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Trouble looms for small RIAs in next bear market
NEWS RIAS AUG 03, 2016
Trouble looms for small RIAs in next bear market

Firms reluctant to sell now may struggle later to find a merger partner to survive.

By Christine Idzelis
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2016
Muhammad Ali's estate plan: Greatest of all time?

Valuing Mr. Ali's image rights, inheritance tax on property and the will's treatment of his nine children are a few potential estate quirks that could come up.

By Greg Iacurci
Already sizzling market for advisory firms could be stoked by DOL fiduciary rule
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 03, 2016
Already sizzling market for advisory firms could be stoked by DOL fiduciary rule

Deal flow and complexity on the rise when it comes to sales of adviser businesses.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 02, 2016
How insurers are losing when it comes to variable annuities

Tight restrictions are placed on investment options in VAs with guaranteed income to reduce their risk. Returns have lagged as a result, frustrating advisers and investors.

By Greg Iacurci
Bonnie Baha, DoubleLine's head of developed credit, dies at 56
NEWS EMERGING MARKETS AUG 02, 2016
Bonnie Baha, DoubleLine's head of developed credit, dies at 56

Ms. Baha died Sunday at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, after she was struck by a car while crossing a street.

By Bloomberg
Careful planning can help public employees avoid Social Security reductions
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2016
Careful planning can help public employees avoid Social Security reductions

One financial adviser helped his client avoid Social Security reductions by carefully mapping out when to take her benefits and pension.

By Mary Beth Franklin
MetLife VAs flounder as Fidelity halts sales
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 02, 2016
MetLife VAs flounder as Fidelity halts sales

The insurer's variable annuities dipped 39% year-over-year in the second quarter, offering a glimpse into the power of big distributors like Fidelity.

By Greg Iacurci
RIA moving $300M in client assets to Raymond James
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 02, 2016
RIA moving $300M in client assets to Raymond James

By Bloomberg
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 02, 2016
Reading between the lines of Friday's jobs report

Plus: Brexit bust, SEC nabs doc for insider trading, and double your retirement savings

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 02, 2016
When it comes to asset management, look for experience

Plus: Breaking the active management habit, the active-passive research conundrum, and recalculating retirement savings calculators

By Jeff Benjamin
Take 5: BlackRock's Russ Koesterich likes Japan, and U.S. technology and healthcare
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2016
Take 5: BlackRock's Russ Koesterich likes Japan, and U.S. technology and healthcare

Five candid responses on interest rates, U.S. stocks, foreign stock markets, the race for the White House, and summer moving watching.

By John Waggoner
Meet the economist who's guiding Donald Trump on U.S.-China relations
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2016
Meet the economist who's guiding Donald Trump on U.S.-China relations

If you want to read one thinker to understand Mr. Trump on China, it is Peter Navarro of the University of California at Irvine.

By Tyler Cowen
Brokerage groups' higher spending on lobbying doesn't kill DOL fiduciary rule
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 02, 2016
Brokerage groups' higher spending on lobbying doesn't kill DOL fiduciary rule

Despite heavily outspending investment adviser groups on lobbying lawmakers in the second quarter, industry trade associations didn't succeed in a key goal.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Robo-advisers increasingly represent a useful ally for human advisers
NEWS FINTECH AUG 02, 2016
Robo-advisers increasingly represent a useful ally for human advisers

Robos can enlarge the advisory business as a whole, expanding the pools of both providers and users of advice.

By Thomas Hoops
Warren Buffett rips Donald Trump on tax returns and bankruptcies
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 01, 2016
Warren Buffett rips Donald Trump on tax returns and bankruptcies

The billionaire investor criticized Republican presidential nominee Trump over his refusal to release tax returns, his business bankruptcies, and his attack on a fallen soldier's family.

By Bloomberg
How to start every portfolio with a performance advantage
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 01, 2016
How to start every portfolio with a performance advantage

By Scott MacKillop
Top adviser questions on DOL fiduciary rule answered
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 01, 2016
Top adviser questions on DOL fiduciary rule answered

Here are the main points of confusion among Fidelity's many adviser clients, and some insights that might help guide their strategy.

By Tom Corra
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 01, 2016
Real financial advisers should always have an opinion

An adviser's job isn't to offer a random selection of options; it's to assess where clients say they want to go and where they are in that journey.

By crichards
Key fiduciary decisions loom for retirement plan advisers using money market funds
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 01, 2016
Key fiduciary decisions loom for retirement plan advisers using money market funds

Once-plain-vanilla funds due for a serious makeover, meaning now is the time to carefully assess cash options.

By Blaine F. Aikin
After buying AIG Advisor Group, Lightyear's Marron looking for more acquisitions
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 01, 2016
After buying AIG Advisor Group, Lightyear's Marron looking for more acquisitions

Lightyear Capital's Donald Marron looks to add new investment products and services.

By Christine Idzelis