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Combination life insurance products, which combine a pool of benefit dollars for covered long-term care expenses, a death benefit for beneficiaries, or both, showed tremendous growth in 2010, with new premium sales soaring 62% to $1.2 billion, according to LIMRA research released on Friday.

By addressing women’s unique investing issues, financial advisors can build up a roster of more loyal clients, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch panel said on Thursday.

In anticipation of the U.S. dollar's declining value, many investors are busy adjusting their portfolios to get more exposure to other major currencies. But a new research report from Merk Investments suggests that they may not be nearly as diversified as they need to be.

Most say job interviews at leading financial institutions are generally good experiences, according to anonymous reviews from job seekers posting to the online community website Glassdoor.com

BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded fund division has launched the iShares Floating Rate Note Fund (ticker: FLOT), its first floating rate fund.

WASHINGTON — Nearly three years since the financial crisis began, lawmakers appear consumed again with a very precrisis topic: Is overregulation driving financial institutions overseas?

Here are the top 84 independent broker-dealers -- listed by revenue rank -- that participated in Financial Planning's 2011 survey along with their corporate contact information, top executives, clearing provider and other key data. Where does your firm rank on this year's list?

Overall, hedge funds had generally positive performance numbers since January. But May numbers, when isolated, told a much different story.

Fifty-nine percent of Americans are not confident the U.S. economy will rebound within the next year, a survey of 1,011 adults by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards found.

AARP launched a new television ad campaign on Thursday urging Congress not to cut critical Medicare and Social Security benefits.