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The bear market of the last three years has forced many retirees to reevaluate, according to a study by T. Rowe Price.

Charles Slater and Bryan Nunberg both join Bank of America from Morgan Stanley.

Led by a former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney exec, the company will target family clients.

Future tools might include online training programs, sales and illustration tools and live video presentations. Could an app be far behind?

Three leading advisors, ranked in Barron’s Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors 2010 list, shared advice with other advisors attending the TD Ameritrade Institutional conference in San Diego on how they progressed to where they are today.

Three years ago, just before the credit crisis, many Americans were using home equity lines of credit like cash machines. And at that time, Bank One, now part of JPMorgan Chase, proposed allowing individuals to withdraw small sums from their 401(k) retirement plans through debit cards.

PHOENIX-Exactly who will create and enforce a new, uniform fiduciary standard for not just brokers, but investment advisers, as well?

Nasdaq OMX Group acknowledged Saturday that a Web-based service that promised more than 10,000 directors of corporate boards that they wouldn't have to worry about their communications "being posted on the Web or landing in someone else's inbox" had "potentially" been hacked.

Five days before a House panel is set to hold a hearing — “State and Municipal Debt: the Coming Crisis?” — governors are insisting that municipal securities are among the safest investments and that states are keenly aware of the need to repay their obligations.

Some lawmakers, industry insiders and consumer advocates say a legislative role is needed to ensure rules are binding and combine various state and federal policies.