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Advisors can decide whether to promote their brand or their firm's brand by answering three questions.

Nomura Securities has begun using a mobile application for asset managers from Nomura Research Institute.

ING U.S. announced last week that the underwriters in its initial public offering have exercised their overallotment option to purchase approximately 9.8 million additional shares of ING U.S. from ING Group at the IPO price of $19.50 per share.

The ICI has a new director of Financial Services Policy.

The network was launched in September to help breakaway brokers transition from the traditional wirehouse model to independence.

So called “value-add” programs and tools from vendors are getting the attention of financial advisors and influencing their behavior, according to a new study, but still leave much to be desired.

How to innovate when you're in a large, matrixed institution? "Hackathons" are part of the answer for Hari Gopalkrishnan, who leads retail mobile app development at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

How could a financial advisor help a new client who wants to retire, but hasn’t saved much, doesn’t know how much to set aside and worries about running out of money in old age?

Could cyberattacks bring down the U.S. financial network? Chuck Hagel thinks it's possible. Shielding the U.S. against the destructive potential of digital threats is among the top priorities for the nation, the Defense Secretary said.

The way most bank advisors are asking for referrals from other professionals is fundamentally flawed. With a honed strategy of connecting with 'centers of influence', advisors could experience better results.