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NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2014
Nontraded REIT Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust to merge with Kite Realty Group Trust

Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust has agreed to merge with a publicly traded REIT in a $2.1 billion all-stock deal. The transaction represents average annualized return of 8% for investors. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 23, 2014
Erica McGinnis' big plans for Advisor Group are taking shape

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 22, 2014
European stocks hit six-year high on fifth day of rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Euro stocks rally but for how long?. Plus: The China risk, big money managers are flush once again, the future of airplane seating, and 21 inspirational yearbook quotes.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 22, 2014
Former Treasury Secretary Geithner warns of calm before market storm

On the heels of publishing his new memoir, the former Treasury secretary talks about how today's market lull is reminiscent of the environment leading up to the crisis.

By lkonish
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 22, 2014
Erinn Ford named president of Cetera Advisors

Move is the latest in a series of management changes at Cetera Financial Group.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 22, 2014
Behavioral finance gaining traction on the conference circuit

Behavioral finance is the hot topic at financial advisory conferences.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 22, 2014
Ukraine's new resistance to Russia draws attention back to the macroeconomic fallout

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS MAY 21, 2014
Will the SEC use its extra funding to strengthen adviser oversight?

Now that it looks like the SEC will get an additional $150 million in funding, speculation is mounting on how the funds will be deployed. Is increasing adviser oversight going to be a priority?

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 21, 2014
Former N.Y. governor joins broker-dealer IFS Securities

Former N.Y. governor David Paterson joins broker-dealer IFS Securities, where he will help develop new business opportunities for firm

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 21, 2014
New Russell owners likely to sell asset manager

Sources say London Stock Exchange will keep indexing unit, could get $700 million to $1 billion for money management, consulting businesses.

By James Comtois
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 21, 2014
5 income investments to consider ...

As yields fall to historic lows, investors should look to muni bonds and emerging-markets bonds. Meanwhile, stop considering Treasuries a safety play.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 21, 2014
Raymond James approaching wirehouse territory

Firm flush with $1 billion as it seeks out acquisitions; looks to beef up presence in West and Northeast.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS EMERGING MARKETS MAY 21, 2014
Nation at risk of another economic crisis, Bowles warns

Co-chairman of debt-reduction commission says the markets are headed toward a dip worse than 2008 if politicians don't get spending under control

By Mason Braswell
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 21, 2014
Scoring the wirehouses' first quarter results

Year-over-year profits at the big four rose 16% in the first quarter, but which firm fared best?

By Matt Sirinides
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 21, 2014
UBS wealth unit reports solid earnings, raises bar for advisers

After profits climb 30%, CEO challenges brokers to do more lending and boost margins

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RIAS MAY 21, 2014
SEC's Mary Jo White's top priority: uniform fiduciary standard

Pushing her colleagues to decide whether to propose a regulation to raise investment advice standards for brokers, the SEC chairman called the uniform fiduciary standard 'a primary, immediate focus.' <i>(See what Mark Cuban had <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140221/FREE/140229971&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>to say</a>.)</i>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 21, 2014
Schorsch snaps up Cetera for $1.15B

In a head-turning move, newcomer to the independent broker-dealer industry Nicholas Schorsch is pulling off the largest independent-broker-dealer acquisition in years, with a cash deal to buy Cetera Financial Group.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2014
Home-free: How one couple sold everything and toured the world

The Martins lived in short-term rental apartments from Mexico to Turkey and England to Argentina. But how practical is the lifestyle?

By Elizabeth MacBride
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 20, 2014
Ethical investing takes a leap forward

How impact investing, which targets companies or projects that effect positive change, while at the same time delivering a return, is gaining a foothold among the younger generation.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 20, 2014
Deutsche Bank's Pace set to leave wealth unit

Ben Pace, Deutsche Bank AG's chief investment officer for wealth management in the Americas, is leaving, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

By Matt Ackermann