Individual investors are paying less to own mutual fund shares, as fees and expenses have hit their lowest level in more than 25 years, according to research published Tuesday by the Investment Company Institute. In 2006, fund shareholders, on...

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of 17 major investment banks today in an antitrust lawsuit filed by investors who claimed the banks manipulated the IPO market in the dot-com boom years between 1997 and 2000. According to Securities news law blog...

Just 15 days after it announced it was buying A.G. Edwards, Wachovia Securities has announced its retention package for A.G. Edwards reps.

Registered Rep. reported Thursday that a judge ruled in favor of Merrill Lynch, which had requested an end to the discovery phase in a racial discrimination suit filed against the firm. Merrill does not want to have to hand over any more new...

What’s funnier than a hedge fund manager getting worked up over a garden hedge? Well, probably a lot of things. But in any case, James Chanos, head of short-selling hedge fund Kynikos Associates, is at war with his East Hampton neighbor Mark...

Justice tends to be far from swift when it comes to market-timing fraud. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced this week that it is returning ill-gotten gains to Pilgrim Baxter (investment advisor to the PBHG fund family) shareholders...

The subject of workplace water-cooler conversations could become increasingly financial in nature. That’s because, when it comes to retirement planning, employees with 401(k)s and other defined contribution plans want more financial planning...

To an almost comic degree, Wal-Mart has an insatiable appetite for expanding the reach of the products and services it offers, and now, behold, the behemoth has ventured on to your turf: financial advice. Meet Wal-Mart Easy Investing by Sharebuilder.

Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said on Thursday it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers, according to a...

Misleading the Military: NASD fined two Fidelity b/ds $400,000 for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature that promoted Fidelity's Destiny I and II Systematic Investment Plans, which were primarily sold to U.S. military personnel.