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The wealth management industry is poised to become more concentrated and consolidated, or is it?

The Securities and Exchange Commission's new leader, Mary Jo White, will bring her years of experience as a federal litigator before the fund industry this week as its members try to judge whether she will propose reforms that could cripple the marketplace.

The financial planning profession ranks fifth among 200 professions, according to CareerCast.com, but what makes financial planning one of the best jobs in 2013?

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Jo White is pushing to adopt a rule allowing hedge funds to advertise in a move consumer advocates say could fail to protect unsophisticated investors, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Through a six-step process that focuses on quality over quantity, discover how to get the most from your practice.

To get referrals with real payoff, make sure your clients and professional peers understand your firm's offerings -- and needs.

Software makers Geezeo and Access Softek are teaming to offer money management tools that banks can deliver to customers via smartphones and other mobile devices.

Within a decade, only about 150 large, profitable wealth management firms will dominate wealth management, according to a new forecast co-authored by Mark Hurley, chairman and CEO of the Fiduciary Network.

IMCA’s annual conference kicks off in Seattle on Monday with lessons for financial advisors from behavioral finance professor Meir Statman.

Merrill Lynch’s ultra high net worth business, the Private Banking and Investment Group, has snapped up two Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management advisors in Houston, Texas.