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.
Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc. posted a small drop in first-quarter earnings on an after-tax decline of $1.6 million in the income from its merchant portfolio and its ownership interest in limited partnerships net of minority interests.
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has consolidated its three top management consulting businesses to streamline the operations under one name and better compete for high value clients, according to Crain's New York Business.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. will pay $7.9 million for its failure to provide best execution to certain retail orders for over-the-counter securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.
Conseco, Inc. in Carmel, Ind. today reported $14.6 in net operating income for the first quarter of 2007, down from $55.8 million for the same period a year ago.
Legg Mason Inc. posted a 15% increase in net income as increased advisory fees drove assets under management to record levels.
Fidelity Investments, in cooperation with Oracle Corp. and Emerging Information Systems Inc., has created two web-based customer relationship management and financial planning systems for registered investment advisers, the Boston-based firm announced today.
As part of effort to spiff up its fee business, the ING Advisors broker-dealers have cut fees that their advisers pay for two key advisory offerings.
Deutsche Bank reported $12.9 billion in net revenues for the first quarter, a 20% gain from the same period in 2006, thanks to record sales in its corporate and investment bank division.
NASD announced today that it has fined two Fidelity Investments broker-dealers $400,000 for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature promoting plans that were sold primarily to U.S. military personnel.
Marsh & McLennan Cos. today reported that first-quarter income declined by 36% to $268 million, compared to $416 million for the same period a year ago.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to stop making payments to more than 100 college alumni associations that allowed the company to market its consolidation loans directly to graduates, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Charles Schwab Investment Management has lowered its minimum initial investment in mutual funds to $100 as part of a sweeping effort to capture younger investors.
Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding one of its brokerage units that manipulated auctions involving municipal and corporate bonds.
Lazard Ltd. Today posted a 4.9% increase in first quarter revenues on growing asset management fee income and record inflows, but fell short of analysts expectations.
Advisers need to be educated about college savings plans in order to better serve ther clients. That was one of the messages delievered at a confernce on colleges savings this morning sponsered by AllianceBernstein Investments.
The National Association of Securities Dealers and state regulators in North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota signed a joint statement supporting a new rule to require that insurance companies and agencies recommend only suitable annuity products to their customers.
Citigroup Inc. today announced that it will spend $50 billion over the 10 years to address global climate change, the largest such move ever by Wall Street firm.
Mutual fund companies are starting to slow the pace at which they hire legal and compliance officers, according to several industry experts. With the mutual fund scandals receding into the past, such a trend was inevitable, they said.
