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A dozen Senate Democrats and an Independent lawmaker have re-introduced a bill that would impose a minimum 30% tax on high income tax payers who earn more than $1 million as a way to help reduce the ballooning federal deficit.

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.

Here are the top firms according to their basic payout for producers at the $400,000 mark.

Program managers and bank advisors may not agree on everything, but most likely they see eye-to-eye on one thing: the desire to increase an advisor’s production.

Why is branding so important and how can you build a stronger brand?

"Counseling Clients through Mental Illness,” by Managing Editor Lorie Konish, was honored as Best Single Article at the Jesse H. Neal Awards.

The St. Louis firm snapped up a former Morgan Stanley advisor with $114 million in assets.

Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to chair the SEC, faced little resistance at a Senate confirmation hearing as she said that, if confirmed, she intends to move swiftly to close the book on an array of rules that advisors have been watching closely.

The first two months of 2013 marked net flows of $140 billion into stock and bond funds, the best start for the mutual fund industry on record, according to Strategic Insight.

The self-directed channel hasn’t been as bad as expected for traditional advisors. And there may even be some opportunity left.