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This environment allows advisors to demonstrate their value to clients.

The No. 1 independent broker-dealer has grown beyond the wirehouses, but it added about 100 fewer advisors than expected from its major acquisition.

The funds, which account for roughly 1% of the $3.5 trillion of assets in ETPs, “pose real risks to American families.”

The firm plans to double in size in the next three years.

“Our whistle-blower program is a critical component in our investor-protection toolbox,” SEC Chairman Jay Clayton says.

Creation of the blue-ribbon body draws praise and confusion from CFPs who question its utility.

While many retirees have prepped well for whatever the economy and markets may bring, far too many others have not, an expert says.

The move boosts the firm's expansion in the central U.S.

Similarly fed-up with dismissive treatment of women, readers weigh in on what’s the best way to tackle sexist behavior.

Since early May, the wirehouse has lost at least 27 advisors managing a combined $15 billion.