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The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard says the SEC and CFP Board have failed to define true client-first service. It aims to fill that gap with a new list.

Experts weigh in on the pros and cons of leaving the employee channel.

Janet Yellen will frame a decision this week to forgo an interest rate increase as necessary to achieve the Fed’s economic goals. Donald Trump and his supporters are likely to frame it as political.

On-demand, highly specialized and competitively priced: If it works for car sharing, why not for financial services?

The new recruits come from from Merrill Lynch, Cetera and SagePoint Financial.

One of the recruits is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience.

The argument for this investment approach looked weak in the first half of 2016.

One of the new recruits was previously affiliated with Raymond James as an independent adviser for about a decade.

Two are coming back to Mother Merrill, having worked there in the 1990s.

Speculation is mounting that Fed officials, in a statement scheduled for release on Sept. 21, will signal that higher U.S. interest rates are on the way.