Tony Barrett is networking with other minorities to support diversity in the business.

Edward Jones on Thursday agreed to pay $20 million to settle a case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission claiming the firm overcharged customers in the sales of new municipal bonds...

Following the July 21 deadline for public comments, the Department of Labor on Thursday night released an additional 250 public comment letters from some of the industry’s largest financial services firms, including Bank of America, Edward...

Advisor satisfaction and loyalty has tumbled at national brokerage firms amid heightened concerns over compensation changes and a lack of confidence in leadership. Overall advisor satisfaction at seven of the national brokerage firms dropped 3...

More than just a soap opera. Empire may be the most blatant example, but there is a lot that can be learned about wealth management -- good and bad -- from watching television. From Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones to Grey's Anatomy, the plot...

Out of a pool of over 300 submissions, WealthManagement.com on Friday released the names of the finalists for its first industry awards program, meant to recognize outstanding achievement in products or services that help advisors succeed. Some of...

"Yale is not a charity," says Dylan Matthews of Vox | Peter Spiro/iStock/Thinkstock Dylan Matthews at Vox.com asks if Yale is the most deserving "charity" to give Blackstone founder and billionaire Stephen Schwarzman a tax deduction, thanks to...

Teaching Men To Fish

While 12 of the 18 firms in J.D. Power’s annual investor satisfaction ranking had lower scores from last year, investors’ overall satisfaction stayed flat, at 807 (on a 1,000-point scale). And while most of the ranked firms fall below the industr...

A financial advisor kept Smash from losing his shirt on some real estate deals gone bad in the financial crisis. It's not easy dealing with celebrities. It's even harder when you're the one managing - or trying to manage - their money. GoBanking...