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The CFP Board prides itself as the issuer of a leading credential for financial planners, and that means that certificants are expected to adhere to a rigorous set of professional standards.

Do you have any examples of when client feedback was significant, either in a good or bad way? Steve Wershing writes that client feedback is invaluable, but advisors need to use their best judgment.

Ascent Private Capital Management names two managing directors in Seattle area.

Most Americans, 81%, say they plan to give the same or more to charity this year, up nine and 18 percentage points from 2011 and 2010, respectively.

A delegation of fund firms, including BlackRock and Fidelity Investments, who are meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Treasury Department officials today to discuss proposals for a potential compromise on money market fund reforms.

Legg Mason has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an exemption order for two equity and one fixed income offering via an ETF Trust.

Goldman Sachs is calling it quits in Brazil, Korea and India.

Since Hatteras Funds acquired the Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund in 2009 from AIP Mutual Funds, the fund family has grown to $700 million in assets under management.

Money Management Executive, in conjunction with co-sponsor NICSA, presented the 2012 NOVA Awards on Oct. 18 at NICSA's General Membership Meeting in Boston.

Value Line Funds has combined the Value Line U.S. Government Money Market Fund (VLCXX) into the Reich & Tang Daily Income Fund - U.S . Government Portfolio, effective October 19.

Neil Barofsky, a former special inspector general overseeing Troubled Assets Relief Program aimed at strengthening financial institutions during the financial crisis, calls the program a failure.

Two investment teams from Merrill Lyncch have joined RBC's Leadwood, Kan., office.

The firm hopes that Karein Heintz can help grow its presence in the twin cities.

The registered investment advisor is becoming a portfolio manager, more than an advisor.

Neil Bathon, founder of FUSE Research Networks, has been on the forefront of research and analysis of the retirement and asset management industries for the last four years.

By almost any measure, trust in financial services firms have fallen to new lows or close to them.

Forward Funds is giving its multi-strategy fund a facelift.

An entrepreneur argues that the accelerating pace of technological change has implications for both investing and philanthropy.

With October 15 behind us and April 15 still comfortably far away, it’s a good time to start boning up on ways to save your clients money once things start getting serious.

Pacific Investment Management Co. has shuttered a European money market fund, citing low interest rates, Dow Jones Newswires reports.