by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Kathleen C. Gaffney, CFA, has joined Eaton Vance Corp. in Boston as vice
president and co-director of investment grade fixed-income.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
MIT jumped to first place in a new
ranking of the world's best universities by U.S. News & World
Report. Top schools for accounting and finance were also ranked.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers
asked a federal court to modify or scrap U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission rules governing so-called conflict...
U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index down for
the third time in four days, amid disappointing results at companies
from 3M Co. to DuPont Co...
American International Group Inc., the insurer that counts the U.S...
David Lerner was banned from the securities industry for a year and his
firm ordered to pay $12 million for misleading investors into buying
real estate investment trusts, regulators said.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The CFP Board today identified 112 advisors who have
declared bankruptcy, but under new rules will not subject them to
disciplinary action...
by
Evan Simonoff
Ten RIA firms with combined assets of $6.1 billion merged or were
acquired in the third quarter of 2012, according to Schwab Advisor
Services.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Financial advisors may have clients interested in a new Web site from a
prepaid tuition plan owned and operated by 270 private colleges and
universities.
The $4 trillion-a-day foreign- exchange market is losing confidence in
central banks' abilities to boost a struggling world economy.
U.S. stocks are beating every major asset class for the first time in 17
years even as economic growth weakens and profits rise at the slowest
rate since 2009.
by Nathan Greenwald
Various funds aim to achieve the holy grail of higher returns with less risk.
by
Karen DeMasters
Financial advisors who provide a holistic approach to planning and
communicate regularly with clients are the least likely to get fired by
their clients, says a new study by ByAllAccounts.
by
David Sterman
Investors can choose between funds focused on equities or those based on futures contracts.
by
Jim McConville
The Securities and Exchange Commission reported that 1,504
advisors to hedge funds and other private funds have registered with the agency.
by Daniela Pylypczak
Some of this year's ETF losers could be primed to become next year's winners.
by
Jeff Schlegel
Can an ETF focused on Nashville be a hit with investors?
Sales of
previously owned U.S. homes decreased in September from the highest
level in two years, restrained by a lack of supply that may keep pushing
prices up.
