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Are your clients prepared for the capital gain that many mutual funds are likely to pay out before year-end?

While traditional marketing is still necessary for financial planners who want to thrive and grow, content and credibility marketing with a digital twist are essential. Here are some ideas for advisors.

The new approach enables workers to know their income at a specific age based on their plan's current balance; plus, mutual fund firms acting as 401(k) providers that favor their own funds and how your Social Security benefits measure up.

Supplying Chinese equity demand is not a simple process of deciding to launch an ETF product, providers say. There are a number of operational challenges that a firm must navigate to make the offering available, including managing a complex system of global exchange that involves precise timings and potential risks for clients.

Hedge funds are betting that the oil- price crash is close to ending. Speculators boosted their net-long position in West Texas Intermediate crude by 14% in the week ended Dec. 2, the most in 20 months, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show. Short bets contracted by 15% as long wagers expanded 4%.

Where did the wealthiest people in the world -- those with at least $30 million in net assets -- go to school? Here's a ranking of the top universities by number of ultrawealthy alumni.

A new addition to Raymond James & Associates helps further the firm's growth plans.

Two Raymond James advisors joined Ameriprise; one went to the employee channel, the other moved to the firm's independent side.

Members of the Financial Planning Coalition fire back at lawmakers' call for the SEC to shuffle existing resources and tap a third party to increase examinations of advisors.

FINRA's CARDS proposal and the DoL's proposed fiduciary standard are cited as potential threats to the industry and investors.

The industry saw dollar hedge demand strong among ETFs, another insurer acquiring an asset manager and the second ETF provider to offer U.S. investors access to China's onshore bond market.

Wells Fargo Advisors recruited a veteran advisor generating more than $1 million in annual revenue.

Bill Gross’s exit unleashed a crisis that Pimco is still trying to contain. His departure was followed by record withdrawals from the mutual fund he once ran, and which he built into the world’s biggest.

Most big companies achieve success by squeezing vendors, lowering prices, improving efficiency and giving consumers what they want. But in the topsy-turvy world of banking, the most disliked financial institutions end up at the top of the food chain.

Buying immediate annuities early before retirement may not be a good strategy because the payouts will not account for future inflation; plus, deadlines for retirement plan contributions in 2014 and six things you need to know about Social Security benefits.

Celebrities are the types of clients many advisors only dream of working with. At one firm, these clients -- and the advisors who serve them -- are getting increased attention.

Here are the key pieces of paperwork that can help jumpstart estate planning for your younger clients -- or for your clients' adult children.

Legal experts explain what made an advisor's arbitration victory against Morgan Stanley an unusual victory.

"He confessed that he had never invested my money. ... He had been lying to me all along," alleges a relative of the ex-advisor named in an SEC complaint.

How your client can avoid capital gains tax on stocks and lower their tax bills.