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NEWS FINTECH FEB 10, 2014
AssetMark adds Finance Logix financial planning software

Goal-planning tool to integrate with AssetMark's investment platform.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 10, 2014
Delayed retirement credits accrue, but are not compounded

Future cost-of-living adjustments applied to larger base benefit

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS FIXED INCOME FEB 10, 2014
Gross: Focus on shorter maturities as inflation trumps jobs

Pimco's Bill Gross is recommending investors focus on shorter-duration debt. Why? More important than the upcoming jobs report, the slow pace of inflation indicates the Fed will keep its benchmark interest rate at or close to zero.

By Matt Ackermann
Online platforms a growing threat to traditional advisers
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 10, 2014
Online platforms a growing threat to traditional advisers

Two reports show growing popularity of web-based personal finance startups and discount brokerage platforms in wake of 2008 crisis.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS RIAS FEB 10, 2014
Discount brokers no longer trading at a discount

Shares of discount brokers are no longer trading on the cheap, with their stock prices rising nearly 40% this year. The question: Is this an upbeat sign for equities or a lagging indicator? | <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20130509/FREE/509009998/PH&amp;Params=Itemnr=12&quot;>How Schwab rates with customers</a>

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 09, 2014
Finra board set to reconsider BrokerCheck website link

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 09, 2014
Tool to evaluate rate of return vs. benchmark to be unveiled

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 09, 2014
Brokers' job to explain nontraded REITs

By MFXFeeder
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 08, 2014
Stifel flying lazy circles over B-D stragglers

Industry's pain is company's gain; 24 acquisitions since 1997

By John Goff
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 08, 2014
Defunct WJB Capital and two execs hid company's financial distress for years, Finra says

WJB Capital Group Inc. and two of its top executives settled allegations that it masked the firm's financial difficulties and traded securities without sufficient capital during the two years before it shuttered its doors in January.

By Liz Skinner
'Painful decision' as WJB shutters B-D operation
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 08, 2014
'Painful decision' as WJB shutters B-D operation

Wall Street outfit closes institutional brokerage; lawsuit against CEO immediately filed by investor

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2014
Why 2013 mutual fund flow trends should continue

Investors shouldn't make too much of positive bond inflows in January, an analyst warns

By Kristen Hendrickson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2014
Blame it on the weather?

The January jobs report was quite a disappointment, plus other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2014
What financial advisers are saying about this week's bumpy markets

Spike in volatility unnerves investors, but it might actually point to opportunity

By Mason Braswell
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 07, 2014
All eyes on the jobs report as investors pull money from stocks

Friday's menu: All eyes on the jobs report as investors pull cash from stocks, what the frigid winter in the U.S. could wreak, what is Apple up to (aside from buying back its stock) and at long last, the Winter Olympics in Sochi begin.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 07, 2014
Warren Buffett's hedge fund bet might be sending the wrong message

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's with the Oracle of Omaha's hedge fund bet? Plus: Friday's freaky jobs report preview, public pensions gained 16% last year, Twitter earnings raise concerns, and investing in income inequality.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 07, 2014
After long wait, Schwab's all-ETF 401(k) platform opens for business

Dealing with fractional shares proved to be tricky, but firm thinks it has the problem solved.

By Darla Mercado
The most commonly asked Social Security question
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 07, 2014
The most commonly asked Social Security question

Can both spouses file and suspend their benefits?

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RIAS FEB 07, 2014
Financial advisers can add 3 percentage points to client portfolios: Vanguard

Mutual fund giant Vanguard teases research showing four areas advisers can add measurable value.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 07, 2014
DOL set to take a look at 'brokerage windows' in 401(k) plans

Department wants to make sure investors are protected when given more latitude in picking investments .

By Mark Schoeff Jr.