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Bankers Finally Recognize Appetite For Wealth Management Apps
November 23, 2011 @ 10:21 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Still, while they are taking small steps in the right direction, financial organizations still have a way to go to meet and exceed their wealth management clients' expectations.

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Wealth Managers Fail To Live Up To Investors' Technology Needs
October 25, 2011 @ 13:34 PM | By Melanie Rodier

They should get some tips from Apple, Google and Amazon, according to a new report.

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Bankers Fear For Their Lives. Maybe.
October 20, 2011 @ 12:20 PM | By Melanie Rodier

Protesters may still be unclear about the details of their agenda, but they are not happy. And now they want to put a face on it.

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The Real Reason Why Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are Angry
October 17, 2011 @ 13:20 PM | By Melanie Rodier

The Occupy Wall Street protests have gone global. But many have been left wondering what the protesters were really protesting against. Often it seemed that even they didn't really know.

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Occupy Wall Street: Do The Protesters Actually Have a Point?
October 03, 2011 @ 13:12 PM | By Melanie Rodier

The Occupy Wall Street protest, which has been going on for two weeks, is now rapidly gaining steam and publicity.

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Training Wall Street's Future Ranks of Financial Advisors
October 22, 2010 @ 10:54 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

With new regulations on the way, financial firms need to invest in the training of financial advisors.

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Baron: Best Time In 40 Years to Invest In Stocks
October 22, 2010 @ 10:37 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

Ron Baron, founder of Baron Capital thinks that the current market conditions present a great opportunity for investment in stocks.

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Businesses Add iPad to Briefcases
August 25, 2010 @ 11:59 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

Apple's iPad seems to be sidestepping the resistance that the iPhone faced in the corporate environment.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: The New Kid on the Block
July 30, 2010 @ 07:22 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Top economics and financial officials met with Timothy Geithner today to discuss the future Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

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Compliance Watch: Keeping Client Data Safe
May 14, 2010 @ 10:50 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Is it reasonable to expect advisers to comply with privacy rules in 50 separate states? The short answer is 'Yes,' because it's your business and livelihood.

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The Myth of the Rational Market
April 28, 2010 @ 10:08 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

For years, it has been accepted as a fact that collectively, the markets act rationally over time. However, history and almost all new research point out that people are, by nature, irrational.

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Need Stock Advice? Some Investors Are Turning to Psychics
January 08, 2010 @ 10:28 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Some investors are looking into other options to find out about future financial fortunes.

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New SEC Rules for Financial Advisers
December 18, 2009 @ 08:04 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

The SEC has announced new rules it hopes will prevent another Bernie Madoff-like scandal from happening again.

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Bernie Madoff's Life Behind Bars
December 11, 2009 @ 09:49 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Bernie Madoff, the architect of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, has served about five months of his 150-year prison sentence.

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Investors Take Aim at Brokers
October 21, 2009 @ 10:44 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Thousands of investors hit with losses last year are filing arbitration claims against their financial advisors -- and their odds of winning look to be rising.

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Brokerage Statement Leaders & Best Practices
July 21, 2009 @ 11:19 AM | By Michael Ellison

As the markets and economy begin to recover, brokerage firms will need to do whatever they can to rebuild trust. The monthly statement is one tool they can use to accomplish this and employing some of these best practices is a good place to start. In this year's review, Merrill Lynch provided the most impressive overall statement for the third year in a row. It provides an excellent portfolio summary in a feature-rich document that includes all of a client's linked accounts in a concise format.

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Independent Research Runs Out of Funds
June 11, 2009 @ 22:06 PM | By Gregory MacSweeney

Fallout from the Wall Street stock-research scandal resulted in firms having to pay more than $450 million to fund independent market research. Six years later, some $70 million remains of the original fund. But that money will soon dry up as a judge has ordered that the remaining funds be turned over to the Treasury Department.

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Promising Year Ahead for Wealth Management, Thomson Reuters Says
April 20, 2009 @ 13:48 PM | By Penny Crosman

"The finger's come off the panic button," says John Fennelly, global managing director of the wealth management markets division at Thomson Reuters, of the economic environment surrounding the wealth management business. "In September through January, everybody was extremely nervous; who knew what equilibrium would look like?"

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At Long Last, a Facelift for Mother Merrill
April 02, 2009 @ 11:39 AM | By Michael Ellison

Last week, our e-Monitor team logged into their Merrill Direct account (the full service account website has not been converted yet, more on that below) and were greeted with a new client site - one that even has its own URL: www.mymerrill.com. While many of the tools remain the same, the overall design is much improved and the resulting site is more user-friendly and visually appealing.

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When financial crisis escalated, firms failed to communicate with worried investors
September 30, 2008 @ 17:41 PM | By Melanie Rodier

When the financial crisis escalated with the fall of Lehman Brothers, the AIG bailout and the sale of Merrill Lynch two weeks ago, firms failed to communicate sufficiently well online with their client base, according to a report.