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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Life insurers turn focus to uncapped indexed annuities

Advisers and investors need to be fully aware of contract terms to explain nuances, answer client questions.

By Darla Mercado
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee wants to remove Holbrooks from board

Schedules a shareholder vote, discloses ongoing investigations of former father-son executive team.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee's ousted CEO Holbrook said to face investigation

Probe reportedly looking into misuse of company assets such as airplanes, boats, condos.

By Gregory Crawford
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
Ex-Wells broker ordered to repay firm $1.2 million

A Finra arbitration panel denied the broker's claim that Wells Fargo made false promises during recruiting.

By Mason Braswell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Schorsch to buy Validus Strategic Capital Partners, a broker-dealer of nontraded REITs and BDCs

REIT czar Nicholas Schorsch is keeping up his acquisition pace, agreeing to buy rival wholesaler Validus Strategic Capital Partners, a B-D of nontraded REITs and BDCs. Bruce Kelly has the story.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2014
SEC hits American Pension Services and its founder with fraud charges

APS, a third-party administrator, allegedly caused investors to lose $22 million

By Darla Mercado
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
PNC sues former adviser, Morgan Stanley for "surreptitious conspiracy"

PNC Bank sued one of its former advisers and Morgan Stanley, claiming the employee recruited colleagues and may have used her cellphone to photograph client lists from her work computer before moving to the wirehouse.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Advisers worry about high-speed trading backlash from clients after Michael Lewis contention that markets are 'rigged'

“60 Minutes” segment, new book fuel concern that jittery investors will become even more skeptical.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUL 08, 2014
Morgan Stanley to pay fine over CFTC customer-fund claims

Morgan Stanley will pay $490,000 to settle U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission allegations that the company failed to adequately oversee customer funds.

By Matt Ackermann
Workflow platform could revolutionize the way advisers use technology
FINTECH JUL 08, 2014
Workflow platform could revolutionize the way advisers use technology

On this week's broadcast, learn about new technology offerings from two of the top institutional custodians, a bold new workflow platform launches with the potential to revolutionize the way you use technology, and a new app is introduced to fill your prospecting funnel with qualified leads.

By Bill Winterberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
An editor tests the reality of retirement: 24/7 togetherness

More than half of working retirees report taking a break from work when they first retired, as Mary Beth Franklin's husband plans to do.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
The high taxes on art purchases might surprise you

Here's how to lower that extra, hidden cost: The secret is a like-kind exchange, but using one to save in the art market is a little more complicated than using one in the real estate world.

By Diana Wierbicki
Doing the math on a retirement annuity
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
Doing the math on a retirement annuity

Spending $125,000 now could earn you $40,000 a year after you're 80.

By Ben Steverman
EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
Most investors missed the Dow's early fireworks

Today's <i>Breakfast with Braswell</i> covers investors missing out on the Dow's latest rally, another gender bias suit hitting Wall Street, and much more.

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
Undoing a hasty Social Security claiming decision

There are remedies, but your clients may not like them.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Early filers regret Social Security claiming decisions
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 04, 2014
Early filers regret Social Security claiming decisions

Survey shows many retirees wish they had waited to begin taking benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUL 03, 2014
Small firms hustle for Finra board slot

Potential candidates for open seats battle voter apathy ahead of next month's annual meeting.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 03, 2014
SEC files cease-and-desist order against adviser accused of stealing $1.1 million

A New Mexico adviser is accused of stealing $1.1 million in a secret conspiracy with a broker-dealer manager over commissions from bond trading between 2008 and 2011.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 03, 2014
Morgan Stanley case spotlights legal hurdles for indie recruits

A former Morgan Stanley adviser who joined LPL last month won back the right to serve his clients.

By Mason Braswell
FINTECH JUL 03, 2014
How far should you go to show off your personality online?

Best adviser videos, photos and posts exhibit the human side to stand apart from the competition.

By Liz Skinner