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NEWS IRA ALERT JUN 09, 2017
4 ways to reduce RMD taxes

These strategies can help stave off the increase in taxes that required minimum distributions usually cause.

By Ed Slott
NEWS RIAS JUN 09, 2017
Houston-area RIA pleads guilty to $1.9 million mail fraud

Lawrence Allen DeShelter faces 20 years in prison.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS JUN 09, 2017
RIAs tout their fiduciary status to clients as DOL rule implementation begins

Some wait for Trump to conclude review before telling clients about rule.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2017
As DOL fiduciary rule takes effect, B-Ds focus on compliance

Firms have trimmed their lineups of investment products, leveled broker compensation and standardized compensation across product lines

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 09, 2017
DOL fiduciary: The battle is just beginning

<i>InvestmentNews</i> senior reporter Mark Schoeff Jr. gets the skinny on the next phase of the fiduciary rule's rollout.

By Ellie Zhu
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2017
Stepping out of the defined contribution 'echo chamber'

Relying on mainstream concepts is becoming dangerous for retirement plan advisers when working with clients.

By Fred Barstein
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2017
The disclosure 401(k) advisers may be missing under the DOL fiduciary rule come June 9

The regulation will trigger a fiduciary acknowledgement from advisers. But, strangely, it's not a disclosure mandated by the rule itself.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2017
Adviser's Consultant: Incorporating clients' risk scores into all planning decisions

Don't just think about risk tolerance when it comes to investments.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 08, 2017
House passes bill that would kill DOL fiduciary rule

Financial CHOICE Act faces long odds in Senate. Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans introduce stand-alone legislation to scuttle the regulation.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RIAS JUN 08, 2017
In the future, advisers will be at customers' beck and call

Investment management and financial planning will take a back seat to just making clients' lives easier.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2017
How the future of your retirement savings hinges on the fate of the fiduciary rule

While Washington wrestles with the fate of the fiduciary rule, the financial advice landscape remains supremely dangerous.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2017
Where retirement advisers should focus their preparations for the DOL fiduciary rule

The fact that the impartial conduct standards are the sole requirement of BICE during the transition period speaks volumes to their importance to retirement advisers.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 08, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule: What's wrong with the financial advice industry?

The concept of the rule has divided our industry in ways no one could have predicted.

By Mark Mersman
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2017
Labor Secretary Acosta: Concerns with DOL fiduciary rule 'not heard' during original rulemaking

A request for information sent yesterday to the Office of Management and Budget is the first step in reviewing the rule, Mr. Acosta said. <b>Plus, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20170607/FREE/170609954/investment-adviser-association-members-take-complaints-about-dol&quot; style=&quot;color:#b10816&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Investment Adviser Association members take complaints about DOL rule to Capitol Hill</a>.</b>

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS FINTECH JUN 07, 2017
Cetera adding facial recognition software to help gauge clients' emotions

The tool is part of a series of upgrades that the Los Angeles-based firm is making to its technology platform for advisers.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2017
Bill Gross: US markets at highest risk levels since before financial crisis

Central bank policies are artificially driving up asset prices while creating little growth, according to the manager of the Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2017
Infrastructure funds building gains

But probably not from government's infrastructure plans.

By John Waggoner
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2017
Lebenthal CEO and brother step down

By Bloomberg
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 07, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule: Edward Jones changing stance on mutual fund commissions in IRAs

The brokerage cites &quot;additional flexibility&quot; granted by the DOL in recent guidance as a determining factor.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 07, 2017
Investment Adviser Association members take complaints about DOL fiduciary rule to Capitol Hill

The organization supports the underlying goals of the DOL rule, but thinks it should be &quot;more appropriately tailored&quot; to investment advisers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.