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You just got a payment for $2,121,371.48 from a major mutual fund manufacturer. The size is nice. But how do you know if it's correct?

On April 20, Nuveen funds earned Morningstar Negative ratings.

The firm will specialize in planning around the investment, retirement and insurance needs of the area’s working professionals and families nearing retirement.

This week, IRA expert Ed Slott answers questions about IRA rollover rules and trustee-to-trustee transfers.

On April 20, SS&C CEO said he is 'Very confident' now of GlobeOp takeover.

The nascent active exchange-traded fund space, currently populated by PIMCO, AdvisorShares and Guggenheim Partners, may soon get a new entrant.

On April 20, MME learned that Oculus is planning to launch a new unit within the firm.

LPL’s board of directors has been putting a lot of trust lately in some of chairman and CEO Mark Casady’s longest-serving, highest-flying lieutenants.

Where does an advisor add the greatest value? Through knowledge of investing and financial markets? Through the ability to help clients reach their retirement savings goals? By bringing order and a roadmap for the future to otherwise unplanned chaos? Professional financial advice is useful in these and countless other ways, but the greatest contribution, at least for some clients, is actually “behavioral”—advisors protecting clients from their own worst instincts and bring rationality to the planning process.

Despite the easy passage of Rep. Eric Cantor’s Small Business Tax Relief bill, H.R. 9, in the House of Representatives, RIA firms aren’t likely to be counting on any tax savings at this point.