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Raymond James announced Wednesday it hired Claire Friedrichs as first vice president of investments.

Less than 52% of financial advisors describe life insurance planning as a successful aspect of their business, but this doesn’t have to be the case. Check out some strategies to make it a core element for you.

One source of an advisor's referability isn’t the advisor at all; it’s their support staff – be it client assistants, receptionists, para-planners, and other associates. Bill Cates says how your staff represents you can be a limiting factor in your referability. Check out some of his thoughts and ideas to help ensure all the members of your team make a positive contribution to your ability to generate referrals

The Securities and Exchange Commission would like to hear from advisors. That was the resounding message of a speech delivered Tuesday by Norm Champ, the director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management, the unit of the commission that oversees federally registered investment advisors.

When the Department of Labor produces its controversial proposal to extend fiduciary responsibilities to certain advisors to retirement plans later this year, the plan will come with a robust economic analysis making the case for new regulations, along with targeted exemptions to the rules, the senior official who is leading the effort said on Tuesday.

In May, stock and bond mutual funds, including exchange-traded funds attracted $56 billion of net inflows bringing total net intake for the first five months to about $350 billion, according to data from Strategic Insight.

In the first case of a state taking on bank consultants, New York regulators have banned Deloitte Financial Advisory Services from financial consulting for one year.

Rising markets boosted the number and wealth of high net worth individuals to new highs, according to the World Wealth Report 2013.

More than 60% of high-net-worth clients expressed a high degree of trust in both their wealth managers and their firms, according the World Wealth Report 2013, but a majority prefer to work with a single firm to “manage all of their financial needs."

DCIO shops are converging this week in New York to showcase their wares and portfolio managers to advisors.