Donald Jay Korn

More than a third of investors are less tolerant of risk than they were eight months ago, according to a new TD Ameritrade investor sentiment survey.

IRA contributions for 2011 were nearly 15% higher than those for 2007 and contributions to Roth IRAs have outpaced traditional IRAs by almost 63% a year over the same period.

RIA in a Box's registration maintenance service focuses on turning down an RIA's panic level from surprise regulatory visits.

TD Ameritrade Institutional claims its iRebal system will allow financial planners to rebalance client portfolios in "near-zero" time.

In the first half of 2012, tons of cash flowed out of non-qualified annuities, according to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.

A new white paper from Forward Management LLC, San Francisco, concludes that diversifying portfolios with managed futures may enable investors to earn better risk-adjusted returns.

The independent brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Company, now has nearly 550 practices across the country.

Schwab Advisor Services has expanded its "Insight to Action" practice management consulting program for registered investment advisors.

What is the fastest growing financial services market and distribution channel? According to Tiburon Strategic Advisors, it's the fee-based financial advisory market.

LPL Financial has announced an affiliation with Advantage Financial Group that will bring client assets of about $2 billion to LPL.

Macquarie Group has announced several senior leadership appointments as well as 14 additions to its U.S. equity sales and sales trading teams.

Frederick (Rick) Wise and Jonathan Block will be joining the firm as managing directors and senior equity research analysts covering healthcare. In addition, Robert Mains has joined the firm as a managing director, providing research coverage of healthcare providers and real estate companies.

Edward Jones plans to add about 8,000 advisors over the next eight years. If this ambitious goal can be realized or even approached, some of the success may be due to specialized efforts to recruit and acclimate new advisors from nontraditional backgrounds.

An influx of assets and advisors have given a much needed boost to smaller, independent advisors.

The Columbus, Ohio-based broker-dealer hired David Lacki as managing director of the firm’s affordable housing group.

Royal Bank of Canada hired Gregory Steele to trade high-yield bonds in the United States.

Financial advisor Paul Siegel, the latest addition from its three-year recruitment binge, joins the firm’s Scottsdale, Ariz. office.

Scott & Stringfellow named Bryan Cram president of its private client group. Cram he plans both internal and external expansion of the retail business.

A new Amerprise study finds that far too many baby boomers are sacrificing their retirement goals and plans to help ease some of the short-term economic pain facing their children and their own parents.

Oppenheimer & Co. said that it has hired two managing directors in its investment banking unit. The newcomers will be based in New York, reporting to Marshall Heinberg, who heads Oppenheimer's investment and corporate banking operations.