The suits allege that money market funds were imprudent investment choices given that their returns were lower than stable value funds.
The rise of robo-advisers threatens all of Wall Street, a new survey shows.
In the new DOL fiduciary landscape, B-Ds can no longer be dependent on commissions.
In a unique case, Mr. Mickelson appears to have been given a sweetheart deal.
The unions wants to know if the firms adequately valued their bond holdings as the island's fiscal crisis worsened.
Agency concerned about brokers who sell out client positions at old firm to generate commissions at new firm. <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus" target="_blank">The fiduciary rule covered from every angle</a>)</b></i>
Advisers need to know what to consider when determining if the annuities are in a client's best interest.
Empire Asset Management Group joins up even as the firm's parent company faces bankruptcy. Cetera CEO Larry Roth: "Choosing Cetera reflects the strength of our value proposition."
How could a seemingly vibrant company fall apart so quickly and wind up <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160104/FREE/160109987/rcap-files-for-bankruptcy-cetera-to-emerge-as-independent-company" target="_blank">heading to bankruptcy?</a>
While Republicans had insisted they opposed the DOL rule because they wanted the SEC to act first, a discussion draft to overhaul Dodd-Frank has requirements that would delay SEC action further.
The firm, which did business as Avatar, moved clients into newly created, higher-priced mutual funds without disclosing it.
Yield on global bond index rises to 1.35% from record 1.27%
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Jean Walsh-Josephson is accused of taking more than $4 million from elderly clients.
Changing economy and job market stem from greater use of technology, he says.
Non-traditional drawdown strategies improve tax efficiency that can extend portfolio life.
Louis Martin Blazer III took about $2.35 million from five clients to invest in movie projects in Ponzi-like fashion.
According to an <i>InvestmentNews</i> roundtable, legal challenges by financial-industry interest groups may still be on the horizon for the DOL fiduciary rule.
