A federal judge in Washington struck down the designation on Wednesday in a decision that could shake up the financial regulatory reform implemented following the 2008 recession.

Fidelity Investments, the second-largest U.S. mutual fund company, will test an automated-investment service starting Wednesday on a small group of existing customers.

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(Bloomberg View) -- There are a lot of creative and amusing investment frauds in the world, but there is one great simple investment fraud, one original source from which all the others developed...

Online financial adviser Betterment LLC has secured $100 million in new funding that has boosted the company's valuation by 55 percent. ...

The financial services industry has been evolving rapidly over the last three decades. There was an era when stockbrokers, insurance agents and investment advisors were proud of their professions and their titles and being a good “salesman...

Are robos really robo-allocators, rather than advice givers? | Deniseus/iStock/Thinkstock Tadas Viskanta asks a group of well-known, independent financial bloggers a simple question: If venture capital for robo advisors has reached a peak...

Warren Buffett’s holding in Wells Fargo & Co. is approaching 10 percent, a level at which he’d have to pass a Federal Reserve review to keep building his stake...

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is moving to force advisors who hold the certified financial planner designation to arbitrate all future disputes with the organization...