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What is the proper role of an advisor in the board meetings. Should they attend? Should they speak? Steve Wershing says advisors have to understand the "don'ts" before they consider the "do's."

The number of tax-delinquent federal workers and retirees increased by 11.5 percent in 2011, according to Internal Revenue Service data.

Norm Champ has been on the job as Director of the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight months and a lot of mutual fund executives are nervously waiting for the SEC has in store for the industry in 2013 and beyond.

The interest in security among independent advisors seemed to have ratcheted up. Perhaps it’s because major custodians have acted to heighten advisor awareness of attacks, or it could be increased media coverage of Chinese hackers targeting U.S. websites — but either way, it was one of the key questions for attendees at February’s Technology Tools for Today conference.

Among the provisions of the new tax law is the introduction of in-plan Roth conversions for participants of employer-sponsored retirement plans. This provision may be especially valuable to high-income clients, according to Thomson Reuters.

What's worse than battling with a loved one over money? Watching another couple argue about money ... right in your conference room.

If your website or blog is the hub, then social media channels are the spokes that connect you to others.

Forbes has compiled its list of the world's billionaires and a few mutual fund executives have made the cut.

Charles Schwab & Co. is in the midst of a regulatory struggle with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that threatens to change how the firm and other retail brokers do business with its clients.

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.