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FINTECH AUG 12, 2012
Creating interest with Pinterest

By MFXFeeder
Simmers resurfaces
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 12, 2012
Simmers resurfaces

John Simmers is jumping back into the IBD business and leading a group that plans to acquire Calton & Associates.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH AUG 12, 2012
iRebal-Veo integration is enviable

By Janowski Davis
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2012
Court case is key for same-sex couples

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2012
Symetra snags Hartford, Sun Life VA vets

Variable annuities up-and-comer hires wholesaler team

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2012
BofA wields ax at U.S. Trust: Sources

Say some executives at U.S Trust have been let go; claim partial travel ban was also instituted

By John Goff
Attorney who fought Finra — and won — wins seat on board
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 09, 2012
Attorney who fought Finra — and won — wins seat on board

Carreno victorious in small-firm election; fended off enforcement action last year

By DJAMIESON
LGBT adults better prepared for retirement, survey finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2012
LGBT adults better prepared for retirement, survey finds

Higher savings rate, lower levels of debt cited.

By Liz Skinner
OPINION AUG 08, 2012
The Interactive Adviser: Expanding your firm online

More and more advisers are posting, tagging and tweeting their way to business growth

By John Anderson
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients short on understanding of longevity risk
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients short on understanding of longevity risk

Average life expectancy merely an average, not a timetable

By Mary Beth Franklin
Older clients' young children a Social Security windfall
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2012
Older clients' young children a Social Security windfall

Parents can trigger benefits for kids, delay collecting their own

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 06, 2012
Bachus reopens SRO debate, snipes at advisers

Two weeks ago, Rep. Spencer Bachus said his SRO bill was on indefinite hold. But after his strident Op-Ed piece in Monday's WSJ, the issue is again front and center.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan

Understimate healthcare costs for clients and watch things unravel

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION AUG 05, 2012
Don't buy it

Reimplementing Glass-Steagall won't change Wall Street's single-minded pursuit of the almighty dollar.

By John Goff
OPINION AUG 05, 2012
Worst Olympic financial flops? InvestmentNews names names

By John Goff
WIREHOUSES AUG 05, 2012
Huh? Sandy Weill says break up big banks

Man who helped get Glass-Steagall overturned now says banks should just be banks

By John Goff
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 03, 2012
Veteran regulator Robert Plaze to retire from SEC

A veteran regulator who has been instrumental on issues involving the investment advisory sector is leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 03, 2012
Rift, rather the chasm, separates parties on investment-income taxes

Although a chasm separates Democrats and Republicans over most of the Bush tax cuts, the difference between them on taxation of investment income is more of a rift. Democrats are seeking a 20% rate on dividends and capital gains, while the GOP wants to set it at 15%.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Surprise suitor emerging in sale of Woodbury
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 01, 2012
Surprise suitor emerging in sale of Woodbury

Sources say AIG's Advisor Group is one of four potential buyers for Woodbury, The Hartford indie B-D with roughly 1,600 reps

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 31, 2012
New age for old age, survey finds

Goal line keeps getting moved back; 'how much you can do'

By Emily Yang