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Advisors with a robust advisory process generally generate a high level of client loyalty and build lasting value in their firms. Here’s an interactive slide show detailing 5 things you can do to effectively manage client expectations and risk tolerance, enhance relationships and protect your firm's value.

Here’s an interactive slide show detailing 5 things you can do to effectively manage client expectations and risk tolerance, enhance relationships and protect your firm's value.

Associated Bank has hired Douglas Lee as senior vice president and trust manager on its investment advisory team in Green Bay, Wis.

Even not-so-wealthy clients now have a chance to participate in alternative investments, courtesy of a new mutual fund with a minimum investment of $1,000 from Wilmington Trust.

Steve Sanduski, The Prosperous Advisor, says that advisors who want to reach the pinnacle of their profession need to make sure the “under the hood” of their office is as excellent as the shiny exterior their clients see.

FINRA is taking comments on its proposal to change the rules for its current procedures for removing complaints about advisors from a central database. But time is running out, as the comment period ends May 21.

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A recovering economy has done little to change the bleak retirement that Baby Boomers see in their future.

Mutual funds managed $2.5 trillion of the assets held in 401(k), 403(b), and other defined contribution plans at the end of December, up from $2.3 trillion at the end of September. Mutual funds managed 55% of DC plan assets at the end of the fourth quarter.

The usage of defined contribution plans and collective investment trusts is growing quickly, resulting in a big impact on the ways that pension holders invest for the future, according to research released by SEI.