Affluent investors embrace a broader definition of youth as life expectancy stretches
Rudy Adolf of Focus Financial has done the math: Wall Street wirehouses destroy close to $50 billion of portfolio value each year with "unnecessary fees and depressed performance based on poor product choices, or both."
Affluent investors embrace a broader definition of youth, changing their retirement needs
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Investors shouldn't sit on sidelines, despite partisan battles over government spending, he says
After three unprofitable years, still waiting for the muni bond apocalypse.
SEC chairman Mary Jo White says the agency will review even small trip-ups, but some observers wonder whether it will miss the forest for the trees.
An SEC advisory panel has floated a proposal that would raise investment advice standards for brokers, putting them on par with investment advisers. The proposal is sure to raise some hackles.
Investors should focus on improving economy, earnings, gas prices and China, he says.
Chief investment strategist says government shutdown could delay tapering.
“I want to be sure we are looking first at the individual conduct and working out to the entity, rather than starting with the entity as a whole and working in,” SEC Chairman Mary Jo White said.
Wall Street banks, facing a drop in third-quarter trading revenue, are counting on Wednesday's Federal Reserve announcement to spark a surge in volume.
Another day, another VA pullback. This time, Protective Live is putting the brakes to sales of its variable annuities, including clamping down on 1035 exchanges.
About $47 billion has gone to exchange-traded funds that track everything from stocks to bonds to commodities since Sept. 1
By imposing heavy fines as a way to deter illegal conduct, Massachusetts' securities regulator is making his mark. Bruce Kelly reports.
Financial advisers who integrate technologies will pay more than those who buy separate software solutions, but they stand to gain in annual income as well as future positioning. Liz Skinner reports live from FPA Experience in Florida.
Traditonally "the seller" has had more information and it's been a "buyer beware" situation, said Daniel Pink, author of "To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others," at the Financial Planning Association's national conference in Orlando on Saturday. New technology is giving more power to the consumer.
Plus, Morgan Stanley's Graystone Consulting gets new executive director, financial adviser.
Four-adviser team have combined production of $5.8 million.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to propose rules that would allow companies to raise money through equity crowd-funding and more lightly regulated offerings, Chairman Mary Jo White said.
