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Older middle-class Americans in their 50s are more likely to lack confidence in their retirement preparedness, with almost half fearing they haven't saved enough.

Big tax bill looms for mutual fund investors; 4 secrets to getting more from your 529 account; How taxes and trading costs kill investment returns

Should insurers handle public-pension payouts?; the procrastination penalty for retirement savers; three steps retirement investors must take now to survive this market

The SEC is cracking down on advisors. Here are a few things advisors must know how to answer when examiners come calling.

Why planners have nothing to fear from robo advisors.

Focus expected on fraud detection, conflicts of interest and cybersecurity.

An advisor team has left J.P. Morgan to join regional wealth manager Janney Montgomery Scott, opening a new office in Rhode Island.

Cybersecurity policy may still be very much a work in progress at the SEC, but officials increasingly are expecting advisors to have a baseline set of policies and procedures in place to safeguard clients' data, compliance experts caution.

The gender gap among advisors persists. What can the industry do to close it?

A former BofA Merrill Lynch Team who felt wronged after being terminated has signed on with full-service brokerage firm Stifel Financial.