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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 21, 2017
3 big ideas from the brightest minds in behavioral economics

Most people need help confronting what they don't want to, and ongoing guidance to make the right choices.

By Joe Duran
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 21, 2017
Collective investment trusts getting more attention from 401(k) advisers

The funds are catching on due largely to lower costs and more product availability, but come with some inherent drawbacks.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 21, 2017
HBW Partners will wind down 55-person B-D and join Cetera

Advisers affiliated with Simi, Calif.-based indie manage $820 million in assets.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS JUN 21, 2017
The First Steps:

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 20, 2017
CFPs, including brokers, may have to adhere to a stricter fiduciary duty

CFP Board revises its standards and aims to beef up fiduciary requirements of certificants.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 20, 2017
CFP Board's proposal to expand fiduciary duty draws praise, carries risks

Some question whether brokers will drop the CFP mark or if the CFP Board will strictly enforce its new standard.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2017
Putnam, Fidelity win respective 401(k) lawsuits

The legal victories come as asset managers are under fire for their dealings with retirement plans.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2017
Don't mess with Social Security disability rules

Attempts to suspend benefits can have disastrous results.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 20, 2017
Thinking about M&A? Keep these three issues in mind

Three key roadblocks can slow or stop M&A: valuation, negotiation and emotion.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 20, 2017
The case for a single fiduciary standard based on the Investment Advisers Act of 1940

A single standard would both protect investors and simplify regulation.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2017
Grad students could fund IRAs with stipends under Senate bill

The bipartisan legislation aims to encourage saving by fixing a wrinkle in existing law.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 17, 2017
ARCP's accounting takes center stage at Brian Block's fraud trial

Former exec says he repeatedly warned of accounting mistakes in REIT financials

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS FINTECH JUN 17, 2017
Assessing the future of the financial advice industry

Financial advice will learn a lot from a world based on efficiency.

By crain-api
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 16, 2017
Hester Peirce likely to be nominated by Trump to SEC

She had originally been been selected by President Obama, but her nomination was stalled in the Senate.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 16, 2017
New Nevada law imposes fiduciary duty on brokers

The measure, effective July 1, requires advisers to disclose any "profit or commission" they receive and make a "diligent inquiry" about a client's financial condition and goals.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 16, 2017
Chicago-based DiMeo Schneider buys Orion Investment Advisors

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 16, 2017
New York Life's MainStay lays off defined-contribution wholesalers amid challenging market

Active managers are struggling in the face of the index-fund craze, fee compression and TDF dominance.

By Greg Iacurci
Whole Foods-Amazon deal — which funds have the biggest stakes in the merger
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 16, 2017
Whole Foods-Amazon deal — which funds have the biggest stakes in the merger

Some of the funds with the biggest shares in Whole Foods as a percentage of assets aren't household names.

By John Waggoner
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 15, 2017
Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: DOL fiduciary rule has 'important purpose'

Mr. Lew, who served under the Obama administration from 2013 through the start of 2017, acknowledged the rule has "unintended consequences."

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS JUN 15, 2017
Ameriprise loses $275 million team to LPL hybrid unit

Five veteran advisers form Socratic Wealth Advisors in Raleigh, N.C.

By InvestmentNews