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Armed with private equity capital, Carson Group rebrands and will become an aggressive M&A player, outsource provider and breakaway recruiter.

Advisors' best strategies for dealing with college loans.

Retiree savings are only as safe as the places that hold retirees' personal information, says expert.

An internal memo shows tight deadlines for half the brokers the IBD hopes to retain after the deal.

Buyers have big M&A advantage; many sellers stuck in 'the valley of doom,' advisors are told at Deals & Deal Makers Summit.

A different regulatory landscape is encouraging brokers to reconsider their options.

Above all others, millennials are likely to include the funds in their portfolios, Schwab says.

The broker recommended that a recently retired couple invest $135,000 in a non-investment grade municipal bond intended only for sale to institutional buyers.

Clients may hold employer stock in their retirement accounts. It pays to know when and how to take distributions from it, Michael Kitces writes.

Clients could face a 100% penalty of taxes owed for filing late.