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Over the past two years, the number of advisors jumped to 60 from 45, an important factor in the unit’s revenue growth.

As the court battle between Michael Jackson’s heirs and entertainment company AEG heads to the jury, the case highlights five legal challenges and complications that the estate executors have had to worry about in the last few months alone.

Bank of America completed the merger of its Merrill Lynch & Co. subsidiary into the parent company to simplify the corporate structure.

Bloomberg -- Most U.S. oversight of financial markets and institutions will continue to operate as usual during a government shutdown because most regulators are funded with independent revenue.

The vast majority of Americans ages 25+ with more than $200,000 in investable assets surveyed in the Allianz Life 2013 Investor Market Perceptions Study said they are seeking some form of protection from losses as they accumulate assets for retirement.

Bloomberg -- The Treasury Department said money managers could pose threats to the U.S. financial system when reaching for higher returns, herding into popular asset classes or amplifying price movements with leverage.

A partisan stalemate that partially shut down the U.S. government may lessen the appetite of lawmakers for risking a debt default later this month.

Innovation is a constant in any industry, but sometimes in the fund business its mark is not always obvious.

Lincoln National, the insurer whose stock surged more than 60% this year, hired Ronald Holinsky from Janney Montgomery Scott to be chief compliance officer as the industry faces increased regulatory scrutiny.

The fate of the Dodd-Frank Act’s ban on banks trading for their own accounts -- one of the final pieces of the U.S. effort to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis -- may rest with a cluster of economists at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Investment advisor James Christy, of Northwest Financial Federal Credit Union, has Washington connections, but he's not seeking business on the Hill. He's got plenty of referrals to build a book in the suburbs.

Douglas Manditch, chairman and chief executive at Empire National Bank, believes community banks are being squeezed by "overzealous" regulation and are feeling pressure to sell.

The wealth manager will provide clients of its affiliate M&T Bank with expanded wealth management and investment services, while developing new business.

FINRA is pressing ahead with a controversial new rule that would require brokers to make disclosures about recruitment compensation they receive as an enticement to jump to a new firm.

Webster Bank is a decidedly local bank but when it comes to its investment and wealth management services, its thinking is distinctly global.

"Our latest report finds that first-half community bank investment program revenues are the best they've been in seven years," said Michael Anderson of Securities America.

In August, the San Francisco-based bank launched a website, offering education, tools and a more robust capability to help the mass-affluent customer with retirement planning.

How do you convince mass-affluent clients to think more globally with their investments?

The time to lean more heavily toward domestic options has passed. Instead, experts are looking across our borders for tomorrow's opportunities.