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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 19, 2014
Audit deficiencies could lead to higher regulatory costs for B-Ds

Broker-dealers will need to be more selective in finding an auditor who knows the industry.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2014
Signs you have a spoiled 23-year-old on your hands

Successful children of wealthy parents had support -- but within limits, a new book finds.

By Bloomberg
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 19, 2014
Greenback rallies ahead of the Fed minutes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The dollar rallies ahead of Fed news. Plus: Stocks historically love the Fed's Jackson Hole meeting; Argentina's latest gambit; insurance companies create new asset management opportunities; and regretting not buying Google at the IPO.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2014
Female clients' unique approach to investing

Female clients think about investing differently, with focuses ranging from retirement to impact investing, and it's up to advisers to meet them on common ground. <i><b>More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20140817/WOMEN&quot;>The Women and Investing special report</a></b></i>

By Liz Skinner
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 19, 2014
Larry Roth: Defining the next 10 years for independent broker-dealers

Larry Roth, CEO of Cetera Financial Group, warns against consolidation at the expense of client and adviser relationships.

By Larry Roth
NEWS RIAS AUG 19, 2014
Brokers' own accounts tip off firms to a move

Brokers who make large drawdowns from their investment accounts may be showing their hand before breaking away.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 19, 2014
OppenheimerFunds gambles on first CEO from investment ranks

Appointment of Arthur P. Steinmetz is in some ways an experiment &#8212; perhaps even a risky one.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 19, 2014
What is the FPA NexGen Gathering?

It's not filled with vendors, PowerPoint presentations and lots of old white men wearing blue shirts

By Sophia Bera
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2014
Why are retirees fleeing New York?

More than a fifth of people collecting state and local pensions apparently apparently have moved out -- a third of them to Florida.

By by Greg David, Crain's New York
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 18, 2014
Who's risk averse? Not Millennials

Concern that the future of the federal safety net for seniors is precarious and the ubiquity of 401(k)s are prompting those born from 1979 to 1996 to get an earlier start on saving than prior generations, And they're ending up in stocks.

By Bloomberg
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 18, 2014
Is Vanguard hiding behind low-cost structure to evade taxes?

A former lawyer for the firm has filed a lawsuit alleging the company avoided about $1 billion in taxes over 10 years

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS FINTECH AUG 18, 2014
Robo startup will work with advisers exclusively

UpsideAdvisor.com's platform is designed to attract mass affluent interested in low-cost investing, but who may also want access to advisers' investment advice.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 18, 2014
Indie reps happier at work than employee advisers: J.D. Power

Independent advisers continue to be happier at work than their colleagues who are employees of broker-dealers but the gap in job satisfaction among the two groups is narrowing. <i><a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20140630/FREE/630009999/PH&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">See how your firm ranks</a></i>

By Minda Smiley
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 17, 2014
1.5 million workers may not get Social Security benefits after all

Public employees, including some schoolteachers, are affected by offset regulations

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 17, 2014
The Fed finds another reason to hold down interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed and chief Janet Yellen get more ammo to hold down rates. Plus: AIG inches back into DC lobby; why some stocks never split; and where the smart money is going

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS AUG 15, 2014
BofA settlement comes back to bite homeowners

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: BofA settlement bites homeowners. Plus: Warren Buffett feels compliance pain; a mortgage shop tries financial advice; fewer stocks participating in the bull market run; and stocks that could benefit from the ALS ice-bucket challenge.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Barclays rains on the equity market parade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays warns on stocks. Plus: Gold finds some safe-haven love; how the Fed is off target; Argentina uses social media to attack creditors; Nasdaq's version of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu; and what people buy when money is no object.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Fed watchers are spinning over Janet Yellen's mixed messages

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> brings you up to speed on reactions to Janet Yellen's mixed messages on the U.S. job market, gold's surge, and Russian mutual funds' fall.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS FIXED INCOME AUG 15, 2014
High-yield sell-off sending out mixed messages to market

Does steep drop in assets signal an entry point or a correction?

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS AUG 15, 2014
REITs, RIA regulation, retirement planning and risk grab advisers' attention

<i>InvestmentNews</i>' four must-read stories of the week cover this ecclectic set of 'R' subjects.

By Andrew Leigh