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Coupling up, in the business sense, can increase income by 32% or even more, according to a recent Fidelity study.

Baird has bolstered its advisor force with two wirehouse teams with $800 million in assets.

The Securities America move underscored the intensity with which advisory firms are competing for talent, executive search experts said.

How will you scale your practice? What's the secret to retaining Gen Y employees? What's the best way to network? For three days, advisors and industry experts descended on Las Vegas for the semi-annual National Association of Personal Financial Advisors conference to discuss these topics and many others. Check out some of the best things we heard.

Stock and bond funds, including exchange traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI).

Guggenheim Investments filed May 13 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the Emerging Markets Bond Strategy Fund, part of the Rydex Series Funds.

Former BlackRock Inc. fund manager Mark Lyttleton was arrested April 30 as part of an insider trading probe by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, two people familiar with the matter said.

Cue Wealth Management Solutions will provide CPA and RIA firms with help in launching, growing and leveraging their wealth management practices as integrated parts of their services to individuals, business owners, related qualified retirement plans and charitable entities.

Breaking into the brokerage business is getting tougher as declining fees make small accounts less profitable and government restrictions on unsolicited calls make phone sales taboo. That’s leaving big firms struggling to replace a retiring generation of advisors.

Goldman Sachs has filed to launch the Multi Asset Real Return Fund. The fund seeks real return by investing in inflation-sensitive assets.