Wealth Management

The use of exchange-traded funds will more than double by 2017, according to a study by BlackRock's ETF unit, iShares. The study projects an increase in ETF use from $1.5 trillion to $3.5 trillion in … Read More

A financial-planning minor at the University of Minnesota is among the educational projects aimed at bringing new faces to the industry at a time when at least 12,000 advisers are expected to retire y… Read More

The Senate Finance Committee has laid out the issues it is likely to consider regarding charitable deductions as it works on an overhaul of the federal income tax system. In a background paper distrib… Read More

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said it will request that financial firms submit documents explaining how they use social media, names of individuals responsible for posting to the firm's … Read More

Midsize companies that do business in "failed states" and other foreign conflict zones can reduce their risk of civil and criminal liability by taking steps to ensure that all contracts are sufficient… Read More

Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, say they will travel around the U.S. to learn more abou… Read More

Regulators are not likely to enact major changes this year that would affect investment managers and financial advisers, analysts say. A uniform fiduciary standard, for example, will take until next y… Read More

RCAP Holdings has agreed to acquire First Allied Securities as part of a deal to purchase outstanding shares of First Allied Holdings. Nick Schorsch, who controls RCAP, plans to keep running First All… Read More