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Firms come and firms go, but there has to be a bit of nostalgia for Smith Barney.

Lynette DeWitt, former Research Director - Financial Product Development, Marketing, & Distribution, at Boston Financial Data Services, has left the firm.

After working under one of the most successful advisors in the financial planning industry, Matthew Halloran took time, studied, read, and reviewed all of the top financial advisors he worked with over the years and found ten things are the keys to being a top advisor.

Almost one quarter of Americans (23%) have less than $100 in emergency savings while 46% report having less than $800, according to a new national survey by online lender CashNetUSA.com.

LPL Financial announced Tuesday it has expanded its Model Wealth Portfolios platform through the addition of two new portfolios from LPL Financial Research and two managed alternative investment portfolios from Fortigent.

It's the end of an era. Morgan Stanley announced its U.S. wealth management business, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, has changed its name to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

For a startup firm, attracting $150 million in assets under management within nine months is impressive. The entire story, though, of PWM Advisory Group goes back more than a decade.

After rallying 16% this year, the S&P 500 Index closed last year at its highest point since 2007, as investors celebrated news that central bankers were riding to the world's rescue with yet more stimulus. But is it too far too fast?

Traditional mutual funds may have recovered the ground they lost in the market turmoil of 2008, but even so, investors are not convinced that active management gives the best bang for their buck.

The U.S. Department of Labor's new regulations on 401(k) fee disclosures will serve as a wake-up call to plan sponsors and participants alike, once they stop hitting the snooze alarm, that is.