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Set objectives for one simple, powerful reason: to identify what matters most to you. That will make it easier to build your business.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the world’s largest custody bank, agreed to repay Massachusetts’ public pension funds $15.45 million to settle fraud claims brought by the state’s top securities regulator.

Here's how to prepare as you and your clients head into the tax-filing season.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a staff report Friday to Congress on its disclosure rules for U.S. public companies, as part of the SEC’s efforts to modernize the disclosure requirements and reduce compliance costs for emerging growth companies.

Employing technology in strategic ways can free planners to spend more time communicating and less time fretting.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. agreed to pay about $54.3 million to U.S. regulators and the Justice Department to resolve allegations it bribed officials in Ukraine to win tax refunds.

Gerber Kawasaki wants its 2,700 clients - and every prospect - to communicate with one another.

How do you want to improve your practice in the new year? Financial advisors (and the consultants who work with them) voice the top resolutions for 2014.

In her final column for American Banker, Editor-at-Large Barbara Rehm says there is no denying the system is safer than it was in 2007, and while further changes may be needed, it makes sense to "take a breather."

Deutsche Bank AG will pay $1.9 billion to settle claims that it didn’t provide adequate disclosure about mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.