The Internal Revenue Service should immediately issue guidance that would allow customers defrauded by New York-based Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC.
Scott Eyre, a left-handed relief pitcher with the reigning World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, has joined the roster of major-league players ensnared by the Stanford Financial scandal.
While financial planning software has helped streamline operations, experts encourage advisers to keep the client experience in mind.
Navy Federal Asset Management LLC today announced the launch of a new managed account platform in partnership with FundQuest Inc. of Boston.
As market volatility persists, the Financial Planning Association has created a research program that is aimed to help advisers choose the best technology.
Taking the grunt work and the guesswork out of retirement-account tax management could be right around the corner, assuming a new product from LifeYield LLC can live up to the hype building around it.
Trustees handling Bernard L. Madoff Securities is in the process of selling the market making operation connected with the firm, trustee Irving Picard said today .
A trustee of a charitable foundation that helps poor people in Central America and Mexico has filed a civil case against Texas billionaire financier R. Allen Stanford.
Automated Compliance Solutions has unveiled compliance software for brokers, and AdviceAmerica Inc. has released a client relationship management solution.
The U.S. sued UBS AG today in an effort to get the Swiss bank to turn over the names of as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans who allegedly tried to evade taxes.
The steady migration of independent brokers to a fee-based model has created a large universe of advisers whose revenue is a mix of fees and commissions.
RolloverSystems has made WealthConnect, an education and financial planning tool, available to clients.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin filed a complaint today to revoke the securities registration of Cohmad Securities Corp.
When it comes to regulatory oversight of the hedge funds industry, it is no longer a question of if it will happen but when, according to industry representatives speaking today at a conference in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Three former brokers, who were first with UBS Financial Services Inc. and then with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., have been barred from working in New Jersey.
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T. Rowe Price has unveiled a web portal with tools that advisers and other firms can use to evaluate the asset manager’s mutual funds.
Gemini Fund Services will offer ReFlow Management’s redemption service to small and midsize mutual funds. The service will be integrated into Gemini’s transfer agency services, providing clients with direct access to the service.
