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Financial advisers might have significant opportunity helping Americans figure out where their investments are and where they need to go, a Hartford poll suggests.

The Web site myStockOptions.com can serve as a resource for advisers seeking clients with stock compensation and referrals from other professionals.

Parents who use advisers would like more help with college-related decisions, according to a Fidelity survey.

MFS Investment Management has introduced Advanced (k), a program designed to help retirement platform wholesalers and retirement advisers expand their retirement plan practice.

PAi debuted EZ-Illustrator, a tool designed to help financial advisers determine whether their clients are a good match for a comparability profit-sharing plan.

Merrill Lynch will pay Florida $8.5 million to settle allegations over the sale of auction-rate securities (ARS).

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, City Securities Corporation, and Fifth Third Securities, Inc., are the latest firms to settle charges with FINRA over the sale of auction-rate securities...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has encouraged broker/dealer (B/D) bosses to rein in their reps.

Next week PLANSPONSOR and PLANADVISER will open nominations for our Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards.

The MetLife Broker-Dealer Group unveiled an automated advisory product to capture emerging investors, or those investors with as little as $10,000 to invest.

Add this to the list of studies about how to improve job performance: Increased sexual activity might lead to an improvement in problem-solving, confidence, and teamwork.

Affluent investors are dismal about their short-term financial situation, but many are turning to advisers for help.

WealthBook, provider of practice management software solutions for advisers, announced the availability of WealthBook release 2.0.

McGraw-Hill's Financial Communications announced the release of Advisor Marketing Solutions, an online program designed to help financial advisers attract prospects and build client relationships.

While most advisers offer employer benefits retirement planning services, only a quarter of clients use those services, according to research from Cerulli Associates.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced that clients can access unlimited Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance on cash held through its Bank Deposit Programs.

More than half of surveyed advisers (57%) indicated that the economic crisis has had a large impact on their business—but it also might be an opportunity.

Although growth was a little slower this past year, 84% of independent registered investment advisers (RIAs) expect to grow moderately or faster over the next five years, according...

John Hancock Funds said it designed a section of its Web site to help advisers assist clients who are facing job changes or losses.

When asked to rank their clients’ greatest concerns as of the second half of 2009, advisers overwhelmingly (70%) chose “greater chance they’ll outlive their money.”