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Financial planning, when it’s done right, requires a lot of different skill sets. So what exactly are firms looking for when it’s time to bring someone new aboard? Here's what the people who actually make the personnel decisions had to say.

The Securities and Exchange Commission just took action against a trader in Latvia that hacked online brokerage accounts in the United States, costing customers $2 million.

National Planning Corporation has expanded its new business development team by hiring two new full-time recruiters, doubling the size of the recruiting team at the independent broker-dealer.

Participants in defined contribution retirement plans want direction—and even prompts—from their employers when it comes to saving for retirement. That’s one of the findings from a survey by State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corp.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 22.33 points to close at 12,734,63 Thursday following a pair of somewhat discouraging economic reports on jobs and new homes.

Duncan Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext, said at the Davos economic summit that he 'misjudged the process' that would be needed to get his company's merger with Deutsche Boerse approved.

Financial planning, when it’s done right, requires a lot of different skill sets. So what exactly are firms looking for when it’s time to bring someone new aboard? Rather than rely on some think tank or consulting firm, Financial Planning queried principals at more than 50 advisory firms to find out from the people who actually make the personnel decisions what qualities they value the most. Turns out, many of these attributes aren’t found on candidates’ resumes. Here’s an interactive slide show featuring the Top 10 traits advisory firms want to see from a prospective new hire.

The chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext said at the Davos economic summit that he 'misjudged the process' that would be needed to get his company's merger with Deutsche Boerse approved.

The head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations called for an end to private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service which have “essentially opened the floodgates” for mutual funds to speculate in commodities from offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands.

This week, IRA expert Ed Slott tackles questions about rolling inherited annuities into separate IRAs and the rules and requirements regarding SEP IRAs.

The head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations called Thursday for an end to private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service which have “essentially opened the floodgates” for mutual funds to speculate in commodities, from off-share tax havens.

Advisors don’t only have to bemoan the U.S. Postal Service’s decline — there are ways to profit from it. It’s worth at least considering an investment in ETFs that have exposure to companies like FedEx and UPS, according to an analysis by S&P Capital IQ.

BNY Mellon has opened its first wealth management office in the Cayman Islands as part of an effort to expand the firm’s global capabilities to serve international clients, the wealth manager announced Wednesday.

The Global Investment Committee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney said in its January 2012 market commentary that it expects not just Europe, but the United States, to slip into recession.

The Global Investment Committee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney said in its January 2012 market commentary that it expects not just Europe, but the United States, to slip into recession.

State Street Global Advisors is not only going to sell its own funds and partner with other asset managers that do not have the regulatory wherewithal to go it alone.

BNY Mellon has opened its first wealth management office in the Cayman Islands as part of an effort to expand the firm’s global capabilities to serve international clients.

New M&A data from Schwab seems to suggest that the RIA space is not consolidating as fast as some have predicted it would – though the final analysis depends on how you define consolidation.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged up 83.10 points to 12,758.85 Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced it will not raise interest rates until at least late 2014 and added that it expects to maintain a “highly accommodative” stance to support the recovery.

A study by Ameriprise Financial and Harris Interactive found that men outpace women in planning for the financial aspects of retirement at a ratio of 77% to 72%. However, women are more likely to say they have thought about what they would like to do during retirement.