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Morgan Stanley landed an advisor team managing $1.1 billion in assets.

Linda Fienberg, the head of FINRA's contentious dispute resolution division, will step down from the organization at the end of November.

Some leaders of large community banks like are eager to line up the next big deal. Others seem content to steal lenders and open offices after several years of acquisitions.

Storing sensitive material on the Internet makes it a target for hackers, but the password gaming that appears to have been behind the theft of celebrities' photos could happen to any server, on or off the cloud.

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In client communications, wealth management professionals should be careful about using personal information and other data that could strike clients as "creepy," a new report finds.

Besides the risks inherent in any equities, and those of gold price fluctuations, mining stocks may be subject to geopolitical threats as well. Is there any way to screen for such risks and focus on “safe” gold mining stocks?

Some institutions strongly oppose personalized marketing efforts, which causes branch teams to live in fear of breaking marketing rules and become complacent with the status quo.

Regional broker-dealer Janney Montgomery Scott recruited an advisor who managed $115 million in assets and generated about $1.3 million in annual revenue.

The number of transactions jumps to 16 in the second quarter, up from 13 in the first, with the average size of acquired firms rising to $1.18 billion.