Eldad Carin/iStock/Thinkstock A 2014 Vanguard report found that the average 401(k) account registered with Vanguard had $101,650, an 80 percent increase in savings since the market fallout of 2008. But does that number reflect reality? Ignor...

Following last week’s announcement easing requirements to its certification process, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards hired a former Holland & Knight partner in the newly formed role of general counsel. Leo Rydzewski, CFP Board...

United Capital Financial Advisers continues its stated growth strategy by buying Rayner & Haynor Investment Counselors, a three-person firm in northern California with $185 million assets under management and serving 83 families...

ETF companies have been rushing to introduce portfolios that weight holdings in unconventional ways. Popular choices give each stock equal weight in the fund, or they adjust the size of each holding based on some other variable, such as a stock&...

Nasdaq announced Monday that it will acquire Dorsey, Wright & Associates LLC, an independent registered investment advisory firm that creates so-called "smart-beta" indexes, for $225 million. The move will make Nasdaq one of the...

With the recent troubles surrounding RCS Capital (RCAP) and its sister company American Realty Capital Properties, many advisors at RCAP broker/dealers are questioning the stability of their parent company. Just this week, RCAP Chairman Nicholas...

The Best of 2014 TimArbaev/iStock/Thinkstock 2014 was the year of the robo-advisor and retirement security, according to Lauren Foster on the CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog. Foster said that looking forward to 2015, two broad th...