The NASD has launched a new bond information Web site that includes real-time prices on corporate and municipal bonds...
The makeup of the nation's wealthy offers financial advisors broad opportunities for focusing in on a target market, according to a new study...
Charles Schwab has enacted fee reductions and plans for trading platform upgrades in response to what it calls a surge in interest in options trading...
Charles Schwab and TD Waterhouse Group have settled a lawsuit in which Schwab accused TD Waterhouse of "deceptive, misleading and patently false" television advertising...
The Financial Planning Association is looking for members willing to participate in its latest compensation and staffing benchmark study...
The College for Financial Planning plans to offer a certification program that focuses on the special needs of senior citizen clients...
SEI Investments has introduced a new business model that it says will utilize a franchise structure and focus on the special needs of affluent clients...
The Edelman Financial Center, a Fairfax, Va...
Market observers are saying the tempo of the stock market is starting to look a lot like it did in last year...
Business owners make up almost a third of high-net-worth individuals in the U.S...
Independent broker-dealer representatives who provide comprehensive wealth management services are significantly more successful than those focused mainly on investment...
The Financial Planning Association has renewed its legal battle against the Securities and Exchange Commission and its adoption of a broker-dealer exemption, arguing the rule...
The Financial Planning Association is still mulling what action to take on its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission and its handling of the broker-dealer...
The American College and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) have teamed to offer a new designation for financial service professionals in the...
Mutual funds that utilize a "socially responsible investing" style are more likely to side with shareholders than conventional funds when it comes to corporate governance,...
The Financial Planning Association, as part of a broad effort to revitalize its advocacy efforts, has named a board of directors to run its political action committee...
Fidelity Investments recently announced the launch of an integrated, single sign-on technology platform designed to help independent RIA's simplify workflow and increase...
A Charles Schwab Corp...
Financial advisors now have another place to turn to for online client recruitment. The Paladin Registry, at www.paladinregistry...
Repeated studies show workers are not wisely investing the money they have to prepare for retirement-giving rise to investment education in the workplace...