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The advocacy organization for personal financial planning announced on Wednesday that Seneca Financial Advisors CEO Joseph Votava Jr. has been elected to serve as its 2015 chair-elect.

Described by authorities as a con man, an advisor with a troubled past is ordered to repay $4.2 million in restitution; will serve sentence in a medium-security prison.

The brokerage and insurance units of Compass Bank were ordered to cough up money to compensate an elderly couple for duping them into buying one too many annuities.

As more people work after they consider themselves retired, planning for retirement income becomes even more multi-faceted.

The SEC has approved the MSRB's proposal to simplify its rules on professional designations by limiting the activities of some dealer representatives and eliminating one of its professional designations.

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'Every study on the topic shows that the professionals generally don't beat the market average over time. But they do cause a lot of churn,' says Scott Adams.

A former United Bank & Trust wealth management team with more than $350 million in client assets is going independent with the help of Dynasty Financial Partners.

Former First Allied CEO Adam Antoniades, who was recently named Cetera Financial Group's new president after both broker-dealers were acquired by RCS Capital, has been named vice chair for the Financial Services Institute's board of directors.

Beyond an increase in benefits, another compelling reason for clients to delay claiming Social Security benefits is the potential tax savings.