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Team members out-earning solo advisers — and by a lot
NEWS RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Team members out-earning solo advisers — and by a lot

Here's a pretty startling statistic: New data shows that advisers who work in teams make 32% more money than those who fly solo. Indeed, the average team member pulls down nearly $300,000 a year.

By Liz Skinner
<font color=red>Live from FPA</font>: U.S. economy still weighed down by debt: Pimco's Kashkari
NEWS EQUITIES OCT 01, 2012
<font color=red>Live from FPA</font>: U.S. economy still weighed down by debt: Pimco's Kashkari

Progress has been made but more needs to be done, he tells FPA

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Growing through acquisition or recruiting advisers

By John Furey
NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 01, 2012
Smith Barney bites the dust

It's official — management at Morgan Stanley has eighty-sixed the 'Smith Barney' name, rebranding the iconic brokerage as Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. What would John Houseman think?

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS RIAS OCT 01, 2012
HighTower opens gates for breakaway advisers

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Michael Kitces: The day I became ashamed to be a CLU

Or, why the flap between the FPA and the American College has ruffled my feathers

By Michael Kitces
NEWS RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Don't count wirehouses out, Goldman says

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 01, 2012
Why LTC insurance is a better bet for women

Longer life expectancy, coupled with unisex policy pricing, boosts the value proposition for female clients

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 01, 2012
Women facing 'retirement income glass ceiling'

Women face a unique set of hurdles when it comes to saving for retirement, and those difficulties set them far behind men once they stop working.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS SEP 30, 2012
Raymond James trims fees for some RIAs

By DJAMIESON
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
Merrill hires MSSB exec to run insurance, annuities

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 30, 2012
Helping ease pain of college debt

By Liz Skinner
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 30, 2012
Stock market correlation leads to 'closet' indexing

Maybe American Funds Growth Fund of America should be renamed American Funds Index Fund of America. The $115 billion fund, the largest equity mutual fund in the world, is tracking its benchmark more closely than ever before — and it is not alone.

By JKEPHART
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
Many wealthy skip tax benefits, give posthumously

By Liz Skinner
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2012
Finra is right to improve transparency

Any initiative that reduces investors' vulnerability to fraud, and thereby strengthens their confidence in the markets, is a step in the right direction.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
REIT dividends at issue in suit

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS FINTECH SEP 30, 2012
Fox and Redtail partner on work flow

By Davis Janowski
Advisers on the move: Oct. 1
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 30, 2012
Advisers on the move: Oct. 1

By MFXFeeder
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 30, 2012
Use alts to solve specific problems

By Gene L. Needles Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 30, 2012
Large-cap equities take six of top 10 spots for 12-month period

By Rob Kozlowski