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Comments by former Citigroup chief executive Sandy Weill reignited the debate over whether to separate commercial banking from investment banking.

United Technologies Companylast month took the plunge into providing its employees a steady stream of retirement income.

Seven multimillion-dollar revenue earners are joining Merrill Lynch’s wealth management units in Florida, Michigan and California.

House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation that would expand the role of the SEC to conduct oversight examinations of investment advisors, a segment of the financial services sector that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have agreed is under regulated.

Spectrem’s affluent investor confidence index fell to its lowest point in eight months.

Ask Ed Slott: Your IRA Expert answers readers’ questions about the best way to reinvest proceeds garnered from beneficiary IRAs.

Twenty-six year industry veteran Richard Ray is joining Stifel Nicolaus’s Honolulu office as vice president and portfolio manager.

Bank of America has hired more than 30 bankers in the greater Chicago area as part of a broader plan to beef up its services for small-business owners.

Forty percent of Boomers wait until five years before retirement to begin planning, according to a study by Allianz Life.

Did you ever wonder why the word "billion" seems to elicit a terrible feeling in your gut? Do you remember when a billion dollars seemed like so much money it was unattainable? Do you remember when a millionaire was considered really wealthy? Now, a millionaire is not rich and a billionaire must have done something evil to become one.