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In a continued push to reform regulation for advisors, five independent financial firms have joined the Financial Services Institute.

Wall Street turned to Bordeaux, sushi and faxes as Hurricane Sandy wreaked the most havoc in the history of the city’s transit system and closed stock markets on consecutive days for the first time for weather since 1888.

In any kind of “normal” flood, water would never reach 80 Pine St., a 39-story tower two blocks inland from the lower Manhattan waterfront, landlord William Rudin said. Last night, his Rudin Management Co. was pumping out the basement, and he was grateful the building manager and engineer weren’t seriously hurt when water poured in as they were shutting down steam lines and checking equipment.

Hurricane Sandy kicked up total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds to $5.45 billion for the week ended Wednesday, October 24, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Why are there so few women at the top ranks of large banks? One factor: they lose hope. That needs to change, editor-at-large Barbara Rehm says.

Forget about fake scares: Advisor spends Halloween holed up at "secret" church to recharge laptop and reach out to clients.

The registered investment advisor is becoming a portfolio manager, more than an advisor.

In real estate, the three keys are location, location and location. But in the case of Charles Schwab's latest ETF Investor Snapshot, the keys are real estate and more real estate.

If your goal is to win new clients and influence bank trust officers, then you have to learn how to talk the talk-first lesson, be sincere.

The high-tech clients of financial advisor Laura Pedroncelli, of First Tech Federal Credit Union in Sonoma, Calif., are focused on their careers and willing to outsource their investments-and as a group, they're not very tolerant of risk.