Annual volume from life settlements transactions is expected to reach $13 billion in face value over the next three years, according to research from Aite Group LLC.
Sotheby's sold $134 million worth of art last night in a sign that investors are looking for a hard asset that is also a solid hedge against inflation
The Fed and the Bank of Japan opted to keep interest rates at historic lows. Not surprisingly, stock investors around the globe gave thanks.
Soon-to-be-premiered futures exchanges in Chicago and New York let investors wager on whether movies will be blockbusters or box-office death. Popcorn is extra.
Workers are feeling confident about being able to pay for their basic expenses in retirement. But they're far from secure as more of them say they have hardly anything in savings and investments.
Law enforcement officials go undercover to catch fraudsters, scammers and crooks
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney made an attempt to use the legal system as a bludgeon against a team departing to HighTower while Goldman Sachs did the same with a team departing to Credit Suisse.
The big wirehouses face major challenges that could thwart their announced plans to recruit brokers aggressively and hire more trainees, recruiters and analysts say.
Financial advisers this tax season are coping with what they say is an unprecedented level of client anxiety over recent tax code changes and the potential for higher taxes.
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The Washington state Legislature has proposed a bill that would double the estate taxes for residents.
Securities America Inc. chief executive Steve McWhorter said he will retire this spring after 22 years at the helm of the independent broker-dealer.
A new technology center focused on financial planning was dedicated at the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences.
A handful of distributors are seeing a rising tide of wealthy-client assets going into individual retirement accounts.
More people are rolling over their 401(k) savings into IRAs when they leave their jobs or retire.
A push by officials in Washington to curb tainted IRA advice could spoil the party for brokers and plan service providers
The former president of a small community bank has become the first person ever charged with trying to defraud the bailout program.
The pension and actuary group sends a mea culpa to members after a financial advisory firm got hold of the association's mailing list for an upcoming conference.
And there's a 5% chance the tab could top $570K, according to a sobering study published this week by Boston College.
