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Knut Rostad and Brian Hamburger discuss the recent regulatory shifts and the impact of expanding the fiduciary standard. 

Managed investment solutions are on the rise. | urfinguss/iStock/Thinkstock Assets in managed accounts, such as rep-as-portfolio manager programs, unified managed accounts and mutual fund advisory programs, passed $4 trillion at the end of...

Those who live in D.C. pay more than anyone else. | Copyright Justin Sulilvan, Getty Images Where do people pay the highest federal taxes? Washington D.C., according to MoneyRates.com. The site calculated that residents of the District pai...

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association on Monday blasted research produced by the White House in its recent efforts to push forward a fiduciary standard for advisors, calling its approach flawed...

Because kids. | bobaa22/iStock/Thinkstock Boomerang kids ruin retirement for their parents, according to a new survey by market research firm Hearts & Wallets. The survey found that boomers 65 years old and older who have financially indep...

Ben never goes out of style. | Tsokur/iStock/Thinkstock Schwab’s Intelligent Portfolios’ use of a cash allocation for even the most risk-tolerant investor has caused a dust-up among financial bloggers that goes beyond the robo-advisor debate...

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It’s estimated that the U.S. retirement savings deficit is between $6.8 trillion and $14 trillion. But that shortfall will impact women more than men, Sallie Krawcheck said at the 2015 Women's Empowerment Principles Annual Event on...

Are you still waiting for the world to change? | Sergey_P/iStock/Thinkstock March is historically a poor month for gold, which is bad sign for the commodity, since it's already down 1.6 percent year-to-date, writes Barry Ritholtz on Bloomber...

(Reuters) - The top U.S. consumer watchdog said on Tuesday that arbitration clauses used by companies to dodge lawsuits take away consumers' rights to sue in courts and do not provide much relief to them...