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Retirement plan provider ShareBuilder 401k has expanded its All-ETF 401(k) platform with five new funds.

A former Bank of America Merrill Lynch financial advisor and a 'business associate' were hit with a federal criminal complaint that they fraudulently wired $2.2 million from an account of the Indianapolis Colts' defensive end.

TV personality and personal finance journalist Carmen Wong Ulrich considered many options over the past year and a half as she explored the possibility of opening up her own financial planning firm. After getting an inside look at multiple different planning practices, she decided she wanted to build something new and different, and that she was drawn to “the power of being in an all-female shop.”

Standard Retirement Services is launching two enhanced retirement plan websites to provide advisors, plan sponsors and participants with a "more informative and intuitive online experience."

Here’s an interactive slide show that delves into five of the most common problems – and some solutions – facing clients who are already retired.

Marketing expert Marie Swift says advisors need to be proactive and creative to keep their reservoirs of new business from drying up.

Legacy expert attorneys Danielle and Andy Mayoras say planners with clients whose families are involved in this type of legal struggle over an elderly parent should keep in mind that there are two sides (at least) to every story, and allegations of a parent’s care or finances being compromised are not always easy to prove.

Financial services firms admitted that they invited negative public perception by their actions, or inactions, according to the 2012 Makovsky Wall Street Reputation Study.

Pentegra Retirement Services has hired Pete Swisher to serve as senior vice president for national sales.

iShares has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a frontier market exchange-traded fund.