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Defined contribution plan sponsors need to do a better job communicating key information to participants, according to a survey of plan participants.

With 10,000 boomers turning 65 every day, these aging clients and their advisors face a slew of new challenges and complex investment and planning decisions.

FINRA says the brokerage didn't have enough controls in place to detect that Jared Weinryt had breached his $116 million trading limit as he made overnight bets on so-called futures.

As the trend toward independence continues, the opportunities raise questions from those advisors who are considering making the move. Dynasty Financial Partners' Shirl Penney provides some answers.

Advisors who move aggressively into fee-based business end up doing much better than their transaction-based colleagues, with more assets, a higher return on those assets and more revenues, according to a new report.

A new survey of broker-dealers highlights the extent to which their firms rely on back-office technology to manage and improve advisor relationships, while at the same time revealing broad dissatisfaction with the solutions that firms have currently deployed.

Eighty percent of financial advisors say they're dabbling in social media to drum up new business and one in five has already reeled in new clients as a result of participating.

RIA in a Box's registration maintenance service focuses on turning down an RIA's panic level from surprise regulatory visits.

Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to settle charges that its brokerage and a former vice president sold securities it didn't understand to municipalities, non-profit organizations and other customers.

Steve Wershing, "The Referral Doctor," says one of the great misconceptions in our business is that clients "give" us referrals. If advisors want to learn how to attract a significant number of ongoing referrals, they must understand the dynamic that causes people to make referrals in the first place.