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Fidelity Investments today announced total client assets across its three brokerage units (Fidelity Retail Brokerage, Fidelity Institutional Wealth ServicesSM and National Financial®) increased 2 percent to $1.919 trillion in the second quarter of 2008 compared to one year ago. The company attributed the growth to consistent positive net new client assets over the past year.
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| //08-04-2008 |
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced that Juan Dibildox has joined its Private Wealth Management office in Miami as an Investment Representative. Reporting to Jon Mallon, Executive Director and Manager of the Private Wealth office in Miami, he will cater to high net worth clients in Mexico.
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| //08-04-2008 |
We thank you. Scottrade has earned the J.D. Power and Associates award for "Highest in Investor Satisfaction With Online Investing Services." Scottrade ranked highest in investor satisfaction in a study that looked at information resources, cost, trade execution and Web site capability. We are honored to have earned your trust and satisfaction.
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| //08-04-2008 |
Fidelity launched a suite of new retirement income products and services for individual investors and advisors that can make it easier for retirees to convert their savings into regular, monthly income payments that have the potential to last a lifetime.
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| //08-01-2008 |
Fidelity is the July 2008 voting prizewinner! Starting a monthly rating from zero allows to identify a monthly winner and thus more objectively display the voters' oppinion. We rate brokers by the actual number of votes.
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Scottrade (www.scottrade.com), a leading branch-supported online investment firm, announces the opening of a new branch in Woodbridge, Va. The branch, located at 4296 Merchant Plaza in The Glen Shopping Center, opens on Monday, Aug. 11.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of an ongoing commitment to helping its clients become more successful investors, Charles Schwab (NASDAQ:SCHW) today officially launched an online community focused on its active trader clients.
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Private Wealth Management announced that it has hired a team of four senior investment professionals to serve high net worth clients in the Latin American market.
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| //07-31-2008 |
Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investment firm, announces the opening of its first Rockford, Ill. branch office. The branch, located at 7474 E. State St., near the intersection with Bell School Road, will open on Monday, Aug. 11.
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| //07-31-2008 |
A recent survey of workers shows growing concern, particularly among the young, that they won’t be able to retire comfortably. The substantial drop in confidence suggests that many workers are concerned about new economic challenges, including higher health care costs, resurgent inflation, and decreased home values.
If you’re concerned about saving enough for retirement, here are some relatively simple steps you can take today to boost your confidence.
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| //07-30-2008 |
A new player in the online forex brokerage industry is born.
ACM USA is the U.S. based licensee of the ACM Group now present on four continents. ACM USA is located in midtown Manhattan in New York City.
With the aim of delivering “premier trading conditions” to the online forex trading community, ACM USA will provide its clients with cutting-edge online forex trading services, tools and conditions. Clients will also be granted access to the company’s four platforms without any fees or commissions.*
ACM USA’s online account opening capability makes setting up and funding an account easier than ever. In just a matter of hours, clients will be able to take advantage of the tools and services provided by ACM USA to successfully trade the forex market.
ACM USA believes that by offering a transparent trading environment and attentive customer service representatives, ACM USA will succeed in providing premier trading conditions to all of its clients. Furthermore, ACM USA is a registered Forex Dealer Member (FDM) of the National Futures Association (NFA), and a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Please visit our website for more information at: www.acmusa.com
*ACM USA LLC is compensated through the spread
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| //07-30-2008 |
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| //07-29-2008 |
Online discount broker TradeKing (http://www.tradeking.com/) today announced the latest additions to its All-Star roster of trading professionals providing commentary on individual investors' online trading as part of the TradeKing Community.
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| //07-29-2008 |
Fidelity announced second quarter results and other major achievements for its three main brokerage businesses, reporting total client assets, daily average commissionable trades, net new client assets, and client accounts compared with the second quarter in 2007 and the first half of last year.
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| //07-28-2008 |
Vanguard announced the appointment of new portfolio managers to the AllianceBernstein L.P. portions of the $4.8 billion Vanguard® U.S. Growth Fund (ticker: VWUSX) and the $314 million Growth Portfolio of the Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund.
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| //07-28-2008 |
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) have completed the transaction to jointly acquire SAESA Group (SAESA), a Chilean electricity distribution, transmission and generation company from Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) for a purchase price of US$887 million. Under the agreement announced with PSEG on June 17, Teachers’ and MSI each own 50% of the company and have assumed approximately US$400 million in existing company debt. The enterprise value of the company is US$1.3 billion.
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| //07-25-2008 |
Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investment firm, announces the opening of a new branch in Aurora, Colo. The branch, located at 24300 E. Smoky Hill Road in the Eagles Nest Village Center, opens on Monday, Aug. 4.
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| //07-25-2008 |
An Internet bank plans to open an Internet cafe in Waikiki. ING DIRECT, the branchless Delaware-based savings bank, said it will open an Internet cafe with a coffee bar in the former Local Motion building in September at 1958 Kalakaua Ave.
The cafe will be the seventh for ING DIRECT, which has attracted $80 billion in savings deposits from 6.5 million Americans since the bank was established eight years ago by Netherlands-based financial services giant ING Groep NV.
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| //07-24-2008 |
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation (Nasdaq:SCHW) at its meeting today declared a 20% increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.06 per common share. The dividend is payable Aug. 22, 2008 to stockholders of record Aug. 8, 2008.
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