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Average IRA contributions reach all-time high; Why you need a second-career matchmaker; Time to retire Social Security numbers?

A federal jury found an investment advisor liable for fraud after he allegedly enticed his former brokerage clients to transfer their assets from Wedbush to his RIA practice.

Maintaining adequate reserves of spending cash can ease retirees’ concerns about periodic volatility.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans can provide company owners with a long-term exit strategy that offers cash flow, tax advantages and an opportunity to pay back employees.

With inflation so low for so long, have you considered the dangers of even modest increases to clients' portfolios?

The coming year expects to be hectic for banks' regulatory teams as a bottleneck of new rules come due, including everything from the proprietary trading ban to Basel III to a new mortgage disclosure framework.

Are advisors doing clients a disservice when they prepare to hand over the reins?

A former Merrill Lynch advisor has joined Abbot Downing, a unit of Wells Fargo that serves ultra-wealthy clients.