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No matter who you are, interviewing for a job can be stressful, but why? There are a few reasons and the stress makes sense when you analyze them.

Elisse Walter, who has spent the past four years as Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro’s closest confidant and behind-the-scenes adviser, will soon step into the spotlight that she has mostly shunned in trying to help her close friend succeed.

Twenty-five percent of the 33 million U.S. pre-retirees, surveyed by LIMRA, said they felt “very prepared” for retirement, down from 30% of those surveyed in 2010.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon would be the best person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department in a financial crisis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said.

To streamline document processing, LPL Financial has introduced DocuSign’s eSignature solution for all of its advisors.

Whether it's capital surcharges for fund companies designated as "systemically important" or dealing with new fiduciary rules for advisors and brokers or the much-feared reform of money funds, the bill is about to come due-and get paid.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro is leaving the agency, after helping turn around its tarnished reputation in the wake of the financial crisis.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein is among the executives scheduled to meet with U.S. House Republican leaders on the so- called “fiscal cliff,” according to a House aide.

Schapiro, 57, will be replaced as chairman when she steps down on Dec. 14 by Commissioner Elisse Walter, former senior executive vice president at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, President Obama said in a statement.

For every household with more than $250,000 in assets in an advisor’s book, predicted future annual revenue is expected to increase by $1,650.