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The San Francisco company tells investors to think ahead to 2011 taxes, as filing deadline has just passed.

Wells Fargo Securities has hired three new public finance investment bankers as the firm seeks to expand its program nationally.

Even the most useful banking apps won't get as much play as Angry Birds. But bankers can learn from popular games and use similar technology as part of their customer interactions.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke broke with tradition on Wednesday, offering a rare glimpse into how the central bank conducts monetary policy, a process usually kept secret.

John Thiel will start his new position May 1, according to a company memo sent by wealth management division President Sallie Krawcheck on Wednesday.

Henry Wagner comes to UBS from Stern, Agee & Leach.

Gen X investors are more disgruntled with their advisors than any other generation and they have reason to be: those with advisors saw growth in their portfolios in 2010, but much less than their self-directed peers.

According to Spectrem Group, its Millionaire Investor Confidence Index fell nine points in April to minus-one, a neutral reading and the index’s lowest level since September. This marks the second-consecutive monthly decline for the index, following an identical nine-point decline in March.

With tax season behind us, advisors are looking for answers regarding IRAs and Ed Slott has some regarding rollovers and conversions, the step transaction doctrine, and Gold IRAs.

SEI finds that talking about money may still be taboo.