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A former AllianceBernstein investment guru is taking a stab at public service.

The starter's pistol is about to be fired for the swaps industry.

House Republicans have charted a course for expedited tax reforms next year in case they control Congress and the White House.

Target-date funds pulled in $13.9 billion in the second quarter despite the nearly 3% loss on average, according to Morningstar.

As sharp lines have emerged within a prominent House committee over how to step up examinations of investment advisers, the panel's chairman has signaled that no legislation will advance without broad, bipartisan consensus.

Steve Wershing, "The Referral Doctor," says if advisors want to get referrals, it’s more important to have people remember what kind of service and performance you delivered than to simply have a collection of fans.

Women age 65 and older live in poverty at higher rates than men even as more of them participate in employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office study.

Just 1% of the plan participants surveyed stopped contributing to their DC plan accounts, unchanged from the year-ago quarter.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the futures commission merchant based in Greenwich, Conn., failed to properly supervise the reporting of activity in accounts of large traders.

In a new global survey, Accenture finds opportunity for life insurers to present clearer, more personalized information to win over these masses.