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NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2014
Securities America enters hybrid advisory arena

Firm teams with RIA United Advisors and former Morgan Stanley executive to offer advisers independence and broker-dealer support.

By CODONNELL
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2014
HighTower nears launch of new channel for independent advisers

HighTower Alliance to offer independence, access to firm's investment platform, BD services.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2014
SEC eases, clarifies muni adviser registration requirements for RIAs, BDs

Those who provide local governments with advice on derivatives won't have to register.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 12, 2014
Finra fines Stifel, Century Securities $1M on complex ETFs

Stifel, subsidiary broker-dealer agree to pay fines and restitution for sales of nontraditional funds.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 12, 2014
HighTower grabs Merrill Lynch adviser managing $320M

Laurie C. Kamhi is breaking away from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management's Private Banking and Investment Group, where she managed $320 million for well-heeled clients and institutions.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 12, 2014
MSRB to follow Finra regarding suitability rules

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2014
Pockets of opportunity in Europe, emerging markets

Despite growing economic concern, there is no shortage of reasons for optimism

By Lisa Myers
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2014
Passive investments now available in adviser-sold 529 plans

Giving investors and advisers to 'make a trade-off between the lower-cost option or the opportunity' from actively managed portfolios.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAR 11, 2014
Don't let brokers keep watch on themselves

Bloomberg columnist William D. Cohan on the saga of Jill Wile, a former manager in the southeast regional office of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

By William D. Cohan
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2014
Finra bonus disclosure rule to the SEC

If approved, the rule would require brokers who receive more than $100,000 in incentive compensation to notify clients in writing; some say it could chill recruitment.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS EQUITIES MAR 11, 2014
Bond investors cooling off, stock investors getting carried away

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> How investors are playing the markets. Plus: Kitces on the fee vs. commission problem; solving mysteries and who Facebook is leaving in the dust.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2014
The next level of retirement plan service: Fee policy statements for 401(k)s

By Darla Mercado
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 10, 2014
Bonus disclosure exposes divide

IBDs and wirehouses split on potential regulation to reveal recruiting packages

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 09, 2014
Making tough decisions to fix Social Security

A new policy simulation tool lets users design their own package of reforms to fully fund Social Security. If individual users can make these tough decisions, why can't elected officials?

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2014
How well you understand Social Security could cost you

Difference between claiming strategies could be worth as much as $250,000 in lifetime benefits

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 07, 2014
What Ukraine's turmoil means for your investments

Although it could have severe effects on the Russian ruble, experts point to buying opportunities

By CODONNELL
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 07, 2014
Bitcoin's inventor unmasked

Has the man behind the virtual currency been revealed? Plus, other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 07, 2014
Obama's budget: What advisers need to know

SEC would get funding boost; limits placed on retirement-savings tax breaks for wealthy.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2014
Republican tax plan would hit Wall Street hard

Dave Camp, the Republican House Ways and Means Committee chairman, is filling in the blanks in his plan to revamp the U.S. tax code and leaning on the financial industry to help pay for lower tax rates.

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2014
Who's most ready for retirement? Not Americans

New retirees are scrambling to get by in one of the least retirement-friendly countries in the developed world.

By CODONNELL