Christina Mucciolo

It has been a cruel year for a lot of wirehouse advisors, with the sub-prime and ARS messes eroding client confidence in their firms. But times are good for registered investment adviser (RIA) firms. In fact, there is...

A social-networking platform called Wall Street Survivor allows participants to manage a fantasy stock portfolio (risk-free, of course), and compete against friends and colleagues with the chance to win cash prizes...

Securitization has gotten a bad reputation lately. Indeed, given the current dismal state of the CDO market, you’d think that they might taint the entire derivative, structured product marketplace.

ETF fund assets and numbers continue to soar in 2008. As of May 31, there were 683 ETFs in the U.S., with assets totaling approximately $612 billion. ETF industry assets rose nearly $17 billion for the month of May...

Independent b/ds, with razor-thin operating margins, need to grow to remain profitable. Yet they must also maintain that small company feel. NEXT Financial Group walks the razor’s edge.

RIA Database, a financial services software firm, announced today the end of a yearlong legal battle with the company’s chief rival, Discovery Database (Discovery), operated by The Financial Information Group ...

Warren Buffett bet $1 million that the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund will outperform five funds of hedge funds (averaged returns, net of fees) picked by professional money management firm Protégé Partners LLC, Fortune...

Wachovia announced today that CEO and chairman, G. Kennedy “Ken” Thompson had retired, at the Board of Director’s request. Thompson worked 32 years at the bank, and acted as chairman and CEO from...