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Warren "Bud" Wilson, John Kwiatkowski and Valerie D’Addona have formed the Greenbrier Wealth Management Group for Raymond James and established a practice in Raymond James & Associates’ Westlake Village branch.

Generating more business and client referrals could be as simple as segmenting your client base.

A FINRA arbitration panel awarded $1.76 million to an investor group who participated in Madoff feeder fund Rye Select Broad Market Fund and other investments.

Worries about the future of Social Security and of Medicare, as well as the experience of the last market crash and the housing slump, have left an increasing number of Americans worried about whether they will have adequate resources to provide for their retirement years, and are making them more open to financial advice.

A federal judge has permanently barred Richard Goble, president of a defunct clearing firm and a one-time member of the board of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, from the securities industry and ordered him to pay a fine of $7,500.

A House Ways and Means Committee panel plans to hold a hearing next Thursday on a bill that would prohibit state and local governments from issuing tax-exempt bonds unless they meet certain pension disclosure requirements.

Banks and several large technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., argue that because the Fed's proposed 12-cent interchange fee cap does not properly take into account the costs of fraud and fraud prevention, banks will inevitably have less money to protect data security, making the entire system less safe.

If you had an extra 100 hours each year (two extra hours a week) how would you spend it?

When Lyle LaMothe said on March 3 that he would step down from his post as head Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s U.S. wealth management business, industry speculation immediately set into motion regarding his replacement. And then the wait began.

Regulatory reform was on the top of everyone’s minds at the Women Advisors Forum in New York City on Thursday.

The announcement from Ameriprise Financial that it planned to divest Securities America set off an inevitable scramble among recruiters and the company’s advisors. So what's next?

Ken Abady, Brad Benter and Steve DeMatteo will join UBS’ San Diego office.

The level of optimism of small business owners dipped slightly this quarter, according to a new survey.

Wells Fargo Securities has hired three new public finance investment bankers as the firm seeks to expand its program nationally.

Even the most useful banking apps won't get as much play as Angry Birds. But bankers can learn from popular games and use similar technology as part of their customer interactions.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke broke with tradition on Wednesday, offering a rare glimpse into how the central bank conducts monetary policy, a process usually kept secret.

John Thiel will start his new position May 1, according to a company memo sent by wealth management division President Sallie Krawcheck on Wednesday.

Henry Wagner comes to UBS from Stern, Agee & Leach.

Gen X investors are more disgruntled with their advisors than any other generation and they have reason to be: those with advisors saw growth in their portfolios in 2010, but much less than their self-directed peers.