Happy eighth birthday to the bull market, lack of industry stands holds back ESG investing and Morgan Stanley teams with Ascensus on ClearFit.

The bill includes a provision repealing the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, which is currently set to go into effect June 9.

The Chartered Financial Analyst accreditation is seen as the gold standard for everyone wealth advisors to Wall Street analysts.

President Donald Trump has still yet to nominate two more commissioners to fill-out the five-member SEC panel.

Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb said Morgan Stanley had decided to stop selling its mutual funds because it wants "to be compensated for being on their platform in one way or another, and that's something we just won't do."

Over the decades, active mutual funds have gotten fat on big fees, investor ignorance and a rising market that let people overlook the costs. That era is over.

That may change if another London Whale or Wells Fargo fake account scandal emerges.

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Clients are using tax refunds to pay down debt, not invest; Ameriprise gains team from Wells Fargo and MainSource Banks acquires Indiana investment firm.

“I hear from a number of advisors that they would make the move to independence if there was a way to get some liquidity around the move, because they view it as a way to potentially de-risk the move,” said Dynasty President and CEO Shirl Penney.