More than their friends, portfolio managers or corporations, investors trust their brokers or financial advisers, according to the first annual U.S. Financial Services Trust Barometer, sponsored by the Edelman public relations firm.
It may be unconventional, but this family-owned advisory firm has used Dash, Brooklyn and Trot as "corporate greeters" for the past four years.
Thinking of starting your own practice, re-locating, or opening another office? Before you set up shop, here's the rundown on the most expensive cities in the country for office space.
Investment adviser Richard Feight admits he's not very good at brewing beer, but he's found that the hobby helped him build business connections and network with clients.
In a mixed sign for the U.S. economy, 59% of independent investment advisers surveyed by The Charles Schwab Corp. in late January said they expect consumer savings to increase during the next six months.
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.
The Washington state Legislature has proposed a bill that would double the estate taxes for residents.
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.
In four years, more than 4 million baby boomers annually will reach the normal retirement age for full Social Security benefits.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. is raising the education requirements for planners and financial advisers who seek to take the group's certification examination.
The temporary suspension of the estate tax is not spurring high-net-worth Americans to take action on their estate plans.
Apparently, seniors set aren't big readers — at least when it comes to information about their investments.
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Two life insurers are suing a trio of broker-dealers, accusing them of fraudulently selling to third parties variable annuities with lucrative death benefits on terminally ill individuals.
Most financial advisers don't devote all that much thought to chocolate. Then there's Linda Boss and Todd Ganos.
A federal judge in Florida has declared a banker and lawyer from Switzerland who were indicted on fraud charges as fugitives from justice.
Everybody dies. Not everybody plans for it, though. That's where financial advisers come in. Few professionals are as well positioned to offer guidance on this sensitive topic — or to steer clients to specialists such as estate planners or attorneys. Indeed, financial advisers, who meet with clients on a regular basis, sometimes for years, can play a pivotal role in getting them to get their affairs in order long before they face their own mortality.
Clients keen to do more of their financial planning virtually, but advisers still stuck in this world
