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Advisors have an opportunity to play a pivotal role if they help clients crunch realistic numbers about their future financial obligations for elderly parents.

The generation gap may not be as wide when it comes to young recruits and their elder counterparts.

Now that two of the biggest U.S. banks are convicted felons, the Justice Department appears to have proven the point it set out to make a year ago -- that it could deliver the harshest penalty possible against financial institutions without inflicting fatal wounds.

Many clients would prefer to stay in their homes as they age -- for both emotional and financial reasons. In-home care costs much less than facilities-based care, and those costs are rising at a slower pace.

Many clients would prefer to stay in their homes as they age -- for both emotional and financial reasons. In-home care costs much less than facilities-based care, and those costs are rising at a slower pace.

The industry takes on the challenge of mentoring young recruits by focusing on the senior wealth managers who guide them.

Focus on being the leader people want to follow and on having the right people in the right job, doing the right work.

Michelle Mikos, the ETF business development director at Invesco Powershares, helped co-found Women in ETFs, a group dedicated to supporting women in the asset management industry.

Women must remain curious, have courage and bring confidence to the workplace in order to find and ensure success, says Maureen Leary-Jago, senior global advisor at MFS Investment Management.

As president of Chicago-based Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson has dedicated herself to acting as an advocate of financial literacy and investor education.