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A potent mix of factors have created fertile conditions for elder financial abuse. Here's how advisors can better protect older clients from fraudsters.

Advisors should always be on the lookout for performance-boosting tools that will help grow their business. Here are five you should know about.

Whether the problems stem from a cultural misalignment or simply a case of protecting one’s turf, here’s how to get bankers and advisors working together.

Rival Edward Jones has grown and wants to keep on growing.

Seniors are increasingly vulnerable to financial abuse. Advisors have a growing role to play in helping stop it.

These products may offer better exposure and liquidity for your clients investing in the bond markets.

Advisors with older clients should watch for these signs that a client may be in trouble.

"If we don't grow, then we abdicate that opportunity to our competition," says James Weddle, managing partner of Edward Jones, which hopes to surpass Morgan Stanley as the industry's largest brokerage by headcount.

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Amid persistent criticism from industry groups, a Labor Dept. official says the comment process will be pivotal to getting the fiduciary proposal right.