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When underprivileged girls are introduced to financial literacy and basic investing principles, the outcome includes some respectable investment returns, but the real value is found in the foundation of a savvier saver, spender and investor.

Recently, I met with the partners and associates of Aull & Monroe Investment Management Corp., a boutique advisory firm in Mobile, Ala., about marketing to their next generation of clients. Baby boomers Jim Aull and Earl Monroe founded the firm in 1990 with six clients and about $5 million in ...

More private-equity investors are delving into emerging markets, but significant hurdles remain in the effort to find sustained outperformance, according to consultants and pension fund executives.

The following is an edited transcript of an April 17 webcast, “Attracting Women Clients: Adviser Success Stories.” InvestmentNews deputy editor Evan Cooper and contributing editor Mary Beth Franklin moderated. The accompanying poll questions are from the results of InvestmentNews' Women and ...

While most people want to live to a ripe old age, many are unsure about the financial demands of living to too ripe an age.

Retirement planning can be boiled down to seven key questions advisers should ask their clients.

LPL Financial LLC continues to be the behemoth of recruiting in the independent broker-dealer industry.

Many financial advisers aren't surprised that investors pulled $10 billion from money market funds in a recent week as they sought out higher-yielding options to park cash. “More people today are looking at many other options than money markets, compared to even a few years ago,” said Tom Hoffman,

Let the annual hand-wringing over the future of Social Security benefits begin. Like other rites of the season — the first mowing of the lawn and college beach breaks in Mexico — for a few days each spring, headlines are dominated by pronouncements that the nation's retirement system is creeping ...

The profound demographic trend that is boosting demand for investment advice — the millions of baby boomers retiring or planning their retirement — also is threatening the financial advisory sector with a talent shortage.

Anticipating a cloudy future for Social Security, many financial advisers are taking steps to de-emphasize the program's place in clients' retirement income plans.