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Given how dysfunctional many families are during a crisis, a lack of coordination of agents can sow even more financial confusion, and even conflict.

While delaying Social Security can maximize retirement benefits and boost income, some clients have financial circumstances that make an early retirement a better option.

From regulators to technology providers to CEOs, these are the players who will remake wealth management in 2017.

Get ready to have these conversations with clients given the surprising election results.

The move will potentially lead to marginally higher borrowing costs for consumers and companies while giving savers a boost.

Strategies and data to remember from fellow advisers and industry analysts.

Ex-RIA Richard G. Cody gave false reports to retirees for more than a decade, the SEC says. Many lost most of their life savings.

Hint: The sharp move higher in bond yields has not spooked stock market investors.

Expect the bonds versus stocks pendulum to swing anew.

Some advisers expressed concern about the custodian now competing for the same clients they were courting with the institutional version of Schwab's robo.

Though popular, the low cost model in digital advice is unsustainable, analysts maintain.

Stress-testing under a scenario that includes severe corporate defaults and sharp declines in U.S. equity could reduce security risks, according to the report.

Learn the key characteristics for the type of investors that find robo advice appealing.

The metal has tumbled in the past month, partly on anticipation of the decision as well as a surge in U.S. equities since the election of Donald Trump as president.

Advisers and experts offer insights about the changes and issues the industry will face next year.

Clients can claim a tax deduction for Medicare premium payments and contribute to a tax-advantaged spousal IRA if they continue working.

The new recruits joined from Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

Earnings are below their peak, major technology companies don’t pay and banks are still lagging.

Have a meaningful conversation with clients about year-end strategies that factor in potential changes in taxation.

The bank tapped a former State Street executive to take over the role from Terry Dolan, who was promoted to CFO.