Elderly heiress loses bid to stop daughter from challenging $1.4B in gifts to younger man
Whether they earn the league minimum or a superstar's salary, football players have to know the basics of handling money to succeed financially.
In 2009, only 59% of the millionaires said they had regained trust in their financial advisers, while 56% said they had the same feelings about their wealth management firms and financial institutions.
Shares of home health providers sank Wednesday as an investigation into the industry's Medicare reimbursement practices expanded.
Overturning state law, New York's highest court this month ruled that estates and beneficiaries can sue estate-planning attorneys for malpractice.
Mark A. Mushkat, a 20 year veteran of the wealth management industry, comes from Harris myCFO, a unit of Harris Private Bank.
Defined contribution plans are adding self-directed brokerage accounts as a way of giving participants more choices even as some plans reduce the number of core investment options.
They're in their prime earning years, often saving for their kids' college education at the same time they're forced to support an aging parent (while, of course, trying to save for their own retirements, too.) In this exclusive <i>Lifestages</i> special report, <i>InvestmentNews</i> focuses on the middle years: 40 to 60.
THE SUN IS SETTING on the golden age of retirement. In Europe, where generous retirement benefits have been a bulwark of the postwar social compact, the realities of increased longevity and a bigger population
There is a downside to a Roth IRA conversion. Whether clients pay tax for 2010 or spread the tax burden between 2011 and 2012, they'll still owe income tax on the pretax money they move from a traditional individual retirement account or company plan to a Roth IRA.
The Department of Labor's unprecedented move to ask if 401(k) plan advice models should favor passively managed funds over actively managed ones has advisers alarmed that the choice of funds they can recommend to clients will be restricted.
Rational markets? Hardly. In reality, humans tend to have a narrow focus -- often missing the obvious
As soon as he heard that 13-year-old Margaret Hurt was in danger of losing the horse she had been riding since becoming sick with leukemia two years ago, Preston Byers agreed to donate $6,000 to help her buy Hoochie.
Listed as a "monument to unparalleled success," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It's up to the future buyer to finish it.
High-net-worth investors in the U.S. are more pessimistic about the economic recovery than wealthy individuals in many other nations, according to survey released today by Barclays Wealth.
There's no single solution for dealing with such a diverse age group. But in this clip from Digital Adviser2Adviser, we look at three key points to discuss with clients -- including long-term care.
Maliz Beams, one of the highest- ranking women at TIAA-CREF, is leaving as part of a management reshuffling at the firm, which oversees $426 billion in retirement assets.
Many go by 'gut feeling,' survey finds; most admit they're not saving enough for old age
PAC funding boosts ASPPA's clout on Capitol Hill; 'bigger voice'
