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Financial advisors are increasingly interested in hearing from asset managers’ marketing teams in a digital format, accessible via the Web, according to Kasina’s latest FA Vision report, created in conjunction with Horsesmouth.

Living more frugally and paying off debt has paid off for one in five retirees—but fewer are looking out to the future to estimate how long their assets will last in retirement.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management agreed to pay $3.3 million in a case involving billing for subadvisory services in Malaysia that the SEC said were not rendered.

Regulators implementing the Dodd-Frank Act are writing massive, complicated rules that corporations will maneuver to exploit and federal examiners will struggle to enforce

Not only do Americans expect to work longer to save enough for retirement, they expect to work way longer beyond that. New research by Wells Fargo shows that the anticipated retirement age has now stretched as much as 15 years past age 65.

Not only do Americans expect to work longer to save enough for retirement, they expect to work way longer. New research by Wells Fargo shows that the anticipated retirement age has now stretched as much as 15 years past age 65.

It’s perhaps the ultimate irony when a financial advisor files for bankruptcy. But the CFP Board finds it is happening more and more often. Of 103 disciplinary hearings the board held last year, an estimated 25% of planners involved had filed for bankruptcy. In 2011, that number jumped to about a third.

Fidelity has rolled out the next-generation of its Fidelity Investments for iPad app, available for free at the App Store or by updating an existing Fidelity iPad app.

Banks may be on shaky ground, but 43% of Americans see them as a trusted source for retirement advice, according to a survey by Hearts & Wallets. This is an increase from 41% a year ago.

Investors and financial executives are increasingly feeling overloaded by the volume and complexity of financial disclosure information in annual reports and other financial filings, according to a new study.