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Baird is merging with McAdams Wright Ragen, a wealth management firm based in Seattle that oversees more than $10 billion in client assets, according to the companies.

AUM drops 31% as more top brass depart, with parent SunTrust filling executive ranks with veterans of the bank.

E.J. Burke, one of the two new co-presidents of the Community Bank, will be responsible for Key Private Bank as well as Key’s commercial and business banking segments.

This "product" is weakened in the customer's mind when interacting with a living, breathing banker inevitably involves fending off sales pitches, writes one retail banking program consultant.

Investors are piling into emerging- market exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace in seven months as they dump technology companies in favor of cheaper stocks.

C1 Bank in St. Petersburg, Fla., is betting that its new, above-average "living wage" for all full-time employees will help it attract and retain top-notch workers.

Advisor group Cohen Financial Management has joined Raymond James Financial from J.P. Morgan Securities, where the team generated annual revenues in excess of $4.2 million.

Advisors can help clients navigate the actuarial calculation of matching a savings and withdrawal plan with a projected life expectancy.

Using these two simple techniques, one firm acquired over 100 new clients through social media last year.

Distressed-bank rollups were all the rage among private-equity and hedge fund investors in the early days of the financial crisis. The results have been decidedly mixed, as the following examples illustrate.

In 2013, fees and commissions from annuity sales produced $3.43 billion in revenue, up 9% from 2012, according to the Michael White Bank Annuity Fee Income Report.

New York's top banking regulator is joining the U.S. Justice Department in investigating whether Credit Suisse Group helped U.S. clients evade taxes, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Despite an uptick in savings rates, baby boomers are feeling more worried about their prospects for retiring securely, with a quarter of those polled saying they've postponed their retirement plans in the past year, a new study shows.

A trial attorney from the SEC said his bosses were too “tentative and fearful” to bring many Wall Street leaders to heel after the 2008 credit crisis, echoing the regulator’s outside critics.

The rapidly emerging online distribution channel is attracting serious venture capital, while "do-it-yourself" firms with combined delivery mechanisms will be a "smart bet" going forward. See the list.

For advisors to the wealthiest families, a new report suggests that it's not what you do that matters -- it's how you do it.

With gold performance often hit or miss, fund managers who focus on this commodity face challenges marketing through the ups and downs.

Switzerland's biggest bank hired 88 advisors this year to service rich Asian clients after assets at its wealth management business in the region jumped 38% in the past two years.

Using these two simple techniques, one firm acquired over 100 new clients through social media last year.

Using these two simple techniques, one firm acquired over 100 new clients through social media last year.