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Despite a market surge, fewer wealthy investors are satisfied with their advisors' performance.

Wall Street executives show a more conservative outlook toward their investments, but a majority still avoid a financial advisor.

More than one-third of the nation’s largest pension plans and institutional investors believe that traditional investing approaches will not be effective in 10 years.

Most households with between $100,000 and $500,000 in investable assets do not have a retirement income plan and have not worked with a financial advisor, presenting a “sweet spot” for asset managers, according to findings from a Cerulli Associates retirement report released on Wednesday.

Although most of your clients are focusing more on retirement planning and taking the necessary steps to prepare, there are some danger signs advisors and clients must be ready for.

Although most of your clients are focusing more on retirement planning and taking the necessary steps to prepare, there are some danger signs advisors and clients must be ready for.

State Street Global Advisors—through SPDR ETFs, the firm’s exchange-traded funds platform— has launched the first ever ETF in Europe to track the S&P 500 Low Volatility Index.

What is your client experience like? The "Referral Doctor," Steve Wershing, asks, have you designed it to be like a fast food chain, or a high-end dining establishment?

Goldman Sachs Asset Management Andrew “Buddy” Donohue, the former head of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management as its deputy general counsel.

The exchange-traded funds industry continues to boom, as assets under management topped a record $1.29 trillion as of the end of the third quarter of this year, according to the ETF Snapshot: September 2012, from State Street Global Advisors.