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Even as the SEC decided last month to put alternative mutual funds under the regulatory microscope, the investments are in a growth period as asset managers who offer the products seek to market their advantages to advisors and investors.

In the past, most dividend payments have continued, and many increased, even when stock prices have fallen.

Morgan Stanley grabbed an advisor team managing $1.1 billion in assets. But the wirehouse isn't the only firm recruiting top talent. See these and all the latest hires, moves and promotions among wirehouse advisors.

If you want your entire team focused on bringing in new clients, you'll need to restructure your organization to make that happen.

With NATO and Russia at loggerheads over a civil war in Ukraine, Britain facing the possible secession of Scotland and the Euro sinking, it might seem odd to think about investing client assets in Europe. But think again, some experts say.

With domestic oil and gas production forecasts buoyed by fracking extracting technologies, many investors have begun to seek new ways to refine their asset portfolios so they bolster efforts to help the earth achieve sustainability.

Advisors need a global outlook to best serve their clients. International travel can help achieve such a vision meaningfully.

Americans over 50 are particularly worried about one major threat to their retirement plans and advisors must do more to help, a new survey finds.

Two days after Apple unveiled its attempt to advance mobile payments, CFPB Director Richard Cordray cited the burgeoning field as a key area of concern his agency needs to examine.