Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators approved new crowdfunding rules on Friday, allowing start-up companies to raise money from mom-and-pop investors over the internet...

Advisors who have been studying up to take the CFP exam may want to sign up for the November testing window, before changes to the content covered by the test are rolled out in 2016...

Boo! | Jen Bray Photography/iStock/Thinkstock Spooky, spooky advisors. According to a new online survey conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of independent financial advisory firm McAdam, nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of Americans say t...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation aimed at delaying the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rulemaking on Tuesday night...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said 13 major U.S. life insurers had admitted to using incentives such as expensive vacations and gifts, which could encourage agents "to put their own interests ahead of their clients."...

Know your clients. | Copyright Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images You might think federal employees have similar needs to your so-called civilian clients. And perhaps you’re already providing these clients with the same portfolio construction ...

The future is now. | Olivier Le Moal/iStock/Thinkstock Increasing competitive pressures and significant changes are in the works for the wealth management industry, according to a new survey by Forbes, Ernst & Young and SEI Investment Comp...

The Department of Labor made it easier on Thursday to utilize socially responsible investment strategies in retirement plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...