Portfolio

A few guidelines can help advisors identify the sectors and companies likely to be tomorrow's standout dividend payers before they're obvious.

The president insists that fiduciary requirements must apply to brokers working in the retirement space to protect investors from conflicted advice.

The plunge in oil prices has claimed another prominent victim.

The former wirehouse group is larger than Dynasty's biggest recruiting grab in 2014.

If accomplished, the DOL's new fiduciary rules could be a much needed game changer at a time when Americans need help.

Web-savvy consumers now want greater engagement and information about brands before making a purchasing decision, and they're getting that information from influencers they follow on social media platforms. But the asset management industry in many ways is still working out how to connect with clients via social media.

As controversial fiduciary proposal to curb conflicted retirement advice heads to White House for review, insiders see exemptions permitting commonplace brokerage business models.

Clients who are financially knowledgeable incurred annual investment returns that are 1.3% higher compared with those who are not; Plus, the disadvantages of a retirement buckets strategy.

Bill Gross’s $1.46 billion Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund trailed its benchmark in the fourth quarter of last year primarily because it had plowed about 5% of net assets into debt issued by U.S., Russian and Brazilian energy companies.

The White House plans to throw its full weight behind a Department of Labor proposal to make it harder for brokers to push higher-fee mutual funds or other expensive retirement investment products.