There is a theme that seems to repeat itself in the broker/dealer industry: quality advisors join shops that, deliberately or not, peddle bad investments and get caught, and those good advisors suffer for it. We've written about this before, in...
There's a lot of money being thrown into the alternative investment space nowadays. You see the trend reflected in the market capitalizations of exchange-traded products designed to offer returns uncorrelated or negatively correlated to the equity...
When an FA breaks away from his full-service broker/dealer to move to an independent firm, it is the ultimate test of client loyalty. And potential breakaways have gotten more confident that they'll hold onto client assets versus two years ago...
They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, and older investors seem to take this concept to heart.
Despite a stock market that has roared above its March 2009 lows, here is how worried investors are: The traditional investments of U.S. dollars and Treasuries are viewed with skepticism. Where to hide? Kevin Kearns, the manager of Loomis Sayles'...
Is Greenwich, Conn., where a high concentration of New York-based hedge fund managers live in sprawling mansions with elaborately manicured grounds, the secret to the U.S. hedge fund industry's financial success? China seems to think so.
What factors impact marketability discounts in restricted stock transactions? Typically, an investor's expected holding period is the primary determinant of the size of the marketability discount. But the regulations governing restricted stock...
Just a small segment of the advisor industry accounts for most of the sales of variable annuities in the U.S., so for insurers who are concerned about the long-term growth of the industry, getting more advisors on board to peddle their products is...
The Strange Group, Janney Montgomery Scott, Richmond, Va.
