only the second indy B-D to reach that level.
A new rule governing broker-dealers' sales of deferred variable annuities is about to drop, and the firms are arming themselves to face it — but not without a little grumbling.
