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Despite the fact that the numbers of financial services executives have been slashed by the financial market downturn, Robin Judson sees enough demand for hedge fund, private equity and investment banking know-how to launch her own recruiting firm.

UBS Wealth Management Americas announced on Thursday it hired a pair of New Jersey advisors from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

CHET Advisor is the first advisor-sold 529 plan sponsored by the state. TIAA-CREF will continue to run the Connecticut Higher Education Trust, a direct-sold 529 college savings plan first launched in 1998.

Municipal market participants should not expect the Treasury Department to simply rubber-stamp the existing tax-exempt bond rules for issue price when it comes to Build America Bonds, a Treasury official told bond lawyers at a recent meeting.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposal Wednesday to require new disclosures for asset-backed securities.

There is a 20-year age difference between Shelly Church and Ilona Sawin, yet they have found enough common ground to form their own financial advisory team at Raymond James & Associates.

Carlo Chiaese, a Westfield, N.J. investment advisor, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly defrauding a New York City pension fund.

Registered investment advisors’ assets took an $8 trillion hit in 2009, but they’re rebounding this year with $4.6 trillion in gains.

A recent study shows that the gap between what Americans need for retirement and the amount they saved up is $6.6 trillion

Thirty-four percent are increasing their monthly savings.