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Sendhil Mullainathan, the former head of research at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, speaks in an interview about when it's appropriate, and when it's not, for the government to try to influence consumer behavior.

Here’s the argument for talking your clients into taking less risk today to get higher returns in the future.

Since the crisis, this segment has focused on paying its debt, but now it’s investing for retirement again. The kicker: just 40% use advisors.

Regardless of how big my firm gets, we can’t lose the entrepreneurial mindset that got us where we are.

Women are earning more, inheriting more and controlling more wealth than ever before. This is a huge market awaiting every financial advisor, if he or she understands some key points about working with female clients.

Instead of converting a traditional IRA to one Roth IRA, convert to two or more Roth IRAs, by asset class or by individual securities.

Here’s why these questionnaires don’t work -- and a better way to assess how much risk a client should take on.

Public pension funds have been moving huge amounts of money into alternative investments managed by Wall Street.

Research conducted over 50 years on judging deception showed that the odds of accurately detecting lies are only “marginally higher” than pure luck.

The SEC is conducting nationwide, "limited scope examinations" of certain mutual funds that invest in Puerto Rico securities, according to a document obtained by The Bond Buyer and knowledgeable sources.