Applying a fiduciary standard means the broker must put his customer's interests ahead of his own.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who advocates for strong financial regulation, asked U.S. securities regulators on Thursday to investigate comments made by major insurance companies about a forthcoming federal rule on retirement...

Taxpayers weren’t entitled to refund of federal income taxes

The stretch IRA is under siege...

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The retirement account end run for high earners is on a long list of changes being pushed by government policy makers. Here is what advisors need to know.

Are robos really robo-allocators, rather than advice givers? | Deniseus/iStock/Thinkstock Tadas Viskanta asks a group of well-known, independent financial bloggers a simple question: If venture capital for robo advisors has reached a peak, whi...

Back in 2013, the Department of Labor issued guidelines for retirement plan fiduciaries around implementing customized target-date funds, as opposed to the off-the-shelf variety...

One likely force behind some of the rise in overall confidence: the housing market.