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Lawyers who regularly represent disgruntled clients who make allegations against financial advisors offer reassurance to the vast majority in the industry. Keep the big picture in mind and recognize that only a tiny fraction of financial advisors get sued, they say.

A UBS advisor managing $108 million in assets has left the wirehouse to join rival firm Merrill Lynch.

On Wall Street has dropped its minimum AUM for its annual ranking of the top 40 advisors under age 40. Who will it be this year?

An advisor team with $400 million in client assets has left Wells Fargo to go independent with the help of Dynasty Financial Partners.

One Morgan Stanley CFP uses her bankruptcy to build bridges to her clients and hone her practice.

The list includes 20 CFPs with bankruptcies dating back to March 2009; none are subject to disciplinary action.

The pullback from repurchase agreements: How new regulations are reshaping bank funding and financial markets, and impacting money market funds, which investors use as cash-equivalent investments.

American banks are loading up on U.S. government debt, a sign they remain cautious on the economy even with the jobless rate at a six-year low and corporations at their healthiest in a generation.

The proposed regulations address the tax treatment of distributions from designated Roth IRA accounts under tax-favored retirement plans.

The ignorance factor with 401(k)s; Alternatives to conventional housing in retirement; How bartering can make your retirement better

Muni managers and analysts say the absence of retail participation in the muni market has been palpable and that the net negative supply, historical low municipal to Treasury ratios, narrow spreads, and headline risk are contributing to the pull back.

Average starting salaries for accounting and finance professionals in the United States are forecast to rise 3.5% next year, according to the staffing company Robert Half.

Personal Capital's business model is rooted in technology -- but with live advisors and higher fees, the firm wants to duck the "robo" label.

Advisor Jo Ellen Fisher, who allegedly stole nearly $1 million from a 95-year-old client, is barred from the industry and has been sued by her former employer.

Advisors should keep abreast of what their employees post on social media, but also recognize that notions of appropriate online commentary vary among generations.

Security experts recommend advisors use not only passwords, but a more stringent form of verification, known as “two-factor authentication,” for logging into every device and into every data collection system they control.

Here are five tips to help advisory firms comply with and go beyond SEC email requirements.

A former Morgan Stanley advisor must pay the firm nearly $200,000 in owed bonuses, FINRA ruled.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pacific Investment Management in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said he was surprised by the events surrounding the departure of the star bond manager last week.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pacific Investment Management in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said he was surprised by the events surrounding the departure of the star bond manager last week.