U.S. executives are starting to spend the record $940
billion in cash they built up after the credit crisis, just in time for
annual shareholder meetings.
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Securities America may be getting closer to an agreement with attorneys representing victims of the Medical Capital Holdings Ponzi scheme, a company statement suggests.
by Craig Gordon
There's no right or wrong business model, just what's right
for you. Understanding the trade-offs will help you find a good fit-and avoid costly missteps.
Elizabeth Warren, assigned to set up
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said lawmakers looking to
limit the agency's authority should focus instead on the Wall Street
"behemoths."
The SEC was sued by eight of R.
Allen Stanford's investors, who claim regulators' "negligence and
misconduct'' caused their losses
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Jeff Schlegel
United Capital Financial Advisers LLC this week announced its
acquisition of Vantage Point Advisors, furthering the wealth management
company's nationwide reach.
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Across all income levels, single parents are the group who are least
likely to have life insurance, says a recent study by Genworth.
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Dorothy Hinchcliff
An advisory firm has divested its entire holding in a leading natural
gas producer because of the company's "poor environmental record and its
lack of accountability to shareholders."
The SEC has sued a Connecticut hedge fund and its manager for disgorgement of gains made while sending
hundreds of millions of investors' dollars to fraud scheme operator
Thomas Petters.
Bill Gates said needy people depend on self-made millionaires and
billionaires to donate money before passing their wealth on to
less-generous heirs.
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TD Ameritrade Holdings Corporation has appointed former TIAA-CREF
executive Marvin W. Adams as the company's new chief operating officer,
effective in April.
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Despite Middle East instability and the nuclear disaster
in Japan, affluent investors remain most concerned with U.S. economic
weakness, according to Fidelity Investments.
Here's a little secret the Federal Reserve Board doesn't want you to
know. On September 24, 2008, while financial markets were collapsing, Morgan
Stanley borrowed $3...
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The gender gap in life insurance ownership rates is closing, with about
60% of women owning some form of life insurance in 2010, according to LIMRA.
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Jeff Schlegel
The Registered Fiduciary designation covers a range of financial professionals engaged in the business of providing investment advice.
Retirement savings in the U.S. may swell to $4 trillion over the next
four years and the nation's largest banks are angling for a bigger share
of that money.
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Washington Wealth Management LLC has opened a new branch in Richmond,
Va., just three months after launching the employee-owned registered
investment advisory firm.
Pennsylvania now has the third-largest percentage of residents older than 65. Here's why.
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Karen DeMasters
What should a client do if she retires right before a severe market slide, turning any previous planning topsy-turvy?
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The SEC has obtained an emergency court
order freezing the assets of an Illinois money manager who is charged
with stealing millions from clients' retirement plans.
