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The Financial Stability Oversight Council was characterized as an enigmatic interagency body that has not provided enough rationale for designating certain financial firms as a threat to the economy.

Scott Minerd, global chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, predicts 10% to 15% of junk bond funds may face high withdrawals as more investors worry about getting their money back.

Advisors may want to take a close look now at these potential funds, which could rise above the competition for their different ways of investing in the dividends universe.

The wirehouse added several new recruits to the firm's offices in Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati.

An anticipated rate hike has led some advisors to rethink fixed-income allocations.

There are some specific challenges when making this key transition.

If there are subsequent rate hikes in the coming years, clients will feel an effect; Plus, why falling gold and oil prices shouldn't be a concern for older clients.

Such tools can help advisors more easily assess clients’ risk tolerance.

With clients worried, many advisors say they’ve recently pulled back on bonds and refrained from upping equity allocations, according to our new study.

Tiburon expects a great extinction among independent, venture capital-backed digital advice providers, according to Managing Partner Chip Roame. "Three or five will survive," he predicts.

Digital offering assets at big firms will dwarf those of independent firms, Tiburon predicts.

As signs of stress mount in credit markets, a $788 million mutual fund is blocking clients from pulling their money so its holdings can be liquidated in an orderly fashion.

The mutual fund company founded by legendary investor Marty Whitman makes a rare move to stop withdrawals while it tries to liquidate one of its funds.

Despite predictions of a coming boom market by Cerulli Associates and others, the leaders of the biggest brokerage firms remain divided about whether to jump into the fray.

Those mourning the loss of loved ones likely won’t appreciate this traditional gesture.

Advisors who use these guidelines may see their efforts mushroom, as Raymond James advisor Melissa Joy found.

A private equity firm will help the robo RIA evaluate financing options.

How the profits on capital gain distributions can turn into a negative for your clients' wallet. Plus, time is running out on low-interest rate, intra-family loans. Also, not forgetting dependency exemptions before year's end.

"I don't see a top in valuations," says Marty Bicknell, CEO of Mariner Wealth Advisors.

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