Practice management

The social media landscape is still a jungle for many financial institutions, but a few have cut a clear path for themselves.

Americans are feeling badly about their financial security -- and are giving President Obama reason to worry about his job security, given his work on reviving the economy, according to a new Harris Poll.

One of the chief goals of the Dodd-Frank Act was to end the notion of "too big to fail," but months after the law's enactment, a debate persists over whether that goal will be met.

Retirees who started saving in their 30s have an average net worth of $1.1 million, while people who started saving in their 40s are worth an average $868,000, a Consumer Reports survey finds.

Deciding which financial firms beyond banks are systemically important is one of the biggest decisions still to be made by regulators under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Opposing advocacy groups complain that new whistleblower rules could allow too much internal corporate interference or provide whistleblowers with too much financial incentive.

Smaller financial advisors can build relationships and improve communication with this market segment by engaging them online and through their mobile devices with practical content that helps them make better financial decisions.

The Delaware company, currently in an acquisition deal with M&T Bank, added three senior wealth advisors from Boston Private.

The New York attorney general's lawsuit claims that the accounting firm explicity approved the transactions, which were designed to temporarily reduce the leverage on Lehman's balance sheet.

If the FDIC has its way, federal regulators would not wait for Congress to create national servicing standards, but instead write such rules as part of risk retention guidelines.

What Jon Wax learned about buying an advisory business from a retiring financial planner (his mother).

The Bank of America unit caps off a year of aggressive wealth management team expansion with the appointment of five new advisors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission Monday proposed a lengthy new rule to establish a permanent registration system for municipal advisory firms as well as individual advisers that would replace a temporary system for firms the SEC put in place in September.

Dreyfus and Merlin Securities equip wholesalers and hedge fund customers with iPads.

The Financial Services Authority has fined a former executive from Toronto Dominion Bank $1.2 million for intentionally mispricing trading positions in credit derivatives to cover his losses and banned him from working in the financial services industry.

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Goldman Sachs plans to aggressively expand its wealth business by hiring up to 200 additional advisors.

The provisions of Dodd-Frank put the SEC in a better position to handle its workload, the groups say.

Research firm is responding to increased interest in fixed income investments.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner supported calls for a national servicing standard on Thursday, adding his voice to other regulators who have promoted the idea.