Portfolio

There's a lot advisors can do -- and a lot they aren't doing -- to better serve vulnerable elders, according to a new report released jointly by SEC and FINRA.

Fidelity and Vanguard have almost the same investment portfolios in their target-date funds, but lower expenses give Vanguard's investors a higher return.; Plus, clients should try a retirement dress rehearsal before the big day.

Minimize investment tax liability; Reduce taxable income over the coming year; Plus why your client should dip into taxable accounts to max out their IRAs.

Federal authorities for the first time have directly included rollovers and IRAs in their latest fiduciary standard proposal, and that could have a huge impact on firms in a fast-growing and profitable segment of the retirement savings industry.

If the Financial stability oversight Council was hoping for any kind of consensus on whether and how it should regulate asset management companies, the feedback it has received on its request for comment is likely disappointing.

Blackstone Group LP, the largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, doubled first-quarter earnings as assets swelled past $300 billion for the first time.

The rollup's focus on "financial life management" and strong technology offering played roles in the deal, says United Capital Senior VP Matt Brinker.

Does the SEC's proposed budget reveal where the agency will be looking in the coming two years?

The giant IBD's lingering compliance issues should be "all done in 2015," says chairman and CEO Mark Casady.

With the following funds up more than 25% in three months, clients may be eager to get in. But advisors won't be so easily swayed.