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For most of the past year, the status of a uniform fiduciary standard for brokers and investment advisors might be summarized as, “Don’t hold your breath: the SEC has higher priorities.” But an important event last week may serve as an impetus to move this long-simmering issue forward.

Northwest Savings Bank in Warren, Pa., has agreed to acquire a financial advisory firm and an employee benefits and consulting insurance company.

After holdings of U.S. debt surged to a record $1.89 trillion in 2012, lenders from Citigroup to Bank of America and Wells Fargo are culling for the first time in six years and amassing dollars.

A growing number of firms are bringing on COOs & CFOs -- and looking outside the industry for help.

Looking to move? Here's how you can get everything you think you're worth.

Assets have nearly doubled for direct-investing platforms, but wirehouses still reign.

Often advisors cross the finish line of their careers only to sell their books of business at half their value. Don't let that happen to you.

Not only are the requirements of the Affordable Care Act difficult and complicated for businesses to understand, but in many cases those aspects that businesses and their advisors think they understand are already slated to change in the future, according to one expert.

In case you missed them, here are the five most popular, well-read and shared stories of November from On Wall Street.

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