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Advisor network Northstar Wealth Partners added two new advisors managing a combined $800 million in client assets with the help of its independent broker-dealer.

NAPFA’s new leaders are stressing new initiatives to expand the organization’s education programs and its membership.

Using mostly passive strategies results in lower fees and better performance, but there are cases where active management can add value.

The crisis represents a call for advisors to offer the one thing most individual investors can't provide for themselves: an objective, experienced and unemotional perspective, unclouded by fear and based instead upon short- and long-term goals.

The firm picked up five advisors with almost $450 million in assets under management.

Almost half (46%) of advisors believe their clients donate to charity to reduce their taxes, when in fact only 10% do.

Bill Gross, who has been telling investors to favor short-term Treasuries, is following through on his own advice as longer-maturity bonds suffer their biggest losses in four years.

But congressional politics are likely to put changes on hold for now, expert tells NAPFA conference.

The IRS reminded taxpayers that the filing deadline remains in effect for people who requested a six-month extension to file their returns.

Janet Yellen is expected to take a more hands-on role in bank regulation than her predecessors if she is confirmed to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

Clients turned the tables on advisors Wednesday afternoon -- giving advice to the attendees at NAPFA’s fall conference in Philadelphia, rather than receiving it.

In his article, “Reevaluating Banks’ Investment Programs,” John Brunett, Chief Trust and Investment Officer at Los Alamos National Bank, proposes seven ideas to help assist bank managers, investment program directors, and bank investment consultants to improve and streamline their programs to achieve a higher bottom line.

The tax-focused independent broker-dealer has added two new executives to its management ranks.

Investors chase performance because it feels good, but pain is a good sign we are helping our clients invest well.

Umpqua Bank’s plan to grow the private banking business may shift into high gear if its parent company’s planned acquisition of Sterling Financial Corp. is approved.

Owned, Paid or Earned: The New Language of Marketing

U.S. Default Poses Low Risk to Money-Market Funds, Fitch Says

Fidelity Billionaire Johnson Taps ETFs as Profits for Funds Fade

The tiny deal between Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) and FNBNY Bancorp is a megamerger of so many M&A trends. There is a small seller feeling operational pressure, but it has a hard time raising capital to expand its balance sheet. There is a buyer on the hunt for new markets that only raises capital when it has its target secured. Moreover, they have an agreement that reflects how buyers and sellers are still wrestling over loan valuations. …

In the latest deal for Focus Financial Firm, Boston-based RIA expands footprint, sees more acquisitions ahead.