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According to a study by ING Retirement Research, investors who work with a a financial professional report saving significantly more for retirement.

The New Jersey consulting firm hopes to hire two more full-time consultants in the next year, as she focuses on growing the consulting services for independent advisors.

Individuals aren't as interested in Roth conversions as many advisers expected.

The platform, which allows clients to obtain two-way dealable prices and execute trades live or with delta exchange, is a component of BofA Merrill’s overall eFX offering.

U.S. proxy advisory firms are now caught in the middle of a heated debate over how-and even whether-they should be regulated.

It wants to double its assets under management, currently about $6 billion, over the next five years, according to Wietlisbach. Haverford is seeking to bolster its name recognition beyond the Philadelphia area through an advertising campaign and event sponsorship in cities such as Chicago, Boston, Dallas and Los Angeles.

Former President Bill Clinton stood alongside President Barack Obama at a news conference and endorsed Obama’s deal with congressional Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits.

The new hires come from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday filed a six-count indictment against three former UBS bankers — Peter Ghavami, Gary Heinz and Michael Welty — for participating in fraud schemes and conspiracies in connection with the bidding on contracts for municipal bonds from 2001 until 2006.

For younger employees the possibility of an enjoyable retirement is dwindling.