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BlackRock and State Street, along with more than a dozen industry participants, are urging regulators to take steps to ward off extreme market volatility.

The fixed-income trade is booming at BlackRock and other investment firms, which are capturing a greater amount of activity -- and fees -- with their ballooning credit ETF businesses.

Many firms default to secretive end-of-year subjective processes to assess compensation. There’s a better way. Fiduciary Network’s Yvonne Kanner offers 9 strategies to fairly reward and keep employees.

Banks are likely to accelerate the shedding of their in-house mutual fund businesses in light of the proposed rule.

Advisors should start getting up to speed now if they want to keep their heads above water when the rule begins to be implemented later this year, experts say.

Among the measures commission officials say they're working on is a third-party examination framework.

Opting to do business in an area that appeals to clients could be worth the extra expenses.

Anthony Kelly, the new co-head of the SEC’s Enforcement Division subunit, looks to reassure CCOs.

Complications when using IRA investments to hold master limited partnerships; plus, minimizing taxes when clients are no longer on the payroll, and a smart RMD investment strategy.

Who’s making what? FA Insight breaks down advisor compensation.