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Most clients, even educated, wealthy ones, frequently have no idea how their advisor is paid.

Readers asked if a branch manager is allowed to telecommute. Alan J. Foxman has the answer.

With FINRA likely to impose some kind of compensation disclosure rule this year, advisors need to think about how best to explain how they get paid to their clients.

With hedge fund advertising on the way, the impact on the industry and advisors remains unknown.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who oversees $150 billion in pension assets, called for expanding a ban on agents who solicit investments for the city’s five pension funds.

North Carolina’s Janet Cowell has some unusual qualities for a state treasurer: For one thing, she can say “running dog of a capitalist” in Mandarin. She’s also poised to voluntarily surrender her status as one of four officials nationwide with sole control over state pension investments.

Detroit’s pensions would get more than twice what creditors who loaned the city money for those funds would receive under a proposal to restructure its $18 billion of debt.

Enterprise growth, Gen Y outreach and a "war for talent" were in the spotlight last week as more than 1,600 advisors and about as many vendors and industry consultants gathered in Orlando, Fla., for TD Ameritrade Institutional's annual national conference.

Execution for prospecting events is critical, advisors heard during a session that included both tactical tips and specific ideas at the TD Ameritrade Institutional national conference.

Mainstay Capital Management specializes in helping auto industry employees manage their retirement accounts.