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Morgan Stanley and Advisor Group are moving ahead with changes despite the possibility that the Department of Labor's regulation could be reversed.

The firm also scooped up a market manager from Stifel.

The regulator was operating with three of five commissioners before Chairwoman Mary Jo White left.

Finding that investment unicorn is growing increasingly difficult — precisely because advisers have fewer advantages over one another, Michael Kitces says. But there’s a way to finesse it.

The wirehouse will make “many” of the pricing and product design changes it planned last year, include lowering commissions for trades involving stocks and ETFs “to the benefit of our clients,” according to an internal memo.

Clients should consider moving to a state that does not tax ordinary income, Social Security benefits or pension payouts.

The long-running feud between banks and fintech companies over screen scraping is morphing into a more nuanced and important conversation about how to exchange consumers' financial data securely and fairly.

By putting clients’ interests first and documenting conscientiously, advisors will comply with the rule, while also building trust.

You have a strong onboarding process and the consultation went well, but the prospect has disappeared. What went wrong? Possibly one of these five marketing pitfalls.

The fiduciary rule is just one of the pressures affecting the fund industry, which is why disruption is the theme of the organization's annual Strategic Leadership Forum.