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The DoL’s proposed fiduciary rule would likely push some commission-based brokers out of the retirement market altogether, NAIFA’s JuIi McNeely testified during the second day of DoL hearings on the proposed rule.

A federal appeals court has reversed a Tax Court decision in favor of an unmarried couple, finding the mortgage debt limit provision in the Tax Code applies on a per-taxpayer basis and allowing each of them to deduct mortgage interest up to the $1.1 million limit.

Hillary Clinton has rolled out a plan to make college affordable that her presidential campaign has dubbed the New College Compact, enabling students to pay for higher education without taking out costly student loans.

Fidelity National Information Services, a provider of banking and payments technology, agreed to buy software maker SunGard Data Systems in a deal valued at $9.1 billion, including the assumption of debt.

The wirehouse recruited a Morgan Stanley team that generated $10 million in annual revenue.

Ongoing updates from the Labor Department's hearings on its proposal to impose fiduciary requirements on retirement advisors from Financial Planning, On Wall Street, Employee Benefit Advisor and Employee Benefit News.

Clients can avoid risk by replacing low-yield bonds in their portfolio with high-dividend stocks; plus how and when clients should apply for Social Security and why parent education loans can ruin your clients' retirement.

Concerns about over-regulation and accusations of industry cynicism led the opening of the Labor Department's hearings on its proposal to impose fiduciary requirements on retirement advisors.

Brokerage industry leaders told Labor officials that the plan's contract requirements will compel them to drop less-affluent clients who want to retire.

Stifel CEO Ronald Kruszewski remains upbeat about his latest acquisition of Barclays' wealth management unit despite rising advisor attrition, telling analysts that "it will still be a wonderful deal from a shareholder perspective."