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A new model of holistic financial advice is coming on the scene.

Nir Kaissar covers markets as a columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly. He is the founder of Unison Advisors, an asset management firm. Kaissar has worked as a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell and a consultant at Ernst & Young.

The appointment to the newly created post is part of the bank's strategy to expand its client offering.

“The SEC is notorious for blowing through rule-making deadlines—both congressionally mandated and self-imposed, such as this,” says Micah Hauptman, financial services counsel at the Consumer Federation of America.

For Vanguard founder John Bogle, the "tyranny of compounding costs" makes the difference between investors who win and others who lose.

Barry Gordon is a consultant for Point B Consulting.

Retirement may begin with a choice between starting benefits or taking distributions.

Commission staffers are probing how broker-dealers are handling ETFs and the extent to which investors understand the risks of the funds.

An arbitration panel ruled in UBS' favor, after the wirehouse alleged that a former adviser stole client data before moving to Wells Fargo.

The new rules were developed in consultation with the SEC, the Labor secretary adds.