Investments

The deal with the family-run independent insurance firm followed record sales in fixed-index annuities.

A growing chorus of firms such as Fidelity, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have announced plans for a variety of services around cryptocurrency trading.

A settlement with Massachusetts regulators resolved a nontraded REIT case, but NPH’s terminations from FINRA and a handful of states are still pending.

Facet Wealth acquires small clients from advisory firms, with the promise that it will operate as a partner rather than as a competitor.

Microsoft and Amazon.com are the fund’s top-two holdings.

Clients only get to reap the rewards of returns after investment expenses are paid.

Use this checklist to help clients avoid the bill from surprise capital gains distributions.

While the industry scores relatively low in its digital capabilities, firms that invest in technology are growing nearly twice as fast as their peers.

More than half of advisors would consider buying a smart beta muni bond ETF for clients, according to a Columbia Threadneedle poll.

An advisor kept working with clients, and impersonated others on phone calls with Schwab, the SEC says.

A long-term approach to owning individual bonds is rewarded with both greater yield and safety.

Digital brokerages are boosting features to bring in new clients.

One fund traded more than 800,000 shares in August, its second-largest monthly volume since inception.

To keep pace with its peers, Morgan Stanley is ramping up its online offerings in banking and wealth management.

The Fidelity Zero Total Market Index Fund attracted $753.5 million through Aug. 31, while the Fidelity Zero International Index Fund gathered $234.2 million, according to Fidelity’s website.

Fees were nearly half the price of the top-performing active funds.