The “rogue” trading loss and departure of CEO Oswald Grubel doesn’t seem to have driven clients away from UBS in the third quarter. In fact, despite the CHF 1.8 billion trading loss recorded in September, the firm as a whole turned a pretax profit...

Advisors and insurance agents need to focus on building trust with consumers and clients in this environment, one in which the Occupy Wall Street movement dominates headlines, said Bob Baranoff, senior vice president of member benefits at LIMRA...

A surprising twist we recently uncovered in research about social media usage: Among financial advisors, insurance advisors are most likely to use social media for business purposes and most likely to have landed clients through social media...

Raymond James Financial posted flat earnings for the fiscal fourth quarter. Overall, the firm’s net income was down 0.2 percent from the year-ago quarter to $68.9 million, while net revenue increased to $817.8 million, up 9 percent from last year...

Morgan Stanley’s global wealth management group finally raised its pre-tax profit margins in the third quarter, which climbed to 11 percent from 9 percent. Morgan CEO James Gorman has been talking about raising margins for many quarters, without...

Bank of America’s earnings shot up to $6.2 billion in the third quarter, versus a net loss of $7.3 billion in the year ago period. Revenue was up 6 percent to $28.7 billion...