In an effort to distinguish new ETFs from existing ones, some issuers are getting downright goofy with their tickers. The Australians seem to take the cake, with the ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar ETF trading under “GDAY,” the ProShares Ultr...

The Best of 2014 TimArbaev/iStock/Thinkstock 2014 was the year of the robo-advisor and retirement security, according to Lauren Foster on the CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog. Foster said that looking forward to 2015, two broad themes...

Brokers have long been able to continue selling insurance after being barred or suspended from the securities industry—at least until insurance regulators got wind of it. But it looks as though they may get wind of it even sooner. The Financial I...

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VladimirFLoyd/iStock/Thinkstock Just as an advisor should do due diligence on the investment managers he or she uses, prospective client's are being encouraged to screen their financial advisor before they hand over their money. Steven Abernathy...

The SEC is working on a rule that would require financial advisors to create transitions plans in case or retirement or a major disruption in their business. The rule, which may come to life by October, is aimed at mitigating the risk of client...

There is no retirement crisis in America, writes Ramesh Ponnuru, for Bloomberg View. Instead, it's all a matter of how you decide to interpret the data. While the National Institute on Retirement Security's recent report stated that 84 percent ...

Exchange traded funds have been gaining market share from the mutual fund industry over the years, and much of that attention has been related to lower costs. But a new research report by Morningstar says many ETFs are not, in fact, cheaper tha...

Copyright Jared Wickerham, Getty Images When in need, call in the coaches… or not. Advisors who pay for coaching services are wasting their time and money, argues Russ Alan Prince, president of R.A. Prince & Associates on Forbes.com. Most adviso...

Nadore/iStock/Thinkstock The sandwich generation, or Generation X, is not a focus for top players in the financial services industry, according to a recent Weber Shandwick report. The public relations firm found that only half of the top U.S. in...