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The head of the Financial Services Institute has delivered a pointed letter to House committee leaders criticizing the efforts of the Department of Labor in developing a new definition of the term "fiduciary" that would cover financial professionals providing advice to retirement plans.

Women’s confidence that they can successfully retire has taken a hit in the past two years, but working with a financial advisor tends to boost female investors’ outlook on their future, according to a new Prudential Financial study.

Fund managers and financial advisors are looking to the cloud to reduce costs, enhance performance, and improve accessibility, but many questions remain.

Fund managers and financial advisors are looking to the cloud to reduce costs, enhance performance, and improve accessibility.

When it comes to technology, most advisors want to streamline, but they remain stuck using multiple system, according to a survey.

Northern Trust has appointed 12-year company veteran Laura G. Mandel president of the Northern Trust Co. of Delaware.

On a 3-2 vote, the federal regulator charged the nation's 13 exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to come up with a workable system for keeping track of all options and stock activity, before the start of the next trading day.

Five candidates will compete for three seats on FINRA’s board of governors.

The new suitability and Know-Your-Customer rules will present FINRA with the opportunity to bring a variety of enforcement actions against both firms and registered representatives. The types of cases will likely be similar to enforcement actions that FINRA has brought under the existing rules.

Alternative mutual fund shop Hatteras Funds has launched a new variable trust fund, the Hatteras Alpha Hedged Strategies Variable Fund, which will bet on “multiple” hedge fund managers.