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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 01, 2017
Two more NPH firms spurn LPL, affiliate with Woodbury Financial

A $2 billion OSJ at SII and a $347 million firm at NPC depart for Woodbury Financial, a unit of the Advisor Group.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2017
The coming financial caregiving crisis

How financial advisers can assist clients in unchartered waters.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS OPINION NOV 01, 2017
Why Wirehouse Advisors Shouldn't Fear Going Independent

By Becca Hajjar
NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 31, 2017
Did Morgan Stanley just kill the broker protocol agreement?

Firm's decision to walk away from agreement "overnight, increased the risk of other brokerage firms likely pulling out of the agreement, says compliance expert.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2017
Trump administration seeks to give boost to 401(k) annuities

A Treasury proposal seeks to amend rules for plan sponsors to help them assess the long-term viability of insurance companies.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 31, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $210 million team to Baird

C. Gene Jester and group expand firm's presence to Chapel Hill, N.C.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS OCT 30, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $150 million team in Utah

White Cap Wealth Management affiliates with Kestra.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 30, 2017
Ameriprise loses $100 million broker to Raymond James

David Katz joins employee channel in Boca Raton, Fla.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2017
Ted Benna, father of the 401(k), thinks tax reform that favors Roths is 'pretty stupid'

He believes reducing the pre-tax contribution limit on traditional 401(k) plans and encouraging 'Rothification' would lead the middle class to save less for retirement.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2017
Morgan Stanley dumps broker recruiting protocol

Brokers moving to a new firm would be forbidden for 12 months from contacting clients once they left.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 30, 2017
Stifel to acquire $4.8 billion Ziegler Wealth Management

Chicago-based Ziegler to keep institutional, investment banking businesses.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2017
Prepare clients for the terror of falling markets

Clients with several years of savings can ride out a decline and participate in the following recovery.

By Joe Duran
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Tax plan secrecy evokes frenzy of concern from lobbyists and lawmakers

President Trump has promised the middle class will be the biggest beneficiaries of the tax overhaul plan, to be released Nov. 1.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
UBS ordered to pay $3 million Finra fine for defamation

Long-running case centers on reasons firm gave for broker's discharge.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
Treasury encourages DOL to consider fiduciary-rule harm

Report reflects Trump administration's skepticism of investment-advice regulation for retirement accounts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2017
Finra bars former LPL broker over no-show at hearing

Subject was Jerry Lee Travers' payments to a non-registered person.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Taking the Medi-scare out of retiree health-care costs

Annual open enrollment season offers chance to defang drug expenses.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS OPINION OCT 27, 2017
Private placement life insurance: A primer

They may provide high-net-worth clients with tax-advantaged portfolio income, cash access, creditor protection under some state laws and a tax-free death benefit.

By Steven Zeiger and William Waxman
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Clients facing late-career job loss can tap 401(k)s early

The 'Age 55 rule' is a little-known strategy that provides income without the IRS penalty.

By Gina Bolvin and William Bernarduci
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2017
Watchdog group sues DOL to see records for fiduciary rule rewrite

Lawsuit also seeks documentation on a similar effort for an overtime rule.

By Hazel Bradford