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Culture clash between merging firms can mean the end of even a well-planned deal.

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.

Brokerages from Morgan Stanley to Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch poach salesmen from one another, offering bonuses based on how much revenue they produce. Now brokers receiving bonuses of at least $100,000 will be required to inform clients.

Bloomberg -- Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said his personal investments include municipal bonds and a biotech fund, while he favors global equities for his children’s accounts.

Bloomberg -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., seeking to end probes of a trading debacle that damaged its reputation for risk-management, agreed to pay about $920 million for failing to implement adequate controls and providing incomplete information to regulators and its board.

Think you might be bored at your kids' birthday party? Think again. Dave Grant shares three business lessons he learned at his son's recent party.

Exclusive: Widespread abuse of the term raises question of a disciplinary double-standard.

Low rates and longer lives make the conventional wisdom of 4% withdrawal rates obsolete.

Financial services firms have to start recruiting the half-million college students who may be interested in becoming advisors, or risk having demand for financial advice outstrip supply within ten years, a new study from Pershing shows.

Bank CEOs John Allison, Ed Wehmer and David Zalman blended good-natured banter with insights on breaking the $10 billion-asset barrier, the danger of bank buyers paying too much and changing attitudes about M&A at an industry conference this week.

At a time when recruiting is down across the independent broker-dealer space, Cetera Financial Group has added 247 net new advisors nationwide between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2013.

Unexpected pitfalls often cast a pall on clients’ dreams of retiring to foreign lands.

Seeking to end probes of a trading debacle that damaged its reputation for risk-management, JPMorgan agreed to pay about $920 million for failing to implement adequate controls and providing incomplete information to regulators and its board.

Gorman, who owns about $31 million of his firm’s stock, has a Morgan Stanley private wealth advisor and his personal investments include municipal bonds and a biotech fund, while he favors global equities for his children’s accounts.

Individuals in same-sex marriages will be entitled to the employer benefits of their spouse even if they live in a state that doesn’t recognize their union, the U.S. Labor Department said.

These investment strategists say they believe the emerging economies in the world are where equity opportunities are to be found.

According to Federated Investors' 2013 Investor Mindset Survey, high-net-worth investors will begin making a decisive shift in their portfolios over the next 12 months with 24% planning to invest more in equities over the next year versus only 10% for bonds.

If forced to choose, most investors would seek to preserve capital rather than pursue higher returns, a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management has found.

Eight ideas for clients thinking of retiring to exotic locales.

More than one in three investors plan to increase their allocations to defensive assets, such as cash, gold and other precious metals, and real estate in the coming year.