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Americans are banking heavily on stocks and real estate in the upcoming decade, according to the Franklin Templeton Global Investor Sentiment Survey.

A worldwide wave ofregulatory change-exemplified by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act in the United States-will bring "massive changes in terms of technology" in the securities industry.

As if it weren't already enough of a challenge to prepare investors for retirement. Besides the main worry of getting investors to save enough to live a dignified life in their senior years, there are growing concerns over longevity risk, rising healthcare costs and the ravages of inflation.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has named Credit Suisse executive Noel Donohoe to a newly created position of executive managing director and group chief risk officer.

While mutual fund companies in general are not embracing mobile technologies to the degree that banks, credit cards and self-directed brokerages are, Vanguard and TIAA-CREF stand out in terms of their offering research and trades via mobile devices, according to Corporate Insight.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's recent decision to delay the deadline for hedge fund and private equity fund advisors to register from this month until March 2012 gives them a tad more breathing room to prepare for the new requirements.

When it comes to sovereign risk ratings, it could be a case of "out of Greece and into the fire" as venerable credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's this week joined Moody’s in issuing a sobering warning that Italy could be the next European nation in line for a downgrade.

American investors are in risk-aversion mode and are not likely to get out of that funk until interest rates start rising. That’s the fundamental conclusion of Morningstar senior stock analyst Greggory Warren.

Wedbush Securities Inc. has been ordered to pay more than $3.5 million to make up for its “morally reprehensible failure and refusal” to compensate one of its traders, an arbitration panel has ruled.

In a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), experts recommended that middle-income retirees convert a portion of their savings into an inflation-adjusted annuity or opt for an annuity instead of a lump sum from an employer sponsored defined benefit (DB) plan. They also recommended that Americans delay taking Social Security benefits until at least full retirement age.