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The use of specific words has lessons for all FAs, according to research unveiled at the Raymond James Financial Institutions Division Management Symposium.

Matt Williams, incoming chairman of the American Bankers Association, says banks can rebound by drawing on lessons from past crises, updating business models and hiring a new generation of bankers.

With more and more Baby Boomers living longer and the senior population increasing faster than younger generations, we are entering the age of longevity. It's crucial that advisors help clients plan for this new chapter, said Louise Schroeder, a financial advisor and owner of Personal Financial Solutions, Inc.

UMB Fund Services has launched a transfer agency service dubbed Alternative Investment Communication Engine for it growing number of registered hedge fund clients and potential clients.

Following an annual review, the Minneapolis, Minn.-based firm is rolling out several changes in its payout structure as it moves away from a deferred compensation contribution model.

It is often said that when men plan, the gods laugh. Nowhere is this perhaps more true than when it comes to planning for retirement. While we all acknowledge the risk that finances can play on our retirement plans, the reality is that threats to our retirement plans can come from all areas of our lives.

In a new strategic direction, Washington Wealth Management, a two-year old firm that has been growing on a tear by luring advisors from wirehouses, has joined LPL, bringing $750 million in assets under management to the country's largest independent broker-dealer.

Vanguard's Gus Sauter is finishing up a quarter century with the giant investment company. In those years, he has been a big part of market structure changes. In the first part of a multiple part Q&A, Sauter explains how he views those changes.

On top of a $180 annual fee, the CFP Board's 67,000 members are also each paying a $145 surcharge for the promotional campaign, which includes advertising on NPR and in major consumer publications.

Mary Martuscelli, a 33-year J.P. Morgan Chase veteran, will be responsible for growing and managing all aspects of the wealth management business in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado.

Pyxis Capital has hired Keith Watts as Head of National Sales.

Hatteras Funds has launched the Hatteras Managed Futures Strategies Fund (HMFIX, HMFAX), which bets on an existing $56 million strategy of the Hatteras Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund (ALPHX, APHAX, APHCX, ALPIX), a multi-strategy, multi-manager alternative mutual fund.

The Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Index Fund is replacing its index and changing its name in the next few months, according to a filing.

A decade ago, the fund industry got mired in a market-timing scandal, involving the placement of orders after the market closed.

Financial advisors and investors should brace themselves for increased market volatility brewing for after the November election as the U.S. heads for tax increases and budget cuts at the end of the year, according to new research from Cetera Financial Group.

Wirehouses are set to lose 7% market share in the next three years, according to a report released Monday by Cerulli Associates. "These survey findings indicate a shifting advisor base between channels, with a lot of activity moving away from the wirehouse firms," Bing Waldert, director at Cerulli, said in a press release.

Big changes to the continuing education requirements for planners are expected next month following a meeting of the leadership of the CFP Board.

The weeks following the November Presidential election that will run up to an impending fiscal cliff, where tax hikes and budget cuts come due, can be summed up with one word: volatility, according to new research from Cetera Financial Group. But both a Democrat or Republican presidential victor will likely have a sway on the markets. Here's a look at how Cetera sees certain sectors faring after the November election.

Clients with family members with a special need, be it developmental, physical, cognitive or a mental illness, make up a significant number of clients, but the majority of advisors are not serving them, said Mary Anne Ehlert, a financial advisor and founder of special needs advocacy firm, Protected Tomorrows.

Vanguard Group Inc., the biggest U.S. mutual-fund firm, attracted more money from investors in the first nine months of 2012 than it has in any full calendar year in its 38-year history.