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Wealth management is playing an ever bigger role at the firm, which aims to add a million new clients in the coming years.

The firm is building the top ranks of the investment bank even as it removes managing directors from its key wealth management business as part of a broad overhaul instigated by new co-head Iqbal Khan.

Salary increases can make long-term planning more complicated if investors boost their lifestyle instead of their savings, an expert warns.

While there are strategies to help reduce risk, clients should recognize the order of investment returns is crucially important, an expert writes.

Retirees may benefit from moving money to various locations that offer better savings rates and returns.

Investors who plan to retire early are advised to start saving as soon as possible and diversify their earnings with multiple sources of income.

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Along with other decisions, dating the amount of money they need to withdraw would help them in retirement planning and spending.

It is important for entrepreneurs to have an exit strategy and to take control of their debt.

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Developing a comprehensive plan can help "avoid the negative compound interest effect in a declining market."

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More clients are opting to work after they retire "to stay active and contribute professionally while also supplementing their income.”

The bank created a new unit that houses its Marcus online lending business and credit-card venture with Apple.

“By and large, many simply have not yet saved enough to retire comfortably.”

Higher-than-anticipated health-care costs are among the most unexpected expenditures clients face in retirement.

With astute maneuvering, advisors can add money to a clients’ college-fund kitty without jeopardizing financial aid.

Other firms have trod a similar expansion path — and stumbled. Will Laidlaw find its footing?

Clients should understand Medicare, Social Security and 401(k) changes that will impact on their retirement savings and income.

To secure retirement for both spouses, married clients need to determine their savings rate in their 401(k)s and take advantage of the employer's match.