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Symmetry Partners, a registered investment advisory based in Glastonbury, Conn., announced the release of a new mobile application for its financial advisor clients on Tuesday.

“Our report confirms the hypothesis that investment advisors need to engage in technology to attract and retain clients in this market segment,” said Al Chiaradonna, senior vice president of SEI’s Global Wealth Services.

How many business owners have worked with an advisor to put a firm succession plan in place? Not many, but most are still confident their businesses will continue to be successful once after they retire, according to a Merrill survey.

No matter who you are, interviewing for a job can be stressful, but why? There are a few reasons and the stress makes sense when you analyze them.

Elisse Walter, who has spent the past four years as Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro’s closest confidant and behind-the-scenes adviser, will soon step into the spotlight that she has mostly shunned in trying to help her close friend succeed.

Twenty-five percent of the 33 million U.S. pre-retirees, surveyed by LIMRA, said they felt “very prepared” for retirement, down from 30% of those surveyed in 2010.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon would be the best person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department in a financial crisis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said.

To streamline document processing, LPL Financial has introduced DocuSign’s eSignature solution for all of its advisors.

Whether it's capital surcharges for fund companies designated as "systemically important" or dealing with new fiduciary rules for advisors and brokers or the much-feared reform of money funds, the bill is about to come due-and get paid.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro is leaving the agency, after helping turn around its tarnished reputation in the wake of the financial crisis.