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Here's what the brokerage industry's disinformation-mongers might be telling senior brokerage executives.

JP Morgan Private Bank and JP Morgan Securities generated $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, up 4% year-over-year. Meanwhile, the number of advisors fell.

Dan Overbey, president of BISA, and president and CEO of Atlantic Capital Advisors, outlines his top three issues regarding long-term training for bank advisors.

Kevin Reed, head of wealth management for Janney Montgomery Scott, explains how the firm is shifting its focus to meet the needs of a "new breed of FA."

As additional regulations are anticipated this year, the industry is beginning to aggressively seek to defragment the technology, data and services most critical to improving business performance and reducing operational and reputational risk.

Net income for the unit hit $514 million for the fourth quarter, helping boost overall earnings, the firm reported.

The firm hired the former CEO of Source Capital Group as a regional manager.

Municipal bond defaults, which increased to record levels last year as Detroit's bankruptcy boosted the total, may remain elevated this year.

The IRS has made some changes to its forms this tax season and introduced some new ones as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

Dimensional is among a small group of managers toppling the dominance of firms such as Fidelity Investments and Capital Group, which have built their reputations on picking individual stocks. Among the fastest-growing U.S. mutual fund firms after assets surged almost six-fold in the past decade, Dimensional attracted almost $28 billion in new money in 2014.