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Independent firm Snowden Lane Partners recruited another wirehouse advisor team, this time from Merrill Lynch.

Cyberattacks pose a serious threat to investors, as well as advisors and broker-dealers, and the SEC is paying attention. Here's the most recent guidance from the regulator and what it means for advisors.

The average amount given to charity from wealthy households rose 28% last year, according to the 2014 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy released Tuesday.

Former insurance company advisor's 30 victims included friends he had grown up with, according to prosecutors.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has hired Jason Dudley from Morgan Stanley as a director and regional executive for the firm's Atlanta Private Client Services office.

A majority of American millionaires are donating to charity, though few plan how they give, UBS finds.

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Regulators see reviving a 2011 proposal addressing incentives in bank pay as a way to deal with cultural problems at banks and bad behavior by their employees.

A Wells Fargo advisor team that managed $200 million in assets has left to join Steward Partners, an independent firm founded a year ago by former wirehouse managers.

FINRA's Enforcement Department alleges that the registered rep issued and distributed unauthorized ATM cards as part of a scheme to steal customer funds.

Do the instruments make sense in an low-rate environment? And if so, should you build them in-house? Get tips from fixed-income experts.

Latest Morgan Stanley advisor additions around the country bring a combined $565M in AUM and over $3M in revenue.

Merrill Lynch grows its Chicago presence by hiring UBS team with $500M in AUM and nearly $5M in revenue.

Planners are often required to use encryption, which can be a powerful tool to protect private information. But advisors have to understand the basics and how to get their clients - and staff - on the same page.

Stressing the importance of realistic risk tolerance and the inevitability of encountering volatile markets is critical.

Expanding its advisor ranks, small broker-dealer Jefferies announced the hire of a rio of Barclays veterans that bring a focus on REITs and MLPs.

Caleb Brown and Michael Kitces, founders of New Planner Recruiting, have launched of a new website that focuses exclusively on job opportunities with independent financial planning firms.

A wide swath of banks, from Fifth Third to SunTrust to Huntington, report big increases in refinance applications in the past few days as mortgage rates have dipped. Will it last?

New York regulator Benjamin Lawsky may use the cybersecurity rules he's proposed for virtual-currency companies as a model for traditional banks. That would subject the financial institutions his agency supervises to the most stringent data-security rules anywhere.

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