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A new study from Natixis Global Asset Management found that retail investors are “extraordinarily optimistic” about their investment prospects in 2015...
The public got its first look Tuesday at the Department of Labor’s long-awaited proposed fiduciary rule for advisors to retirement accounts, which included several exemptions designed, the Secretary of the Dept. of Labor said, to protect investor...
It turns out there might have been some science behind James Bond cleaning out the competition on the poker table in the 2006 film Casino Royale. A study released by the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia has determined that there ...
Less than two months after the Department of Labor submitted its fiduciary rule for review, the Office of Management and Budget publicly released the proposal Tuesday afternoon...
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Many advisors believe clients need face-to-face contact. But that only works for clients in their 60s, writes Garland, Texas-based financial planner Katie Brewer on Money m...
(Reuters) - A panel of investor advocates said on Thursday they were developing a proposal for U.S. securities regulators that will make it easier for retail investors to conduct online background checks of financial professionals before hiring...
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Over half of Americans (52 percent) are not currently investing in stocks, according to a new study by Bankrate.com. But it’s mostly because they don’t have the money, with 53 percent ci...
While 12 of the 18 firms in J.D. Power’s annual investor satisfaction ranking had lower scores from last year, investors’ overall satisfaction stayed flat, at 807 (on a 1,000-point scale). And while most of the ranked firms fall below the industr...
The man with the plan.
In his second day as CEO of American Realty Capital Properties, Glenn Rufrano met with stock analysts to set a timeline for getting the company past last year’s accounting troubles. Rufrano said he first needed to s...
Denver-based ALPS, which provides several outsourcing services to mutual fund firms, says it plans to acquire Red Rocks Capital, a private equity asset manager, for $65 million. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2015...
