Portfolio

Morgan Stanley has bolstered its New York office with a top billing advisor team from J.P. Morgan Securities, the boutique brokerage branch of JPMorgan Chase.

Few things are more frustrating than encountering advisors who consistently provide sound counsel to their clients -- but forget to practice what they preach for their own business and personal plans. Here are the areas advisors most commonly need to start heeding their own advice.

As real estate recovers, non-listed REITs are soaring, but they haven’t been much of a hit with customers of Merrill Lynch.

Bloomberg -- UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, will pay $4.58 million to settle an investigation by regulators into whether its sales assistants were licensed in states where they did business.

OppenheimerFunds today announced the extension of its senior loan investing franchise with the launch of the Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Plus Fund (SFR PLUS). This actively-managed fund offers investors access to the same experienced team as the firm's original Senior Floating Rate Fund (SFR).

Best known as the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first to head one of its member firms, Muriel F. “Mickie” Siebert died from cancer on August 24 at the age of 80.

Retirement: It's the main goal of most investing and the biggest worry of most clients. As a sneak peek to our upcoming September issue on the topic, we list the top 10 target-date funds for 40-year-old investors.

The majority of American workers accept responsibility for financing their own retirement and are relying primarily on their 401(k) to get them there, but many lack the confidence to effectively manage their retirement savings.

A spike in the proportion of RIA-to-RIA deals in the first half of this year may signify that the advisory field is starting to come into its own.

The majority of American workers accept responsibility for financing their own retirement and are relying primarily on their 401(k) to get them there, but many lack the confidence to effectively manage their retirement savings.