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SAC Capital Advisors LP, Steven Cohen’s hedge-fund firm that last year agreed to pay a record fine to settle U.S. insider-trading charges, said it will rename itself Point72 Asset Management.

Hiring the wrong person can seriously damage your firm. Here’s what to avoid.

Cybersecurity is an area of growing SEC concern and examiners will increasingly be expecting RIAs of all sizes to have in place more robust policies and procedures to deal with the growing threats to their information systems.

The firm grabbed a team with $2.5 million in production for its independent broker-dealer channel.

Portability shelters up to $10.68 million from transfer taxes for couples in 2014, but HNW clients can benefit from additional tactics.

Advisors and clients are gravitating toward the RIA model -- a trend that experts expect to continue.

For wealthy and high-profile clients, privacy can be hard to attain. But most people don't want their personal lives made public, especially when they are going through a divorce. Here's how planners can help.

Portability shelters up to $10.68 million from transfer taxes for couples in 2014, but HNW clients can benefit from additional tactics.

RCS Capital is following through on its promise to launch a research division with the hiring of two non-traded investments analysts.

Vanguard Group, the third- largest U.S. provider of exchange-traded funds, has asked regulators for permission to open actively-managed ETFs.

After variable annuity sales plunged in 2012, expectations are high for the coming years for new players and higher sales.

The commission is committed to moving forward on a uniform fiduciary standard for advisors and broker-dealers and also expects to finalize money market reforms by the end of the year.

Bill Gross questions whether he is truly a great investor as he ponders his legacy in a new era of shrinking bond returns in his April investment outlook.

Young Americans not only have little loyalty to banks, but many also believe that traditional financial institutions are on their way to irrelevance, a new survey shows.

Treasuries fell for a fifth day, reversing earlier gains, before the U.S. government sells $64 billion of notes and bonds this week.

Weekly Update: From BlackRock launching a new iShares ETF to net inflows of $27.94 billion for long-term funds.

Only a few years ago, the top three fund families in the U.S. were nearly identical in size. Not any more.

While acknowledging discrepancies between BrokerCheck and state reports, FINRA says it is right to exclude some information and that other "missing" information is in fact included.

Wealthy clients who frequently request services beyond traditional financial planning can create a challenging balancing act for advisors who serve this highly sought-after client base.

Even the wealthiest can't give to every worthy cause. Here's how advisors can help evaluate the options.