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M&T's sidelined purchase of Hudson City has become cautionary tale in a new regulatory environment for acquisitions.

The IRS has released a set of proposed regulations to prevent abuses of the partnership basis adjustment rules, disallow partnership loss transfers and avoid some of the abuses uncovered by the Enron scandal.

See who topped the charts on Financial Planning's list of the top 50 Fastest-Growing RIA Firms. These firms range in size, but all are growing -- fast.

Preparing now can position your firm for a tidal wave of success, but failing to understand and adapt to generational differences may create a shock wave for your firm.

Assets managed by dually registered advisors are growing faster than any other channel -- underscoring the industry's "slow but steady migration" toward independent models, according to new research from Cerulli.

Morgan Stanley posted strong revenue growth for the fourth quarter led by record earnings for the firm's wealth management division -- a sign of how far the firm has come since acquiring Smith Barney.

The principles that served him well in selling Paine Webber to UBS, Donald Marron says, helped him pull the trigger to sell Cetera.

RCAP buys J.P. Turner for $27 million; Schorsch is calling IBDs, large and small, in search of deals, says Cambridge's Schwartz.

Northwestern Mutual is fishing for talent -- and it's using 6,400 hooks.

The bank’s wealth and investment services generated $9.9 million in revenue, up 23.4% from the previous quarter and up 27.1% year-over-year. The increase was driven primarily by the bank’s brokerage unit.

In another sign of the improving tenor of the municipal bond market, muni mutual funds recorded their first inflows in 34 weeks, Lipper FMI numbers showed.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the world’s largest custody bank, said fourth-quarter earnings fell 18% because of a loss related to an equity investment.

Perhaps the greatest challenge banks face these days is somehow balancing the desire to grow with the very real need to reduce overhead.

Regulators' attempt to carve out an exemption for small banks from a key part of the Volcker Rule satisfied most institutions that feared getting swallowed up in the Dodd-Frank Act provision, but left others still vulnerable to the regulation and facing significant losses.

Morgan Stanley reported profit that beat analysts' estimates as equity-trading revenue increased and earnings from wealth management climbed to a record.

On the heels of a companywide rebrand, some advisors think 'Here we go again'; others are happy with the change.

Edelman Financial Group announced Thursday that Tiburon Strategic Advisors managing partner Charles "Chip" Roame has been added to its board of directors.

Gearing up for more stringent regulations ahead, SIFMA is calling on regulators to better coordinate efforts and craft a business-model neutral fiduciary standard.

A number of Morgan Stanley advisors have left the firm to join independent broker-dealers and advisory firms.

Buyers of life insurance still prefer a personal touch, a fact that should cheer advisors at banks and credit unions.