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Fidelity gives investors side-by-side comparisons of options available to them when switching jobs.

Kasina says the asset management firms listen to and engage with their audiences.

Capital One Financial President Lynn Carter is stepping down at the end of the year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday.

Top officials at the FHFA have watched with alarm as the level of the Federal Home Loan banks' investments has surged, sometimes surpassing the level of their advances.

As the government builds a new regime for writing consumer protection rules, an existing bank regulator has put a twist on enforcing them.

Advisory clients, attorneys and other members of the public previously had to contact the staff at Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to get copies of disciplinary actions for firms and registered representatives.

LAS VEGAS - The federal budget deficit is estimated to skyrocket to $1.6 trillion in 2011, but Andrew H. Friedman of The Washington Update told a standing-room only crowd at the Investment Management Consultants Association's annual conference that there are still opportunities for investors.While the substantial deficit is here to stay, the $2 trillion in stimulus that has flooded the economy has made for huge growth in the stock market, Friedman explained. “We need to be careful what happens when the stimulus stops,” he added.

To lead a successful financial advisory team an advisor needs four things: Communication, collaboration, structure and process, said William Stepanek of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in a workshop during IMCA’s annual conference.

Kasina has named Vanguard, Fidelity, TIAA-CREF, iShares and The Hartford the five most successful users of social media among asset management firms.

A perfect storm of eroding Social Security trust funds, high unemployment and a flood of Baby Boomers all hitting retirement age at the same time will put enormous strain on Social Security for the next two decades, forcing retirees and their advisers to come up with alternative retirement income plans and strategies to make ends meet.