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Fidelity Investments said 55 new “breakaway brokers″ have selected the company as the custodian for newly established independent registered investment advisory (RIA) firms.

Sallie Krawcheck is expected to leave her post as the head of Citigroup Inc’s wealth-management unit, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

If clients have a safety net of one to five years of retirement income, they wouldn’t be worried in this environment, according to CNBC’s resident retirement expert.

It was an interesting week, to say the least—all the more so since I spent it surrounded by financial advisers.

It was an interesting week, to say the least—all the more so since I spent it surrounded by financial advisers.

In an effort to boost investor confidence in the face of a market crisis, federal securities regulators took the dramatic step Friday of temporarily haulting short-selling in nearly...

USI Consulting Group announced its new defined contribution consulting practice based out of its New York City office.

SunGard is extending and refining the voice authentication capability in its Omni 401(k) platform to help cut the risk of unauthorized access to personal information.

Faced with extraordinary market volatility, the Board of Trustees closed the institutional Putnam Prime Money Market Fund, effective Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Ascensus partnered with LPL Financial and 401(k) Advisors to deliver Fiduciary Advisor 401(k), according to a release.

Dow Jones&Company announced that Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) will replace American International Group Inc. (AIG) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective September 22.

A new white paper helps advisers ensure their clients' retirement plans are safe from the declining housing market.

Do you have a client looking for a green fund that is also gay/lesbian friendly? IW Financial has a screening tool for you.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management takes the gold for the best asset management Web site, according to a new study.

A federal regulator on Wednesday urged U.S. Senate lawmakers not to interfere with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) regulatory scheme for retirement plan fees through additional legislation.

Many single women are ill-prepared and unlikely to achieve a financially secure retirement if they don’t take action now, according to the Ninth Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey.

UNIFI Companies is consolidating the operations of its two affiliated mutual funds: Summit Mutual Funds and Calvert Group, Ltd.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday announced it had decided to relax previously announced restrictions on how the agency would issue opinion and advisory letters for pre-approved...

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management has unveiled four new equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to provide access to companies involved in the agriculture, coal, gold and precious metals, and...

A New Jersey-based 403(b) benefits administrator specializing in the K-12 market has acquired an Ohio 403(b) consultant.