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Some compensation is exempt from Social Security earnings test
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 19, 2017
Some compensation is exempt from Social Security earnings test

Severance pay does not count, nor do trailing insurance commissions.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 19, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenges financial firms to resist efforts to delay DOL fiduciary rule

Letter to 33 companies asks six questions, including whether they support the delay or would reverse course on changes already implemented if a delay occurs.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 19, 2017
December stock flows highest since April 2000

And passive once again clobbers active.

By John Waggoner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 19, 2017
Some compensation is exempt from Social Security earnings test

Severance pay does not count, nor do trailing insurance commissions.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2017
How Obama changed how you save for retirement

Donald Trump can undo the new rules on financial advisers but not the new skepticism of their advice.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2017
How to take the pain out of doing your taxes

Seventy percent of Americans get a refund after filing their income taxes, yet many of us would rather go to the dentist than do the paper work.

By Bloomberg
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 18, 2017
No-fee trading platforms can save money in other ways

Bid/ask spreads fall as volume rises.

By John Waggoner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2017
DOL's new FAQs on fiduciary rule focus on circumventing fiduciary status

The most surprising aspect of the second round of adviser FAQs is they concentrate on behaviors that will legally and appropriately circumvent fiduciary accountability.

By Blaine F. Aikin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 18, 2017
Outgoing SEC Chairman Mary Jo White hopes successor picks up fiduciary mantle

Ms. White is departing the agency at noon on Friday, just as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn-in.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 18, 2017
Consumer group contends brokerages misrepresent their sales focus

A Consumer Federation of America report says broker-dealers and trade groups claim they are advisers when marketing to the public but salesmen when fighting the DOL fiduciary rule in court.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2017
DOL proposes allowing some insurance intermediaries to use a BICE under fiduciary rule

If granted, the change would make it easier for some indexed annuity distributors to sell commission products under the Labor Department regulation.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS FINTECH JAN 18, 2017
Janney Montgomery Scott selects Advicent financial planning software as core of DOL fiduciary fix for advisers

Advicent's Naviplan software will broaden advisers' view of client financial picture.

By Liz Skinner
RIAs could be ultimate winners if DOL fiduciary rule is repealed or delayed
NEWS RIAS JAN 18, 2017
RIAs could be ultimate winners if DOL fiduciary rule is repealed or delayed

Differentiating themselves from brokers would be easier now that debate has raised investor awareness of the role of a fiduciary

By Jeff Benjamin
Mercer Advisors buys $100M New York RIA firm
NEWS RIAS JAN 18, 2017
Mercer Advisors buys $100M New York RIA firm

Novos Planning Associates moves under the Mercer umbrella as the 22nd branch office

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 17, 2017
CFP Board gets nod in Labor Department's investor fiduciary FAQs

DOL says it promoted tools it found useful, including a link for finding local CFPs, but is open to hearing from other designation sponsors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2017
House bill seeks improvements to 529 college savings plans

Unlimited investment changes among the enhancements lawmakers seeking in new measure

By Liz Skinner
NEWS FINTECH JAN 17, 2017
New cybersecurity regulation hits New York financial firms March 1

The rules, which include having written policies and procedures and a designated chief information security officer, could become a model for other states.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2017
Facebook challenge 2017: Moving beyond money

Clients want us to spend less time talking about money and more time discussing their lives.

By Joe Duran
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 17, 2017
Second round of DOL fiduciary rule FAQs clears confusion on common compensation practice for 401(k) advisers

Advisers can continue to offset a level fee charged on retirement-plan assets with revenue-sharing payments such as 12b-1 fees.

By Greg Iacurci
SEC hits Morgan Stanley with $13 million fine
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2017
SEC hits Morgan Stanley with $13 million fine

Says wirehouse overbilled investment advisory clients due to coding and other billing system errors.

By Bruce Kelly