WASHINGTON — House Democrats are hoping to appeal to the middle class with a plan to shift to wealthy taxpayers the responsibility for paying the alternative minimum tax, but financial advisers in general think that it is a bad idea.
OTTAWA — Recent research indicates that those who fear a “hollowing out” of the Canadian economy through foreign takeovers of domestic companies (InvestmentNews, Nov. 6) may have good reason.
NEW YORK — As the May 14 deadline looms for the Securities and Exchange Commission to appeal the overturning of the broker-dealer exemption rule, supporters and opponents of the rule have been busy making their case in the court of public opinion.
NEW YORK — Active managers that thrive on volatile markets soon may get their day in the sun. Recent data from Wilshire Associates Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., show just how long those managers have waited.
NEW YORK — Following the lead of investment banks, money managers are turning to India to hire research analysts at a cheaper price.
BOSTON — Fundamental indexing — touted as a “better mousetrap” alternative to capital-weighted market indexes — won’t necessarily catch more mice, according to Harvard professor Andre Perold.
NEW YORK — Insurers are launching marketing blitzes to win the investible assets of the wealthy, but many will fail because they don’t understand how rich people think, some consultants say.
NEW YORK — Chinese regulators have begun limiting the amount of money that asset managers can raise during a fund’s launch period, generally to about 10 billion renminbi ($1.3 billion).
OTTAWA — Richard Nesbitt, chief executive of TSX Group Inc., is touring 10 U.S. cities to try to drum up new listings for the Toronto Stock Exchange.
No matter how you are registered and regulated, you can’t afford to turn a blind eye to the breaches of your clients who are fiduciaries — investment committees of retirement plans, foundations and endowments, and trustees of personal trusts.
The end of the broker-dealer exemption rule will create a great opportunity for registered investment advisers to build out their firms, said J. Thomas Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional, speaking in Chicago today.
Morningstar Inc. a provider of independent investment research, today reported consolidated revenues of $95.4 million in the first quarter, a 36% increase from revenues of $70.1 million in the first quarter of 2006.
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. of St. Louis yesterday settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of mutual fund market timing. The firm agreed to pay $2.4 million in disgorgement and $1.5 million in penalties.
Wachovia Securities LLC is launching a pilot version of a retirement income management account, Robert Vorlop, director of investment products, told attendees of the Money Management Institute's annual meeting in Washington.
New York-based Lehman Brothers has appointed Roger Nagioff as global head of fixed income, based in London, according to published reports.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is reviewing security protocols after a video posted online showed someone displaying documents found in trash cans containing customers' personal information, according to CNN.Money.com.
For the second time in as many months, a Mideastern investor has acquired what it called a “substantial” stake in British bank HSBC Holdings PLC, according to published reports.
Following the lead of investment banks, money managers are turning to India to hire research analysts at a cheaper price.
Wealthy investors are less likely to be loyal to a brokerage firm than they are to an adviser with whom they have developed a strong relationship, according to a national study of 4,000 affluent Americans released today by Cambridge, Mass.-based market research firm Cogent Research LLC.
For property owners, there is bad news and good news. The percentage of vacancies rose to 6.1% in the first quarter, a two year high, but the average monthly rent nationwide rose to $991 — a record, said Sam Chandan, chief economists for Reis Inc. in New York.
