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The group left Morgan Stanley and represents the biggest recruiting grab in the super regional's history.

Banks that don’t offer a compelling mobile experience run the risk of losing customers to a crop of mobile-first startups offering low fees, broad ATM networks and a wide array of advanced features.

Some of the independent B-Ds specialize in high-end clients with big accounts. See which firms reported the highest share of accounts topping $100,000 -- and what their total client assets are.

People who decide to retire early share common traits that others don't have, such as having a happy marriage; Plus, a better way to help your clients tap their retirement savings.

Two advisors who oversaw $300 million in assets at UBS have left to join Merrill Lynch.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and other U.S. officials should push global regulators away from designating individual asset managers and investment funds systemically important, ICI said.

There's a cloud over the J.P. Morgan unit where pensions are managed: The SEC is well along in an investigation into conflicts of interest in the bank's wealth-management unit, whose products include individual retirement accounts.

The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to change its policy on identity theft and provide victims with copies of the fraudulent tax returns that have been filed under their names by scammers.

Shortfalls in contributions have prompted many public pension plans to take enormous investment risks to increase their returns; Plus, two retirement plan options for entrepreneurs and self-employed clients.

The agency says the ads are designed to inform the investing public of the free tool.