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The majority of dollars that wealthy investors formerly allocated to workplace-based retirement accounts like 401(k)s and 403(b)s are now being poured into individual retirement accounts, according to Cogent Research LLC.

Study finds gradual shift from retirement savings to Social Security.

The banking industry is scrambling to devise a new strategy to weaken the regulatory reform bill after Republicans failed to cut a bipartisan deal before the legislation advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

Although some of the “most profound” proposals in regulatory reform made during the wake of the economic collapse are now not likely to happen, FINRA's Ketchum said the financial services industry has a responsibility to act aggressively at detecting fraud before it cleans up the mess at the end.

Retirement and uninsured medical expenses are the most pressing financial concerns for Americans, according to a survey conducted for the American Institute of CPAs by Harris Interactive.

Investor confidence among millionaire rose to its highest level in more than two years as optimism about the economy increased.

Most of the trades involved a single penny-stock company.

Sen. Kohl applauds DOL, SEC providing more information to employers and investors alike.

Seven of 10 workers expect they’ll need a job in retirement; only 23% of retirees currently have jobs.

Bernie Madoff's legacy is still influencing the regulatory community.

As many single family offices remain concerned about their long-term sustainability, money is pouring into multi-family offices, according to the Family Wealth Alliance.

The Newsweek correspondent said “Obama is trying to rally populist sentiment against Wall Street."

Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts says the proposed reforms would treat mutual funds like banking products.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Inspector General found that at least 33 SEC employees and contractors used government computers to view pornographic images in the past five years.

It appears the best way to broker a compromise on a hot-button issue in the regulatory reform bill is to study it. That, at least, is the approach taken in Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd's 1,300-plus-page bill, which includes more than two dozen studies on topics from industrial loan companies to contingent capital to the implementation of the Volcker Rule.

According to Sullivan, everyone has multipliers, each of which are related to five main topics: Time, people, money, technology and purpose in life.

The regulator fined units of the two banking companies $1.5 million and $275,000 respectively for auction rate securities violations.

Despite recent tough talk about problems with the regulatory reform bill, Republicans are unlikely to win significant concessions as the legislation moves to the Senate floor.

More wealthy people turn to financial planning to ease their minds.