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Raymond James pulled the trigger and ponied up $930 million for Morgan Keegan. Here's everything you need to know about the deal.

Speculation about widespread municipal credit defaults and bankruptcies sent them running from the tax-exempt market early in the year. Now as 2012 gets under way, mom-and-pop investors are back and looking to glean some of the performance that made the sector shine in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Bank holding companies earned a record $2.26 billion from the sale of annuities in the first three quarters of 2011, up from $1.84 billion, or 22.6%, from the year-ago period.

It's time to think about accelerating clients’ income for 2012 in anticipation of higher taxes for 2013 and beyond, according to the founder of one of the nation’s largest RIAs.

Recruitment efforts look to offer opportunities to “career-changers” eager for new challenges.

The world's largest asset management firm will be the first company to list securities on a BATS Global Markets electronic venue that now competes for listings on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

The world's largest asset management firm will be the first company to list securities on a BATS Global Markets electronic venue that now competes for listings on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

News that Raymond James will acquire Regions Financial’s Morgan Keegan brokerage received a mostly tepid response from industry observers.

Spending on hardware, software and communications gear is expected to grow by more than 5% this year. Here's a snapshot look at the Gartner’s forecast for 2012.

Spending on hardware, software and communications all is expected to grow by more than 5% this year, in the latest Gartner forecasts. Is this the year that not just trading firms, but companies of all stripes get bullish on technology spending, again? Here's a snapshot look at the consulting firm's prognostication.