Tag: Wealth Management

Eighty percent of households that owned funds outside a workplace retirement plan held funds purchased through a professional adviser, according to the 2010 Investment Company Fact Book released...

A majority of Americans have a false perception of how stock market investments fared last year, and are still uneasy about investing in stocks, according to a new...

Millionaires and affluent investors are more optimistic about the investment environment, according to the latest survey by Spectrem Group.

A new survey found uninsured medical expenses rival retirement savings as the most pressing financial concern for Americans.

While Americans haven’t quite recovered the losses their portfolios suffered amid the market downturn, they are more optimistic than last year, according to a survey commissioned by Edward Jones.

High-net-worth (HNW) consumers remain concerned about maintaining their lifestyle in retirement and slightly more concerned about paying for health care in retirement, according to a survey by The...

The HSBC Global Pulse survey found the top three financial worries are the same for citizens around the globe: taxes, wealth preservation, and retirement.

Chris Van Aeken will head International Wealth Management Products and Services at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the company announced.

Wells Fargo & Co.’s Wealth Brokerage and Retirement Group saw increasing revenues driven by growth in asset-based fees and brokerage transactions, the firm said.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney reported an influx of assets and advisers in the first quarter.

Issues related to retirement and rising health care costs continue to rank highest among financial concerns for affluent Americans, according to a recent survey.

Wirehouse firms still lead the market share in the wealth management industry, but independent and regional broker/dealers are catching up, a new report found.

Three former UBS wealth advisers have formed Mississippi Investment Management Company, LLC (MIMCO), a registered investment adviser (RIA) serving both affluent and institutional investors.

Only 44% of investors reported being confident in their ability to retire in financial security as they had planned, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by Citi and...

Many Baby Boomers plan to continue working in retirement, and not just to make ends meet, but to keep physically and mentally energized.

Americans reported that they are more knowledgeable about personal finance but would also benefit from professional advice, according to a survey by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.

Financial advisers might have ripe opportunities to talk to clients about long-term care insurance, a new survey sponsored by Genworth Financial suggests.

The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) said its new Retirement Pyramid can help financial advisers explain what clients need to have “a healthy and vital financial future.”

Financial advisers who help clients to understand the impact of the markets have more satisfied clients, a recent survey suggested.

The overwhelming majority (91%) of surveyed financial advisers said they have made changes to their clients’ retirement portfolios, and many are looking toward guaranteed income products.