Five recent cases highlight how fiduciary conduct can depart from the appropriate standard of care. Three involve professional fiduciaries, while two show the sad, but familiar, problems that can erupt when siblings act as fiduciaries for one...

The SIA reports that production experienced a second straight double-digit drop, and reps' earnings were down 8 percent as well.

In the three years since the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, banks have clawed their way into a position of consequence in the brokerage game, and Glenn Riley has watched from a front-row seat. Riley jumped from Morgan Stanley to Bank One...

In an effort to transform bank branches into one-stop financial shops, Wachovia sweetens offers to reps willing to work in branches.

James Gorman of Merrill Lynch and other brokerage execs are trying to reinvent the retail broker.

In a bid to carve out a bigger niche in the affluent market, PaineWebber follows Merrill, Prudential and Morgan Stanley in offering mortgages.

If you're mesmerized by the blockbuster growth in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market and want to jump into the conduit bandwagon - the fastest growing market segment - you may want to rethink your decision. Competition among conduit...