Corporate finance

Expenses have outpaced or matched revenue growth during the past four to five years, while aggregate fees declined almost 20%, a study found.

The No. 1 IBD has stopped offering the higher-yield funds in its automated bank deposit programs, but it notes they’re easily accessible in investment accounts.

More than 25% of the products were sold with shorter or static maturities in the first quarter, compared with only 10% for the same period last year.

Players on both sides of the fence are being forced to rethink past practices.

Following two recent mega-mergers in the bullion space, the fight to secure dominance is intensifying.

The firm plans to focus on raising money for products that lock up capital for several years, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Fear of a liquidity plunge outweighed political risks in a recent JPMorgan survey.

The two firms' boosts came amid equity headwinds — and both wealth management units now have nearly 4,400 financial advisors.

The aggregator introduces banking services and says it will continue to acquire new firms.

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In a bid to further enhance its capabilities for advisors, the firm is also slashing ETF transaction fees on select funds later this year.

Advisor headcount reached 2,160 advisors for the first quarter, up a net 43 from the year-ago period.

Michael Arougheti says the move his firm took last year has already boosted stock liquidity and expects it will lure more investors to alternatives.

The Invesco QQQ Trust dropped as much as 0.6% after Google’s parent company reported first-quarter sales below Wall Street estimates.

CEO Walt Bettinger says advisors tell him they aren’t worried about the new pricing model.

The firm is looking at a range of “different opportunities” for potential wealth management deals, CEO Jim Cracchiolo says.

The company hopes to recruit new advisors by taking a version of its home office tour on the road.

The slowing is part of an overall industry slowdown that experts don’t think will last.

CEO Ronald O’Hanley says the poor performance reflects both the industry’s “continued challenging conditions,” as well as “lower client activity.”

C. Allen Parker was interrupted more than a dozen times as he tried to deliver opening remarks at the bank's its annual meeting.