Portfolio

A team formerly with Lincoln Financial Advisors will join an LPL-affiliated hybrid RIA.

There's a cloud over the J.P. Morgan unit where pensions are managed: The SEC is well along in an investigation into conflicts of interest in the bank's wealth-management unit, whose products include individual retirement accounts.

The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to change its policy on identity theft and provide victims with copies of the fraudulent tax returns that have been filed under their names by scammers.

Comparables, such as multiples of revenue or cash flow, may not be most important because they could mean an oversimplified valuation.

The human touch is still needed in the foreseeable future because advisors can approach complex situations with customized solutions, says one MIT professor.

Newly appointed CFO has 18 years of industry experience; replaces Dan Arnold.

Shortfalls in contributions have prompted many public pension plans to take enormous investment risks to increase their returns; Plus, two retirement plan options for entrepreneurs and self-employed clients.

Vanguard has joined the fight against a plan by the Financial Stability Board to identify too-big-to-fail investment funds, calling its proposal deeply flawed.

A top lawyer for the industry regulator says it would be happy to help after a congressman calls on the agency to assume advisor exams.

How one bank reinvested in its online banking channel, after devoting much of its attention to its mobile apps over the past few years.