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How a weekend client raid blew up and a brokerage battle went public
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2015
How a weekend client raid blew up and a brokerage battle went public

Arbitration case alleges that Oppenheimer & Co. stepped beyond the bounds of propriety in mounting a client raid on Peter Schiff's Euro Pacific over a three-day weekend this summer.

By Bloomberg
Finra cracks down on 'cockroach' brokers
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2015
Finra cracks down on 'cockroach' brokers

Finra bars 10 at New York broker-dealer Global Arena Capital Corp. after investigating brokers who migrated from an expelled firm.

By Mason Braswell
Cantor Wealth loses third exec this year
NEWS RIAS SEP 17, 2015
Cantor Wealth loses third exec this year

Just as the two-year-old wealth management venture of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has been looking to regroup after a slow recruiting year and the departure of two top executives, a third senior executive has left.

By Mason Braswell
Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine opens its first alternatives fund
NEWS ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2015
Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine opens its first alternatives fund

In a year when its peers lost 15% investing in commodities, DoubleLine wades in with a long-short strategy.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS FINTECH SEP 16, 2015
Winklevoss twins call on advisers to get on bitcoin bandwagon but they're not budging

Lack of understanding, performance history and steep headline risk are all reasons keeping investors on the sidelines.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Advisers must go beyond the three Fs to compete for retirement-plan business

In addition to fees, funds and fiduciary, specialist defined-contribution advisers are raising the stakes with conversations around plan health and design.

By Greg Iacurci
Unique 401(k) modeling app ups BlackRock's value-add for advisers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Unique 401(k) modeling app ups BlackRock's value-add for advisers

BlackRock's software, unique among DC vendors, riffs off the broader themes of retirement income and capturing advisers' attention with business-improvement solutions.

By Greg Iacurci
Janet Yellen faces off with the 'Greenspan trap'
NEWS FIXED INCOME SEP 16, 2015
Janet Yellen faces off with the 'Greenspan trap'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> To hike interest rates or not to hike, and how to avoid the 'Greenspan trap.'

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Senior savers play waiting game to reap benefits from Fed rate increases

CDs, saving-account interest rates will rise only slowly; liftoff could muffle political criticism that Fed hurts savers.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Who's winning the economic recovery? The richest Americans

Their incomes have fully recovered &amp;ndash; and then some.

By Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates
NEWS EQUITIES SEP 16, 2015
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Deutsche Bank lays out seven reasons why the Fed won't raise rates next week.

By Jeff Benjamin
Federal Reserve interest rate hike unlikely to roil financial markets
NEWS FIXED INCOME SEP 16, 2015
Federal Reserve interest rate hike unlikely to roil financial markets

Janet Yellen has the fixed-income market just where she wants it: ripe for the first increase in U.S. interest rates since 2006.

By Bloomberg
How to build a 401(k) business from scratch
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
How to build a 401(k) business from scratch

Advisers and industry gurus provide their thoughts on how to get started.

By Greg Iacurci
Worst-case scenario for Medicare premium hike in 2016
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Worst-case scenario for Medicare premium hike in 2016

Medicare premiums have been rising twice as fast as Social Security COLAs.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades
NEWS EQUITIES SEP 15, 2015
Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades

Bold bets, market fears have investors heading for the exits despite longer-term outperformance.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Even affluent parents can tap into financial aid to lower the cost of their children's college
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 15, 2015
Even affluent parents can tap into financial aid to lower the cost of their children's college

Here are ways to reduce the financial burden of higher education.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS FINTECH SEP 15, 2015
Newest robo-adviser targets female investors

The just-launched automated investment platform was created for women skeptical of the financial services industry.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2015
Be sure to address these legal issues before sending your kids off to college

Power of attorney is among the documents that can help reduce stress when a student is away.

By Liz Skinner
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here
NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 15, 2015
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here

Thomas Buck was fired from Bank of America Merrill Lynch in March. Now Finra has barred the former top broker, who had joined RBC Wealth Management.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Financial advisers to investors: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

As life expectancies get longer, seniors and soon-to-be seniors are slow to accept the need to plan for so many years going forward.

By Liz Skinner