According to a Swiss wire report, the IRS has upped the ante in its fight to gather thousands of names of alleged tax-dodging American UBS clients: By sending IRS agents to tail the firm’s bankers and financial advisors as they visit clients.
Raymond James Financial posted improved earnings in its fiscal third quarter compared to the second quarter, but results were ugly when compared to last year’s third quarter, which represented a record across all business segments, including...
It’s an old story, the brouhaha over auction rate securities. But today’s SEC announcement (it settled with TD Ameritrade over ARS) is another reminder: When your brokerage tells you it has dreamed up a new security for you to sell to...
Morgan Keegan & Co., a unit of Regions Financial, Morgan Asset Management and three employees each received a “Wells” notice from the SEC, the company stated in a Form 8-K filed by Regions on July 9.
June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database. Last month, 2,183 advisors changed b/ds compared with 1,506 in May...
Tension seems to be increasing between U.S. and Swiss officials who are trying to hammer out a settlement between the U.S. government and Swiss firm, UBS, regarding the names of 52,000 American clients of the firm. UBS retail financial advisors...
After just 7 months on the job, Chris di Bonaventura, head of the Citi Family Office group, handed in his resignation, Smith Barney confirmed. The departing exec is joining Fidelity’s Family Office Service Business.
The Investment Management Consultants Association announced that it has changed the requirements for attaining the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst, or CIMA...
A story in the Financial Times teasingly suggests UBS US Wealth Management is in for a big change at the top. Marten Hoekstra, CEO of the US unit, may be ousted or get a wingman, it says.
