The disappearance of the estate tax this year has moved tax attorneys to protect themselves against the threat of possible lawsuits.
The passage of health-care overhaul has buoyed shares of exchange-traded funds focused on the sector.
The health-care overhaul President Barack Obama has signed into law will mean big changes for many small businesses.
Taxes for high earners will climb under health-care reform law but so will the opportunities to get coverage for themselves and their children-even those in their 20s.
Investors continue to look to advisors for guidance, but the past 18 months have made it clear that investment pros are no more capable than average Joes of forecasting the future.
Prudential Financial is advocating a kind of retirement plan that would allow small employers to join together to offer their workers a single retirement program.
The most vocal opposition to the push to make financial advisors more responsible to clients hasn't come from Wall Street firms or giant banks, but insurance companies.
Deeper spending cuts and new taxes are being proposed by Democrats to help foot the bill for health care.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Thursday said it expelled a broker-dealer for selling private placements linked to a Ponzi scheme.
A parade of big-name mutual fund companies have filed paperwork to launch actively managed ETFs, but it could take years before any of them attract significant interest from investors.
The securities industry should begin to prepare for a fiduciary standard even if lawmakers have put off any such move in the short term, the CEO of FINRA said this week.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's head of enforcement, Susan Merrill, is leaving her job, according to published reports.
Senior White House and Obama administration officials say they are worried the nation's economic recovery could stall if Congress doesn't pass a climate bill this year.
The retirement guarantees provided by annuities are more important to investors than ever, advisors say, even as many advisors still avoid using them in clients' portfolios.
More financial advisors are talking to clients about pounds as well as portfolios.
What you've probably noticed anecdotally with your financial planning clients is an identifiable trend: Many more people are staying in the workforce longer.
Growth in the ranks of independent broker-dealers is a trend that could strain one aspect of compliance in some offices: broker supervision.
The Senate's financial services reform bill included the deletion of a provision that would have applied the fiduciary standard of care to the broker-dealer world.
Fidelity Investments on Monday said it has rolled out a new program aimed at improving customer service for its affiliated advisors.
At an age where many would step into a life of retirement, two seasoned veterans decided to have a go at starting an independent RIA.