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An annuity offers the investor income for life -- for a price. Considering the return on investment, how do annuities compare to bonds?

Challenges to social media protocols by employees fired for violating them are succeeding with increasing frequency.

Increases in medium- and long-term interest rates still pose risks, but the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile revealed that a rate recovery can also have advantages.

Not only are the requirements of the Affordable Care Act difficult and complicated for businesses to understand, but in many cases those aspects that businesses and their advisors think they understand are already slated to change in the future, according to one expert.

Alfred Feld, who joined Goldman Sachs in 1933 and rose from office boy to private-wealth manager and became the firm’s longest-serving employee, has died. He was 98.

The top U.S. derivatives regulator gave Wall Street two months to abide by a new policy imposing Dodd-Frank Act rules on banks when they arrange trades domestically and then book them overseas.

The more your home page talks about prospects, the more they will want to explore. So stop talking about yourself and talk about what your clients are interested in – themselves and their special needs.

With my startup growing more slowly than I'd hoped, I've tried to find strategies that keep me focused and confident.

As November draws to a close, we looked back on some of our most popular stories. Here are the month’s top picks.

In case you missed them, here are the five most popular, well-read and shared stories of November from On Wall Street.

November's hot stories were a wide ranging lot. Check out this month’s big winners.

FX Concepts LLC, the currency hedge fund founded by John Taylor in 1981, asked a bankruptcy court for permission to sell its trademark and trading models to Ruby Commodities Inc. for $7.48 million after an auction yesterday.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board named Benita Warmbold chief financial officer as part of a management shuffle at the country’s largest retirement-fund manager.

Recent studies have found that as people age, many lose their ability to make sound financial decisions. So what can be done to safeguard elderly clients’ hard earned assets?

The IRS is starting this year's Earned Income Tax Credit due diligence compliance audits of return preparers.

HSBC in McLean, Va., has hired a longtime Citigroup executive to lead its U.S. branch network.

The rise of mobile banking is starting to impact branch staffing levels. At the same time, new jobs are being created in branches and on digital banking teams.

A former employee at an Ohio branch of U.S. Bancorp pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he accepted $24,000 in kickbacks from debt collectors in exchange for giving them business.

Dan Driscoll will oversee six advisors and will work closely with M&T Bank regional presidents in their respective markets.

To jumpstart family discussions, family members should set common goals, such as saving for a relative’s college education.