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The increase in both market volatility and interest from the Baby Boomers in generating retirement income should be a slam-dunk for variable annuities.

In an effort to give smaller RIAs access to a broader array of services, Ron Carson has launched Carson Institutional Advisory. The new platform includes a succession planning strategy as an added attraction.

The Spectrem Millionaire Investor Confidence Index rose nine points in September, moving into positive territory for the first time in three months.

London-based ETFGI has added Feargal Dempsey as a partner and Legal Counsel.

Planners born before 1946 may be members of the so-called silent generation. They may stand three generations older than the rising Geneneration Y, but they are the demographic that Gen Y trusts the most, according to a new white paper,

Fewer affluent investors now describe their outlook on investments as conservative, and that optimistic outlook has reached the 18 to 34 age set, according to a survey conducted by Merrill Lynch.

A new arbitration decision holds a lesson for financial advisors: Be careful when you leap.

If you want to attract new clients, spend time talking about the benefits that people will have by working with you. Too many advisors talk mostly about their process. The problem with that is people don't care about your process.

More than four in 10 investors (41%) view themselves as "very inexperienced" with investing, up from 27% last year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil and criminal charges against a Pennsylvania man accused of defrauding elderly investors by issuing phony account statements inflating the value of his clients' accounts, and then pilfering funds from another client in a repayment scheme.