The best way for the financial services industry to turn around negative public perception is to raise its standards for client care and elevate clients' interest above its own, the chairman of a major Wall Street trade association said Monday night.
The organization behind the Certified Financial Planner credential is teaming with a university to offer the course in 2014
The CFP Board is concerned about student follow-through after a survey finds that many students who complete financial planning coursework don't actually sit for the CFP exam. What's causing this trend?
Many see big conflicts of interest if designation grantor also runs CE program.
The SEC has charged a fund firm with misleading shareholders about adviser fees. The action is the latest in the commission's crackdown on mutual fund boards and their fee arrangements.
Investors shouldn't move funds based solely on the word 'free'
Sen. Ed Markey, who wrote the legislation that led to the creation of BrokerCheck, is calling for stricter regulator enforcement for <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20131024/FREE/131029933">brokers who violate securities rules</a> and continue to practice.
Brokers who are the subject of investor arbitration cases can clear their record of any wrongdoing too easily, lawyers say. Research finds that records were erased in 97% of cases settled from May '09 through Dec. '11.
Scorsese film celebrates frat-party side of investment-advice world.
Says it would more quickly identify potential red flags signaling misconduct
