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Confidence rose among both millionaires and affluent investors in December, but economic conditions remain a major concern, as does mounting unemployment, particularly among the affluent.
Two major bank-owned wirehouses, Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney, are tweaking their grids in an attempt to weed out weaker producers.
Robert C. Doll likes to start each year with a list of predictions for the press. This year, coming off 2008's miserable fourth quarter, the question on everyone's mind was, how much worse can things get?
As Citigroup Inc. takes its $60 billion Wachovia-related lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Co. into 2009, some are questioning its motives and raising concerns about the cost to its reputation if the suit fails.
With organic growth expected to stay in the single digits this year, BB&T Corp. is positioned to continue buying independent insurance agencies.
Besieged with complaints from auction-rate securities clients, Raymond James Financial Inc. has taken the unusual step of sending them letters, saying it lacks the financing necessary to buy back their ARS.
The average U.S. stock fund declined 37.9% in 2008, slightly worse than the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 33.8% loss. It was the Dow's worst year since 1931, when it declined by more than 50%.
The likely legacy of SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, when he steps down this year after taking on the position in 2005, is likely to be that of ineffectiveness during the worst economic period since the Great Depression.
Detroit lost its investment-grade rating from Standard & Poor's on $2.4 billion of outstanding debt late Tuesday as the city's finances have deteriorated amid an ongoing structural budget imbalance.
The CFP Board is soliciting public comment on proposed revisions to its Disciplinary Rules and Procedures.
LPL Financial, the largest independent broker-dealer in the industry, said that it plans to cut 10% of its workforce by Jan. 31.
Daniel Sontag has been named as the new chief of Merrill's global wealth management business following the resignation of Bob McCann.
Portfolio managers for Prudential Investment Management said today that they see greater current opportunities in fixed-income investments than in equities.
Former Evergreen CEO Peter Cieszko is the latest in new hires at Fidelity.
Bob McCann, the chief of Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit, is leaving the firm just five days after the acquisition by Bank of America was completed.
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