The absolute return approach could evolve into the new standard in active asset management. Ignore at your own peril.

It takes a special mix of talents to manage a team of brokers in the current business environment.

Street Level: In the Crosshairs

In February's story Corporate Debt Goes Retail, we should have named La Salle Broker Dealer Services as a sponsor of retail corporate notes. The chart appeared on page 50 and listed La Salle's corporate parent, ABN AMRO, as the sponsor. The...

The conflict of interst scandal's forgotten victims: wirehouse brokers.

In the pro shop of a Florida golf course, I was introduced to a man who, I was told, was worth more than $100 million. I was there to try to entice him to invest in a Reg. D offering I was then representing as it happens, a fund of venture capital...

Filling out a U-4 incorrectly, no matter how earnest your intent, can come back to haunt you.

Efforts to teach personal finance skills in schools have been good, but they should be tweaked to emphasize planning instead of daytrading.

How to talk to prospective high-net-worth clients.

Diversification—to an extreme—is worth a look. How extreme? Some extreme fund managers own everything from common stock to converts to bank debt—all to their investors' delight.