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Neil Barofsky, a former special inspector general overseeing Troubled Assets Relief Program aimed at strengthening financial institutions during the financial crisis, calls the program a failure.

Two investment teams from Merrill Lyncch have joined RBC's Leadwood, Kan., office.

The firm hopes that Karein Heintz can help grow its presence in the twin cities.

The registered investment advisor is becoming a portfolio manager, more than an advisor.

Neil Bathon, founder of FUSE Research Networks, has been on the forefront of research and analysis of the retirement and asset management industries for the last four years.

By almost any measure, trust in financial services firms have fallen to new lows or close to them.

An entrepreneur argues that the accelerating pace of technological change has implications for both investing and philanthropy.

With October 15 behind us and April 15 still comfortably far away, it’s a good time to start boning up on ways to save your clients money once things start getting serious.

Securities and Exchange Commission officials downplayed the potential for the so-called budget "sequestration" Thursday, but said dealers selling Build America Bonds should inform investors of any potentially risky call provisions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is not pursuing the idea of imposing a three-strikes-and-you're-out system for issuers with disclosure failures, like the one floated last week by an SEC commissioner, John Cross, the director of the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities said here on Thursday.