Portfolio

Futures closed at the highest in six weeks after Saudi Arabia was said to likely support prolonging output reductions.

They handle the trading, rebalancing and overall management of portfolios — freeing advisers to face their clients. But not everyone wins, as Michael Kitces writes.

The RIA's parent company is set to buy a very large adviser aggregator. If completed, it would be the biggest transaction of the year.

The group includes a father-daughter duo who have worked together for 25 years.

The new retirement system will allow for 401(k)-type savings and provide financial education services to help military personnel make better investing decisions.

Older wirehouse advisers opting to go independent should keep these factors in mind if they want a richer exit from the business.

The adviser allowed her disabled sister to die of untreated bedsores, according to the D.A. It’s the first known such case involving a CFP, says the CFP Board.

The new recruit's business focuses on Latin American clients.

In bond and stock markets, managers had been shorting volatility to generate additional yield, such as by selling out-of-the-money put and call options.

The GDP growth spread between emerging-market and developed-market nations is expected to widen in 2017 to the most in three years.