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A dozen Senate Democrats and an Independent lawmaker have re-introduced a bill that would impose a minimum 30% tax on high income tax payers who earn more than $1 million as a way to help reduce the ballooning federal deficit.

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.

Here are the top firms according to their basic payout for producers at the $400,000 mark.

Program managers and bank advisors may not agree on everything, but most likely they see eye-to-eye on one thing: the desire to increase an advisor’s production.

Why is branding so important and how can you build a stronger brand?

The St. Louis firm snapped up a former Morgan Stanley advisor with $114 million in assets.

Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to chair the SEC, faced little resistance at a Senate confirmation hearing as she said that, if confirmed, she intends to move swiftly to close the book on an array of rules that advisors have been watching closely.

The first two months of 2013 marked net flows of $140 billion into stock and bond funds, the best start for the mutual fund industry on record, according to Strategic Insight.

The self-directed channel hasn’t been as bad as expected for traditional advisors. And there may even be some opportunity left.

Altegris is taking to YouTube in an attempt to demystify the common myths about alternatives.

Nuveen Investments has pulled the plug on the shares of its Nuveen Large Cap Select Fund (FLRYX) sold to 401(k) plans.

Mary Jo White, President Obama’s choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, may be compelled to provide more information about her ties to large banks as senators press her about how she would operate as Wall Street’s regulator.

Oppenheimer & Co. agreed to pay about $2.9 million to settle claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors in a private-equity fund.

Financial Risk Management Ltd., a unit of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager Man Group Plc, may see the best return from its multistrategy funds of funds since 2009, said its chief investment officer.

Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. manager of money-market mutual funds, said there is growing agreement among company leaders and regulators to limit any new rules for the products to those eligible to buy corporate debt.

More than two-thirds of advisors (68%) have no formal succession plan for their businesses and among those who do, the plans are sketchy.

Global X Funds is banking on significant opportunities in high dividend-paying equities.

How often should you post? Is there ever enough? Advisors need to consider quality over quantity when it comes to social media.

OppenheimerFunds is closing its Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund to new investors on April 12, Money Management Executive has learned.

The network of independent broker-dealers has introduced a platform that proactively rebalances client portfolios at all account sizes for lower prices.