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NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 14, 2013
Wirehouse parent gets second-worst score in Fed stress test

Morgan Stanley barely met 5% capital requirement; Ally Bank failed outright

By John Goff
Top Adviser Q&A: E. Jeffrey Roof
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2013
Top Adviser Q&A: E. Jeffrey Roof

E. Jeffrey Roof is president and founder of Roof Advisory Group Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa. He launched the firm in 1982.

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS RIAS APR 12, 2013
Covestor receives new injection of funding, adds staff, improves features

The online investing and information sharing site has also improved its account opening process and made it simpler for asset managers to sync shared portfolios.

By Janowski Davis
NEWS EQUITIES APR 12, 2013
The Takeaway: Investment banks are "uninvestable"

By Joshua Brown
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2013
ING to cough up $5.2 million in Labor Department settlement

Insurer failed to disclose to retirement plan clients that it kept investment gains related to late trades.

By Darla Mercado
Low volatility, dividend-paying ETFs the way to build growth portfolio
NEWS EQUITIES APR 12, 2013
Low volatility, dividend-paying ETFs the way to build growth portfolio

Alternative ETF strategies beginning to emerge.

By DJAMIESON
ING U.S. files for initial public offering as part of bailout deal
NEWS EQUITIES APR 12, 2013
ING U.S. files for initial public offering as part of bailout deal

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS RIAS APR 11, 2013
Live! From TD Ameritrade Institutional: Advisers show Mitt Romney the love

Former Mass. governor and presidential candidate offers standing-room only crowd his take on global politics and domestic policies.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2013
Mary Beth Franklin: Social Security Disability muddles claiming picture

Plenty of confusion over the interplay between disability and retirement benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RIAS APR 11, 2013
Florida on verge of making branch office registration instantaneous

Move could ease bottlenecks, bring state more in line with most others.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 11, 2013
After fast start, wirehouse recruiting hits a wall

But break in lull expected after tax season winds up; 'fingers on the trigger'

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2013
Gay marriage would shake up benefits game

Advisers await Supreme Court's landmark decision

By Liz Skinner
$1.5M arb judgment forces B-D to declare bankruptcy, deregister
NEWS ALTERNATIVES APR 11, 2013
$1.5M arb judgment forces B-D to declare bankruptcy, deregister

A Finra arbitration panel has ordered Cambridge Legacy Securities to pay an investor $1.5 million over private placements

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2013
BDC dumps distributor over financial issues

VII Peaks Capital actively looking for new wholesaler

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2013
ETFs' start outpaces last year's

Investors piling into funds in record numbers

By Jason Kephart
NEWS RIAS APR 10, 2013
Passing through? 'Radical' plan would overhaul treatment of partnerships

Proposal seen as biggest change in 60 years; Option 2

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2013
Deficits do matter, but not how you think, economist says

Economist and modern monetary theorist Stephanie Kelton says massive government overspending is indeed a crucial issue. The kicker? She's for it.

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2013
Investors dump gold

A record $4.1 billion yanked from ETFs during February

By JKEPHART
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 09, 2013
Advisers get more tactical

Financial crisis sparked migration away from buy and hold, Cerulli study shows

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 09, 2013
Outlook for 1Q earnings seen weak

Investors are on edge as earnings season kicks off. Will higher payroll taxes and the sequestration finally hit?

By Jeff Benjamin