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Buoyed by its success on the West Coast, Operation Hope is partnering with the likes of SunTrust and Popular Community Bank to set up its financial literacy centers in such cities as Memphis, Atlanta, Washington and New York.

Susquehanna Bancshares is doing a sale-leaseback of 30 branches to improve its capital planning. But over the long term, and more importantly to the industry overall, it could also help the bank get out of branches that may one day become obsolete.

A pair of longtime Suntrust financial advisors have hooked up with LPL Financial to form their own practice.

Because I specialize in planning for teachers, I follow a number of teachers on Twitter -- and it turns out they share information like crazy. They have multiple chats throughout the week and help each other out with their daily problems.

A new report finds that advisors, investors and financial providers have been using the term inconsistently -- and perhaps incorrectly.

Pacific Investment Management Co. and BlackRock Inc. are set to take over Eike Batista’s failed oil ambitions as creditors accept losses as deep as 99 percent on $5.8 billion of debt in return for ownership stakes.

The question triggers a whole array of responses. But after a five-year onslaught of new rules and enforcement, some see a brighter regulatory future for banks.

The Internal Revenue Service is urging individuals and businesses that are making contributions to charity to keep in mind several important tax law provisions that have taken effect in recent years.

A 25-year-old divorce workshop founded and run by two planners in San Diego has received funding from a former attendee to enhance its website, with an eye to going national.

The Puerto Rico legislature’s move to keep the commonwealth’s teacher pension from running out of cash by freezing benefits and raising worker contributions shows how U.S. municipalities are addressing a $1 trillion retirement- funding deficit by reining in once-ironclad promises.

China plans to raise the retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, as policy makers confront the prospect of a shrinking workforce that damps economic growth.

Outflows, weak supply, rising interest rates, and mediocre returns are forecast for the municipal market as it prepares to ring in 2014 — in other words: more of the same.

Moore Capital Management LP, the hedge-fund firm run by billionaire Louis Moore Bacon, offered positions to money managers at SAC Capital Advisors LP, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Fidelity Investments, the world’s second-biggest mutual-fund company, said Ramona Persaud on Jan. 1 will take over management of two dividend growth funds that collectively manage almost $10 billion.

Municipal debt tied to real-estate development is set to be the best-performing part of the $3.7 trillion state and local-bond market this year as an improving housing market boosts the securities’ earnings.

When a client's loved one needs extra care, financial planners need to be equipped to answer questions and help families find the right resources.

Bill Harris shook up the financial services industry as CEO of both Intuit and PayPal. Now he's got his eye on financial advisors.

An advisor to non-U.S. citizens needs to consider where they are domiciled before refining a planning strategy.

Outflows, weak supply, rising interest rates, and mediocre returns are forecast for the municipal market as it prepares to ring in 2014 — in other words: more of the same.

Have you considered how much more enjoyable your own post-work years might be if you’d only take the time to mentor the next … you?