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Advisor-owned firm HighTower has expanded its advisor force with the addition of four Merrill Lynch veterans in Portland, Maine.

After years of absorbing one punishing body blow after another as the market continued its free fall, affluent investors are finally starting to regain their confidence and invest accordingly, according to a new survey from Spectrem Group

More than half say they’ll buy stocks in 2011

Customer relationship management is more than just an industry buzzword. In fact, for advisors it can be the difference between a profitable business and a really profitable business.

The average balance reached $71,500 at the end of 2010.

How you assess the banking industry's health from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s latest earnings report may depend on which page you turn to.

Fidelity Investments reported Wednesday that the average 401(k) account balance held with it hit a 10-year high of $71,500 at the end of 2010. For participants who continuously contributed to their 401(k) the average balance increased to $183,100 from $59,100 a decade ago.

Dodd-Frank contains a series of ambitious deadlines requiring regulators to complete 170 or so new rules by July. But it's become clear the agencies are going to miss many targets.

The St. Louis brokerage company continues to its slow-but-steady growth with new addition in Connecticut.

This comes shortly after seven other FA’s joined MSSB.