Industry

Lee Walters/iStock/Thinkstock The public doesn't trust the financial services industry, according to the CFA Institute's 2015 Global Market Sentiment Survey, and the industry is blaming itself for it. According to the survey, 63 percent of p...

The good ole days. | Copyright George Marks, Getty Images Ever wonder how you wound up in an office cubicle instead of a private office with your own secretary, couch and wet bar? The Economist takes a deep dive into the history of the cubic...

Every asset manager wants to get in front of financial advisors, but they may apply a bit more muscle this year as many plan to devote more money to their marketing budgets. According to a study published in latest issue of The Cerulli Edge – Gl...

United Capital Financial Advisers continues its stated growth strategy by buying Rayner & Haynor Investment Counselors, a three-person firm in northern California with $185 million assets under management and serving 83 families...

Nasdaq announced Monday that it will acquire Dorsey, Wright & Associates LLC, an independent registered investment advisory firm that creates so-called "smart-beta" indexes, for $225 million. The move will make Nasdaq one of the...

The Best of 2014 TimArbaev/iStock/Thinkstock 2014 was the year of the robo-advisor and retirement security, according to Lauren Foster on the CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog. Foster said that looking forward to 2015, two broad th...

Brokers have long been able to continue selling insurance after being barred or suspended from the securities industry—at least until insurance regulators got wind of it. But it looks as though they may get wind of it even sooner. The Financial I...

Corralling clients to do what you want - and what's in their best interest - is easier said than done. That's why financial advisors need to act as behavioral coaches with investors to get them through some of those tough times. Vanguard Investme...