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Americans over 50 are particularly worried about one major threat to their retirement plans and advisors must do more to help, a new survey finds.

Two days after Apple unveiled its attempt to advance mobile payments, CFPB Director Richard Cordray cited the burgeoning field as a key area of concern his agency needs to examine.

Supporters of a broader and more rigorously enforced fiduciary standard are rallying behind a set of best practices they would like to see advisors and brokers incorporate into their practices.

Social Security and unpaid student loans, what the feds won't tell you; Medicare is pricier in unhealthy states; How the financial crisis put up more barriers to a secure retirement

Independent Financial Partners, an LPL firm, tapped a financial services veteran to recruit advisors from the wirehouse channel.

A Simple Way to Shrink Taxes; A trust protects a doctor’s office project; Investors should address aggressive corporate tax planning.

"Our industry is at the early stages of disruption by robo advisors. It's not a question of if this will happen but when and how much," says planner and industry consultant Deborah Fox. Here are three upgrades advisors need now.

For some advisors, a virtual office model offers advantages other than a reduction in costs.

Applying your fantasy football skills to retirement savings; 7 fatal flaws in America's 401(k) plans; 3 steps to protect your portfolio in the next market crash

Achieving these three goals can help advisors meet their firms' ultimate growth objectives, an online marketing exec tells advisors.