The time has come for Congress to cut the purse strings that have long impeded the SEC's ability to do its job
BrightScope Inc. has launched a free online service that will allow investors to look up financial advisers
Virginia-based firm looking to add more wirehouse advisers; founder touts adviser transition program
Following a quarter in which it sustained nearly $13 billion in net outflows, Legg Mason Inc. is reorganizing its senior ranks
Steve Kluever has parted ways with Jackson National Life Insurance Co., joining The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and heralding a new push in variable annuity development for the insurer
Revenues up, net new assets up, custody business up. It's hard to find much that went wrong for the discount brokerage in the first quarter of the year.
A Fidelity survey finds advisers and brokers are still striking out on their own. And they're taking more and more of their assets with them when they leave.
Jamey Delaplane, partner at law firm Davis & Harman LLP, warned advisers in attendance at the <i>InvestmentNews</i> Retirement Income Summit that IRAs are likely to come under increased regulatory scrutiny.
Focus on optimal portfolios – rather than optimal investment strategies – a big mistake, says Muralidhar; death to CAPM
Few investors grasp the damage inflation can do to long-term debt. But a new online tool from BondView might help bring clients' expectations in line with reality.
Growing frustration over prospective hires' professionalism, honesty — and comp demands; 'deficient passion for the industry'
PFM Group, owner of the largest investment adviser in the U.S. municipal bond market, bought a smaller competitor co-owned by Lois Scott, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new chief financial officer.
Commodities remain one of the hottest asset-classes going. For the fifth straight month, investments in real stuff -- natural resources, minerals and food -- handily beat stocks, bonds and greenbacks.
Wells Fargo dramatically rejiggered its regional management set-up — with five execs losing their positions. According to a bank spokesman, the move is intended to help Wells 'realize the efficiencies of the merger with Wachovia.' One of those efficiencies: Cross-selling to Wachovia clients.
Midsize variable annuity writers such as John Hancock Life Insurance Co., Lincoln National Corp. and Transamerica Life Insurance Co. are expected to give the biggest sellers a run in the race for market share this year
Lender making big push to win ultra-wealthy clients, with ex-Wells execs leading the charge
Variable annuities, which combine mutual-fund-like investing with income or other guarantees, are as controversial as ever — but investors increasingly are considering purchasing them, financial advisers say
By and large, investment advisers continue to ignore workers who are nearing retirement. This, say some, is a sizeable oversight.
When it comes to taxes and tax planning, what we've got here is a failure to communicate
