Women are starting to trip up the rungs of rich lists—one of the last holdouts of male economic dominance, says the Wall Street Journal's wealth report.

Financial advisory firms are gearing up to do more hiring in the months to come, according to a recent Fidelity Investments survey. But adding staff this year may be trickier than just posting ads and waiting for the resumes to pour in. Two...

Independent broker/dealer Harrison Douglas Inc. has filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate its registrations and close the firm, after it was “unable to pay an adverse...

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Advisors are expecting the summer doldrums to kick in for the stock market and the economy over the next few months, according to Rydex|SGI’s Advisor Confidence Index. The index, which surveys 150 RIAs on their views of the U.S. economy and...

Variable annuities get a bad rap for a reason: they're so often used to abuse seniors. Despite a big coordinated effort among regulators to stamp out such abuse in recent years, plenty of fraudsters still manage to fly under the radar. Take one...

Proposed regulations regarding discharge of indebtedness income exclusions applicable to grantor trusts and disregarded entities The Internal Revenue Service has issued Proposed Regulations Section 1.108-9 under Internal Revenue Code Section 108(a...