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CEOs, when questioned in recent earnings calls, offered first impressions of the impacts the proposal may have on the industry.

With college costs soaring, clients may want to help pay for a family member's education. Watch for these trouble spots.

Recruits from Edward Jones, Morgan Stanley and Barclays leave for the wirehouse.

The association of state securities regulators has proposed a rule that would compel advisors to maintain formal business-continuity and succession plans.

Advisors who are helping clients prepare themselves financially for retirement are only doing part of the job needed.

The wirehouse picked up the Blaustein Clancy Financial Group in New York.

Both wealth managers, who left UBS, also had a combined $289 million in client assets before making the move, RBC said.

Target date funds charge higher fees and don't perform well during a financial crisis; Plus, three great freebies for retirees.

American workers and retirees are expressing higher confidence about their ability to afford retirement this year, even though there is little sign they are taking the necessary steps to achieve that goal, according to a new survey.

One of the advisors managed about $200 million in client assets while working for the wirehouse. The other joins a $500 million team at Janney, the firm said.