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Of the three principal wealth management business lines, brokerage services grew the most, with revenue jumping 22.2% year-over-year.

Why is it so hard to talk to clients about fees? Cathy Curtis, a San Francisco Bay Area planner and the founder of Curtis Financial Planning, explains how full disclosure can help bring the right clients through your door.

Credit Suisse Group AG said it will abandon commodities trading as a $2.6 billion fine to settle a U.S. tax investigation pushed the Swiss bank to its biggest quarterly loss since 2008.

As the Dodd-Frank law turns four years old, policymakers appear increasingly willing to revisit a key requirement that says banks with $50 billion of assets are systemically risky.

A veteran advisor has left Morgan Stanley for a Chicago-based boutique investment firm where he will oversee $300 million in client assets.

Do advisors know enough about alternatives to recommend them to clients? Here's one key to making sure you understand the investments' role in client portfolios.

Index mutual fund assets are at new heights but the pressure to keep costs down deters new entrants, says a Lipper analyst..

Do advisors know enough about alternatives to recommend them to clients? Here's one key to making sure you understand the investments' role in client portfolios.

When does a Roth IRA make sense; How early 401(k) withdrawals can affect your retirement security; Building a solid nest egg

Landing on advisors' approved lists of products can be a marketing and distribution boon. Once there, the focus becomes what are the key things that a research analyst is looking for in an initial due diligence meeting, and how can a fund provider make the meeting count?