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"Advisors that know their clients can smell when something's up," says regulatory and compliance consultant Daniel Bernstein.

The more money elderly high-net-worth clients have, the more they may worry that beneficiaries won't use it wisely.

Two federal agencies have charged William Quigley, Trident Partners' ex-compliance chief, with using his position to defraud overseas investors.

Over the past 50 years, dividends of the S&P 500 have grown an average of 5.7% a year, outpacing the average inflation rate of 4.1%; Plus, how Social Security could be used by the government to address retirement inequality.

How well can active managers adapt to a market favoring passive funds and cheap ETFs? One firm's response is to offer a passive ETF of its own with the goal of demonstrating it can be good at passive and active strategies.

Alejandro Ariel Torres allegedly cheated a customer out of nearly $60,000 in a start-up scheme that purportedly made the client a 50/50 partner. Torres was ordered to make the customer whole.

Pimco considered recruiting Gary Cohn, president of Goldman Sachs, as a top executive in 2013, people with knowledge of the matter said.

To keep your best advisors and other employees on board, you'll need invest strategically in the right people, offering them a rewarding career path.

The more money elderly high-net-worth clients have, the more they may worry that beneficiaries won't use it wisely.

Only one-third of wealthy clients say their advisors are talking with them about planning for longevity risk, according to a new U.S. Trust study.