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China's CITIC Group Corporation is in negotiations to acquire Russell Investments from London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE.L) in what is expected to be a roughly $1.8 billion deal, according to people familiar with the matter...
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Wealth management has been a bright spot for investment banks and large institutions over the last few years. But operational challenges are starting to crop up; in fact, t...
With advisors actively mobilized against the Department of Labor’s fiduciary proposal, the Financial Services Institute is now turning its sights to investors with a new initiative that gives consumers a chance to weigh in...
As Craig Iskowitz of the Ezra Group points out, Cerulli research shows investment portfolios managed by financial advisors underperform those they can get through the home office, but yet Rep as Portfolio Manager programs are the fastest growing...
Three years ago, state examiners supplanted the SEC as overseers for thousands of mid-level RIAs, prompting dire warnings of death by inept bureaucracy. What actually happened? These advisors lived to tell the tale.
The independent channel is still the fastest growing advisory model, a trend that should continue despite the rise of robo-assisted, do-it-yourself investors.
Three owners of brokerages are campaigning to be elected to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s board of governors, the group that oversees Wall Street's regulator, with a similar messages: Stop antagonizing smaller firms...
A U.S. federal judge on Monday granted the Certified Financial Planning Board’s bid to throw out a lawsuit filed by two Florida-based advisors, challenging the organization’s decision to sanction the two for their use of...
Globally, assets under management hit a record high of $74 trillion in 2014, yet asset managers are making less on every dollar invested; net revenues fell 0.8 basis points, on an asset-adjusted basis, from 2013, according to the Boston Consultin...
It’s not unusual for a financial services firm to host an event to drum up business and sign clients. But Anderson Financial’s idea of a client event is anything but “strictly corporate.&rdquo...
