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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Tuesday proposed a rule to include investment advisors in the compliance regime under the Bank Secrecy Act, aiming to close regulatory gaps exploited by criminals.

The largest independent brokerage will move 2,400 financial advisors from seven brokerages onto its platform during a lengthy conversion stretching into 2025.

Pivoting from "this company will always be mine" to "I need to find a partner who can help me maintain continuity" is a necessary mindset shift for advisors making continuity plans.

The move brings the 28-year industry veteran from a firm where independent planners make up less than 5% of the advisory headcount to one where they are the majority.

Bill Harris, the former CEO of Personal Capital, TurboTax and PayPal published a new edition of his "Investment Tax Guide" with the future of the industry in mind.

The latest group of firms to be dinged for "off-channel" communications shows encrypted messages remain a source of concern for regulators.

The market-making firm warns of costs and intrusions into investors' privacy.

Understanding new retirement regulations and utilizing technology will help your firm grow.

White Americans still have twice as much retirement wealth as savers of color, research shows. Here's what experts recommend to shrink the gap.

The online brokerage sees its popular talking babies ads as a way to get tens of millions of viewers to think about how they might put their money to better use.