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UBS named Roger Naylor and Robert Karofsky co-heads of global equities at its investment bank, replacing Mike Stewart who is moving to wealth management.

Brad Bueermann of FP Transitions says you should go with the right fit when buying or selling an advisory business.

‘Dare to be vulnerable,’ planner advises colleagues at FPA conference.

Beth Mooney cares more about her legacy than she does about being the first female CEO at a top 20 U.S.-based bank. One of her primary goals is to make sure KeyCorp always does right by its customers.

Sophisticated investors are grabbing for high-yield municipal debt whenever they can find it, creating demand for alternatives beyond the Puerto Rico, Detroit, and tobacco bonds that dominate the non-investment grade segment of the secondary market.

Most advisors agree that having a defined and effective communications plan is critical, but far fewer give themselves a top rating for having such a plan. Here are five steps advisors can take to improve their client communications.

Social Security's strict disability rules; How to invest when the world is in chaos; New singles majority is bad news for Social Security

Since taking over in 2010, Moynihan has been negotiator-in-chief. Now he faces an equally daunting challenge: nudging the nation’s second-largest bank back to growth.

New online advisory services are turning up the heat for advisors. Know how to arm yourself.

One of the three allegedly stole $11,134 from a bedridden customer who suffered from multiple sclerosis.

Alternative mutual funds are in the midst of a growth period with asset managers aggressively marketing the investment products to advisors. Here is a look at the top 10 alternative mutual fund launches in 2014 based on net assets, according to Morningstar.

Advisors can help clients achieve foreign diversification in their portfolios by buying U.S.-listed companies with major overseas footprints. Is it enough?

Advisors must carefully examine what countries and types of companies are in various indexers’ emerging and frontier market baskets.

Indian stocks have been on a tear this year amid optimism about the country’s new government, but political uncertainty and rich valuations should give investors pause.

"One thing we can tell you is our opposition was there before us," says FPA's director of advocacy. "We heard over and over again the argument that if a fiduciary standard were extended to broker-dealers the middle market would be hurt."

A new classification system from Morningstar is intended to help advisors and investors better identify, compare and analyze these active exchange-traded products.

Morgan Stanley will swallow some losses incurred by customers who bought mutual funds after the bank failed to make the fund prospectuses accessible online.

Small businesses can turbocharge their retirement plans; The gift of a retirement account is a lifetime asset; Why Americans keep treating their 401(k) plans like a piggy bank

Advisors must understand one of the newest trends in philanthropy: Giving away illiquid assets.

Darrel Hackett will be responsible for BMO Financial Group's personal wealth management businesses throughout the United States.