Sources say London Stock Exchange will keep indexing unit, could get $700 million to $1 billion for money management, consulting businesses.
As yields fall to historic lows, investors should look to muni bonds and emerging-markets bonds. Meanwhile, stop considering Treasuries a safety play.
Firm flush with $1 billion as it seeks out acquisitions; looks to beef up presence in West and Northeast.
Co-chairman of debt-reduction commission says the markets are headed toward a dip worse than 2008 if politicians don't get spending under control
Year-over-year profits at the big four rose 16% in the first quarter, but which firm fared best?
After profits climb 30%, CEO challenges brokers to do more lending and boost margins
Pushing her colleagues to decide whether to propose a regulation to raise investment advice standards for brokers, the SEC chairman called the uniform fiduciary standard 'a primary, immediate focus.' <i>(See what Mark Cuban had <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140221/FREE/140229971" target="_blank">to say</a>.)</i>
In a head-turning move, newcomer to the independent broker-dealer industry Nicholas Schorsch is pulling off the largest independent-broker-dealer acquisition in years, with a cash deal to buy Cetera Financial Group.
The Martins lived in short-term rental apartments from Mexico to Turkey and England to Argentina. But how practical is the lifestyle?
How impact investing, which targets companies or projects that effect positive change, while at the same time delivering a return, is gaining a foothold among the younger generation.
Ben Pace, Deutsche Bank AG's chief investment officer for wealth management in the Americas, is leaving, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Earning power needs to be factored in to all retirement plans
Two on panel annoyed with regulatory action on "too big to fail"; Gallagher says asset managers shouldn't be considered systemically key.
A New York regulator alleges that the insurer limited the returns of legacy variable annuity clients.
The SEC charged a pair of brokers, an investment adviser and others in an $80 million variable annuity scam that an SEC official called a "calculated fraud exploiting terminally ill patients."
Securities and Exchange Commission member Daniel Gallagher doubts that his agency will propose its own rule to raise advice standards for brokers providing retail investment advice.
Regulator said IBD didn't adequately train or supervise brokers selling alternative investments and nontraditional ETFs .
Bringing light and due diligence should be a priority for the investment advice industry.
Taking a lead from the SEC, the regulator seeks to understand dangers that lurk online. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/video?playerType=Events&eventID=FSI2014&bctid=3147642077001&date=20140203" target="_blank">Which firms are most at risk for cyberattacks?</a>)</i>
Advisers already have the tools to gather information, they just have to learn how to use it.
