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South Florida man charged with running an $11 million scam involving
non-existent shares in companies including Facebook Inc. and Groupon
Inc...
by
Jeff Schlegel
Replacing MSCI with FTSE and new CRSP benchmarks will reduce Vanguard's costs and is expected to bring lower shareholder fees.
Russia is preparing to open its bond market to foreigners, and investors already are lining up to take part.
by
Karen DeMasters
Although the national recession has passed, people's confidence in their
finances has not returned to pre-recession levels, according to a
survey by the Society of Actuaries.
by
Karen DeMasters
Janet Stanzak, principal and owner of Financial Empowerment LLC of
Bloomington, Minn., has been elected president-elect of the Financial
Planning Association (FPA) for next year.
by
Jim McConville
Independent registered investment hybrid advisor Washington Wealth
Management is affiliating with LPL Financial, company officials said
Tuesday.
by
Jim McConville
The wirehouse asset management market continues to lose advisors to the
RIA sector and could lose as much as seven percent market share over the
next three years, according to Cerulli...
by
Karen DeMasters
CFP certificants would be required to obtain 10 additional hours of
continuing education every two years under proposals being considered by
the CFP Board of Standards.
Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross said the U.S. will no
longer be first destination of global capital in search of safe returns
unless the gap between spending and debt is...
by
Karen DeMasters
Military personnel have a tremendous need for financial planning but little is available on a standardized basis, according to
two former military members who are now CFPs.
The recovery
that officially began in mid-2009 hasn't arrived in most Americans'
paychecks, as earnings fell 1...
Cambridge
University said it may sell bonds for the first time in its 800-year
history after winning a top credit rating from Moody's Investors
Service.
JPMorgan Chase
& Co., the biggest U.S...
Almost 2,400
people who received unemployment insurance in 2009 lived in households
with annual incomes of $1 million or more, according to the
Congressional Research Service.
Health-care costs
are keeping patients away from the doctor with about 1 in 3 Americans
saying they put off a medical treatment or regular checkup because of
the expense.
by Eric L. Reiner
Clients may be asking how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
gets his tax rate to as low as 14.1%-and how you can do the same for them...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Robert Arnott's recent criticism of target-date fund strategies is an "unfortunate" analysis that misses fundamental points, says Folio Investing's CEO Steven M.H. Wallman.
Bank of America
Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit must defend against a race-discrimination
lawsuit on behalf of 700 black financial advisors, as the U.S. Supreme
Court turned away a company appeal.
by
Jim McConville
A top Morgan Stanley broker has switching over to J.P. Morgan
Securities, according to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority broker
records.
