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The regional firm's new hires joined from FSC Securities, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

The advisors joined existing practices within the bank's independent broker-dealer arm.

Moves by Nevada and others threaten to create compliance confusion.

Figuring out how to make automated platforms appeal to planners has been a learning process, says the custodian’s technology executives.

Nearly 17 million investors will use the technology by 2021, a rise of 1.8 million compared to last year, Aite says.

An internal memo shows tight deadlines for half the brokers the IBD hopes to retain after the deal.

A different regulatory landscape is encouraging brokers to reconsider their options.

Above all others, millennials are likely to include the funds in their portfolios, Schwab says.

The key is creating a portfolio that clients will stick with through thick and thin.

The broker recommended that a recently retired couple invest $135,000 in a non-investment grade municipal bond intended only for sale to institutional buyers.

The iShares fund reported $4.36 billion in new money as yield rose and the Federal Reserve prepares to shrink its balance sheet.

Clients may hold employer stock in their retirement accounts. It pays to know when and how to take distributions from it, Michael Kitces writes.

Clients could face a 100% penalty of taxes owed for filing late.

Have advisors learned nothing from the 2008 crash?

The market is estimated to be worth over $8 trillion in the U.S. alone.

Beefed-up market research will help the firm’s advisors, says President Adam Antoniades.

RBC has been on a recruiting tear, adding more advisors in the first half of 2017 than all of 2016.

Thomas Fickinger managed over 1,350 advisors generating $1.5 billion in revenue in 2016.

The firm's latest hires include an industry veteran of nearly four decades of experience.

The advisors join the regional BD’s offices in Chicago and Nashville, Tennessee.