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The tools were developed to help the “woefully low” number of people on track for a secure retirement and compel them to take action.

The banks saw increases in year-over-year comparisons on every gauge measured by an industry survey—average bank production increased 9% for the first quarter.

Dodd-Frank Act measures designed to prevent a repeat of the global credit crisis will be largely complete by the end of this year, financial regulators plan to tell lawmakers at a hearing today on the 2010 law.

Investment pitches by entrepreneurs and hedge funds may get a higher public profile on television, through social media and even at sporting events following the lifting of an 80-year-old rule by U.S. securities regulators.

Dozens of lawmakers are urging House leaders to reject proposals to eliminate or cap the exclusion for tax-exempt bonds.

What impact can "Promoted Tweets" have on your website? One advisor was brave enough to test the waters.

Northwestern Mutual, the nation’s 7th largest independent broker-dealer by total-revenue, announced Wednesday it has hired more than 1,100 financial representatives so far this year, and nearly 3,000 financial representative interns.

F-Squared Investments has appointed Paul Gamble as head of F-Squared Retirement Solutions, responsible for F-Squared's customized and private labeled target date strategies and funds, collective trust funds and sub-advisory partnerships in the retirement market.

Massachusetts sent subpoenas to 15 brokerages including units of Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co. as it investigates alternative- investment sales to seniors.

A FINRA panel ruled Wells Fargo’s lack of supervision allowed a third party to syphon funds from a client account.