Frontier market countries, such as Kuwait, Bangladesh, Argentina and Lithuania, have extremely small markets. Yet they are less risky than emerging market countries, said Rick Schmidt, portfolio manager of emerging markets and frontier markets at...
SEC commissioner Michael Piwowar called out Michael Lewis’ controversial book on high frequency trading Wednesday, saying that while Flash Boys has sparked thoughtful discussion, it’s misleading and factually inaccurate. ...
Current solar activity has reached a five-year peak, according to NASA, although this is one of the smallest sunspot cycles in the last 100 years. What does that mean for your clients’ investments?
A lot, says Robert Novy-Marx, associate profess...
Good portfolio management is still the biggest reason clients stick with their financial advisor, even among the wealthiest investors.
In a survey of 3,025 global investors with an average of $2.9 million in assets, 17 percent of wealthy investo...
Independent broker/dealer First Allied Securities has hired Kevin Keefe to serve as its new president. Adam Antoniades, who was previously serving as president and CEO, will remain CEO of San Diego-based First Allied Holdings, the IBD’s...
It’s not enough to be just a licensed financial advisor. In a new study, 62 percent of investors expect advisors to go above and beyond the minimum licensing requirements, saying it's important or critical that their advisor hold a...
A recent piece in The Economist, “Will Invest for Food,” argues that the rise of index funds and ETFs are leading to the commoditization of investment management. Tracker funds, or index funds, will double their market share by 2020, the publicat...
Almost every advisor must come up with a valuation for their firm at some time or another—whether it’s to sell or merge with another firm. And for some, it’s more of an art than a science. How do you put a price on your firm? The...
Chair Mary Jo White called the fiduciary standard an “extraordinarily high priority” for the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying it’s her goal to see a decision on whether to impose a uniform standard this year...
Regulators produced over 3,000 new rules last year, racking up $1.863 trillion in compliance and economic impact costs, according to a new study. Financial regulation alone made up about 18 percent of the rules.
The Dept. of Treasury, Commodity ...
