Alleged takeover talks between Morgan Stanley and institutional money manager BlackRock have reportedly been called off due to a runup in BlackRock’s stock price, CNBC reported on Feb. 1. Shares of BlackRock (BLK) have risen 11 percent since...

More wealthy investors are seeking financial advice from full-service brokers, who, after losing half their market share in recent years, are now staging a spirited comeback.

Hard to believe, but true: Real estate wasn't always the hot dot. Just five years ago, the average real estate investment trust (REIT) traded at a big discount to the value of its assets by about 25 percent, on average, according to...

The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth. With the release of their firms' corporate earnings reports last...

Registered Rep. presents the third installment of our brainteaser, The Puzzler (thanks, Car Talk). Every other month (or so), The Puzzler offers a real-world puzzle and its solution. Many are real brainteasers used by corporations to test the...

Barton Biggs made his name as the (as one journalist put it) lead investment strategist at Morgan Stanley over a period of 30 years. A value-oriented investor, Biggs was a killjoy during the Great Buying Panic of the 1990s, and the New Paradigm...

Penitence Pays Off for Putnam: The SEC filed charges against six former officers of Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (PFTC) for helping to defraud a defined contribution client and a group of Putnam mutual funds of approximately $4 million. In the...

Simply put, from a client's perspective, wealth management consists of a financial advisor providing solutions to financial and related legal issues and concerns. Its problem solving for the client, and it regularly involves providing financial...

Superstar brokers are receiving unimaginable compensation to switch firms. And lesser performers are asking recruiters to negotiate record transition packages for them. But don't expect managers to throw money at just any advisor with great...

There's a new professional in town, and he just might know more about your elderly clients than you do. He's the Registered Financial Gerontologist (RFG). According to the American Institute of Financial Gerontology, these specialists learn to use...