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Despite a rocky economic environment, affluent pre-retirees are more optimistic about the future, but remain wary of credit card companies and large banks.

Advisors who stay stuck in their comfort zone may have a neat and tidy life, but, it will simply be a fraction of what it could be had they continued to evolve and max out their God-given lifetime capability. Best-selling author Steve Sanduski shares 9 ways advisors can continue to evolve and reap great benefits, both personally and professionally.

When it comes to figuring out how you will improve your services or what new things you can do for clients, there is a lively debate about where those ideas should come from. Are you overlooking an obvious source for new and profitable ideas?

With all the economic uncertainty many clients may be dissatisfied and primed for switching to advisors who can relate to them on a personal level.

Deutsche Bank has unveiled its growth strategy for the next three years and beyond for its U.S. mutual funds unit, known as DWS, and other businesses.

A group of family trusts has lost a $7.56 million arbitration claim that highlights the difficulties of winning individual claims tied to various Morgan Keegan funds that have fallen under regulatory scrutiny.

Janus Capital Group is growing its defined contribution investment only unit with addition of Ruben Gonzalez as a retirement director, Money Management Executive has learned.

ING U.S.’s Retirement business has hired Jamie Ohl as president of Tax-Exempt Markets for the company’s institutional retirement operations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Andrew Bowden as Deputy Director of the agency's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).

To attract more independent advisors, HighTower has introduced two new options, the HighTower Network and the HighTower Alliance. Elliott Weissbluth, the company's CEO, said by adding these channels, HighTower will be able to attract advisors who prefer to continue to own their own practices rather than joining a partnership.