Margarida Correia

Clients who file for spousal benefits may also qualify for six months of back benefits, but they have to know to ask, according to our latest installment of Social Security Clinic.

In 2015, FINRA slammed offenders with $46.3 million in sanctions for suitability-related infractions, nearly six times the $7.9 million it imposed in 2014.

Of 358 bank holding companies with wealth management programs, 223 grew their programs from the previous year. Here are the ones that posted the fastest year-over-year growth through the third quarter of 2015.

The Spokane, Wash.-based credit union will look to CUSO to rebuild its investment program and integrate it into its core offerings and services.

The firm has launched a new online tool that it says will help advisors at partner banks and credit unions expand their relationships with clients.

The community bank will be looking to Raymond James to help it grow its investment services program, which currently has nearly $100 million in AUM.

Applying for Social Security benefits early doesn't necessarily mean that applicants will receive the benefits early, an advisor explains to 64-year-old widowed client.

While the final revenue figure will not be available until late April, data through the third quarter suggests that bank wealth management businesses may match 2014's record revenue.

The bank's new ultrahigh-net-worth "boutique" plans to fend off rivals by leveraging the global resources of its French parent, BNP Paribas.

An advisor encourages her client to take advantage of ex-spousal benefits even though the client didn’t want anything to do with her ex.