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There’s no point in spending your time tweeting and building your online presence unless you make it useful to your practice.

When it comes to staying in touch with younger investors, face-to-face or phone contact trumps social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, according to a new survey from Merrill Lynch Private Banking & Investment Group.

Younger advisors are outpacing their elder peers in attracting AUM, according to a Fidelity study that surprised even its authors.

Investors have major trust issues with their advisors.

Low-income individuals who use financial advisors reduced the risk of running out of money by up to 12.6 percent, depending on family status and gender.

Investors have major trust issues with their advisors.

New research from PIMCO says that the majority of consultants think plan sponsors should offer their 401(k) plan participants target date or target risk strategies of the active management variety.

Your Facebook strategy for your practice should be different from your Twitter and LinkedIn approaches, with a more personal touch.

There's a new addition to the "we already knew that" file -- a new Millionaire Corner survey of affluent investors.

An expanded database of complaints that consumers have filed against large financial institutions went public Thursday, but the debate over whether the new treasure trove of information helps or hurt banks is just beginning.