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Surviving spouses will require hands-on help from their advisors to get important tasks done -- before and after a loved one's death.

Surviving spouses will require hands-on help from their advisors to get important tasks done -- before and after a loved one's death.

Richard Ketchum voices support for SEC to move on a uniform fiduciary standard for brokers and advisors, while warning of unintended consequences from DoL's proposal.

To tap into the demand for socially responsible investing, asset managers would do well to understand the different approaches that exist even within the market niche known as environmental, social and governance.

Put affluent clients' annual contributions into an IRA and then convert it to a Roth on the same day, says Aspiriant's Ray Edwards.

Self-directed investors gave a thumbs up to Charles Schwab, Vanguard, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price in a satisfaction survey of investment firms by J.D. Power. Some firms didn’t fare as well.

The wirehouse advisor moved to the independent channel at Wells Fargo.

While gifting can have important benefits, not every client will be in favor of it, no matter how many good reasons exist.

It takes a lot for some of the smaller players to match the revenues of the industry giants. But it may be even harder for the big players to keep up when it comes to rates of growth. See which independent B-Ds reported the biggest revenue growth rates from 2013 to 2014.

Seventy-nine of 126 public pension plans decided to lower their return assumptions in the years after the financial crisis in 2008; Plus, five common Medicare mistakes to avoid.