Bank channel

Despite promising signs of a recovering market, a new survey finds that nearly six in 10 investors are waiting for conditions to improve before making investment decisions.

Northern Trust lures wealth management executive Chris Wilkinson from RIA firm Private Client Group.

The average federal tax refund will be nearly $3,000. What will Americans do with the money? Biggest answer: spend it.

The prospects for the U.S. economy have brightened thanks to improvements in the labor and housing markets, says TD Economics.

FINRA slammed Citi International Financial Services with a $600,000 fine for charging excessive markups and markdowns on corporate and agency bond transactions.

Twenty-somethings are struggling under a mountain of debt averaging $45,000, according to a survey released today by PNC.

Financial institutions can increase their program revenue by 76% by emulating best practices of top competitors: PrimeVest

The majority of advisors (53%) said they measure performance based on longer-term goals, while they feel clients are focused on the short term. Clients are also more pessimistic about the markets yet they feel their own portfolios will do relatively well.

Four years after the crisis, banking and the financial industry are still dead last in public trust.

Associated Banc-Corp announced yesterday that it hired Tim Henke as an associate financial consultant at its wholly owned broker-dealer Associated Investment Services.

Banks looking to boost their profits are missing the boat on a big opportunity: marketing investment and insurance products to mass-affluent households.

PrimeVest Financial Services gained 273 advisors in 2011, lifting its total registered representative force to more than 1,600, the firm announced today.

PrimeVest Financial Services gained 273 advisors in 2011, lifting its total registered representative force to more than 1,600, the firm announced today.

With some fairly significant caveats, there is hope that the bank channel will see better days ahead this year. But first, it has to get through the current doldrums.

Bank of America has added a new investment offering to its Merrill Edge program for mass-affluent investors.

Regions Financial Corp.'s deal to sell its Morgan Keegan brokerage and investment banking arm are leaving industry observers to wonder what the Birmingham, Ala. bank's plans are going forward.

Investors have not yet fully recovered their faith in long-term U.S. mutual funds, but the cash outflow in January was not nearly as bad as the previous month.

HNW clients are price sensitive, but advisors have made their case as the economy comes out of the financial crisis.

Large banks have done a good job of capturing the investments of young banking clients, but they haven’t had the same success with their older—and wealthier—customers, according to a new report from Aite Group.

After a decade refining their advice services, Fidelity, Schwab, E*Trade and other online brokerage firms are now rubbing up against traditional financial advisors, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.