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Banks get a boost from annuities, with Wells Fargo leading the way.

Schapiro: SEC will act on 12(b)-1 fees this year.

As investors look for guidance in these troubled markets, one question looms above all others: Whom can you trust?

As more investors turn to index funds, brokers and other fund salespeople continue to invent arguments favoring non-index funds, the kind they want you to buy.

Who gives you financial advice? Why does it matter how he or she is paid? Because it’s probably the most important thing determining the quality of advice you receive.

These indie broker-dealers have the most reps who produce $500K or more per year.

$250M team jumps to Ameriprise; ‘we’d become bankers as well as advisers’.

Increases account minimum to $250,000 in bid to bring in wealthier clients.

Wells Fargo B-D aims to reward reps who bring in new business; no longer ‘recruit or die’.

Even so, 72% of industry assets remain in commission-based accounts.