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Regulators are now starting to show interest in how ties between leveraged loans and other links in the systemic chain -- including investment funds that buy up loans -- could magnify credit losses.

The megabank's commitment to its branches stands out in an industry where customers are shifting more of their banking activity to mobile devices and PCs, and where banks take an increasingly ruthless look at branch performance numbers.

The liabilities your broker-dealer faces when supervisors oversee wealth managers both inside and outside your practice.

Advisors should advise clients to avoid buying a one-size-fits-all product and to check offerings by as many carriers as possible before making a decision; Plus, how to counsel pre-retirees who want to give financial assistance to their adult children.

Steven J. Dunkelberg was barred for allegedly swiping nearly $5,000 from a bank customer's account. He's the third rep to be ousted from the industry this year.

Following a favorable IRS ruling, the popularity of these retirement plans has been on the rise. Here's what advisors need to understand about offering them to clients.

Taking a simple approach hasn't hindered performance at Neil Hennessy's firm, which reported $5.9 billion in assets under management at the end of 2014, a 33% increase from the previous year. In the first part of a conversation with Money Management Executive, Hennessy discussed his firm's approach and why it shuns some market trends.

John Stanton Verble is suing Morgan after he says he was fired for helping federal authorities investigate one of the firm's clients.

The two new hires managed about $210 million in client assets while at Morgan Stanley.

Investment advisors should act in their customers' best interests, President Obama says. Here's how they don't, and how it can hurt investors.