The widely publicized dispute between diet guru Robert Atkins’ widow and the trustees of her trust is a cautionary tale for financial advisers and their clients about what can happen in estate cases, observers say.
Financial advisers across the country who use Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. as their broker-dealer are raising prices, mostly for new clients.
Now that a lawsuit challenging the merger of the regulatory units of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange has been dismissed, attention has turned to the Securities and Exchange Commission, where NASD bylaw changes needed to seal the deal are pending approval.
DETROIT — The three-year assault on mutual fund style boxes as an evaluation and asset allocation tool has moved to the beta-testing level by a firm that seeks to turn the traditional grid system inside out.
Although A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle federal charges involving allegations of mutual fund market timing, it still faces a legal battle being waged by one of the brokers involved in the case.
Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is adding major clout to its recruiting effort, bringing on board half a dozen recruiters, including two top executives from rival independent-contractor firms, investmentnews.com reported Friday.
Like Southern California itself, the Los Angeles wealth management market is vibrant, sprawling, lucrative, growing and fragmented.
“Four score and seven years” may soon be more recognizable as the typical baby boomer life span than the start of a famous speech.
With the deadline bearing down to initiate legal action to block a federal court’s decision on the legality of fee-based brokerage accounts, the brokerage industry is looking for guidance on how to proceed.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining disclosures for 401(k) plans and is looking at ways to provide 401(k) information using interactive software, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said last week.
