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What's the difference between an FSA and an HSA?
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 10, 2015
What's the difference between an FSA and an HSA?

With benefit open-enrollment season looming, corporate employees need to make the most out of their benefits. After all, with wages largely stagnant, benefits are the new salary.

By Bloomberg
LPL faces reckoning from activist investor
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 10, 2015
LPL faces reckoning from activist investor

With giant broker-dealer's stock down 25% from its high last year, experts say Marcato could push for major changes.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS FINTECH DEC 09, 2015
Wealthbox launches new CRM version with Gmail integration

Wealthbox, a client relationship management system for financial advisers, will launch its latest CRM platform to integrate widely-used Gmail accounts.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS FINTECH DEC 09, 2015
Bank teams up with FutureAdvisor to offer clients investment platform

BBVA isn't the only bank with eyes on algo-driven advice, the next trend in the robo-movement.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 09, 2015
Correcting the adviser-client disconnect over the definition of risk

Clients need to understand what advisers mean by risk because it can affect decisions, goals

By crichards
Take advantage of merger mania with an event-driven strategy
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2015
Take advantage of merger mania with an event-driven strategy

With merger and acquisition activity on a torrid pace in 2015, here's how to anticipate the next deal.

By Mark McKenna
Robo-advisers can have a positive influence on clients' financial literacy
NEWS FINTECH DEC 09, 2015
Robo-advisers can have a positive influence on clients' financial literacy

Better client understanding of the investing process should be a boon to the client-adviser relationship.

By Michael Spellacy
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 09, 2015
Why investing in exclusive alternatives can be an expensive waste of time

A deficit of transparency and liquidity often leads to high costs and low returns.

By Dan Egan
Personal Capital hires investment bank to find buyer, funding - peHUB
NEWS FINTECH DEC 09, 2015
Personal Capital hires investment bank to find buyer, funding - peHUB

Personal Capital, the hybrid robo-adviser with $1.5 billion in assets under management, is seeking a buyer and is in its fifth funding round, according to private equity website peHUB.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS OPINION DEC 09, 2015
The secret to keeping family money

Building family unity correlates directly to maintaining family wealth — and communication about money should start early.

By Steven Abernathy and Brian Luster
How to minimize Medicare surcharges with life insurance and annuities
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2015
How to minimize Medicare surcharges with life insurance and annuities

Advisers may consider several retirement planning options with clients that do not create unnecessarily high Medicare surcharges.

By Katy Votava
Advisers are texting, but are they compliant?
NEWS FINTECH DEC 09, 2015
Advisers are texting, but are they compliant?

Firms need to have proper supervision over their advisers' text messaging activities as regulators pay closer attention to compliance infractions.

By Yasmin Zarabi
Debunking 4 common myths advisers have about mutual funds
NEWS ETFS DEC 09, 2015
Debunking 4 common myths advisers have about mutual funds

In the age of ascendant ETFs, some have written off mutual funds as irrelevant, but advisers need to know the nuances of each type of fund

By Michael Iachini
Alternative growth strategies for a fearful low-growth world
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 09, 2015
Alternative growth strategies for a fearful low-growth world

Making the case for alternatives is less about the absolute returns they can deliver, but their potential over full market cycles.

By Thomas Hoops
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 09, 2015
Get clients comfortable with 'short-term boring, long-term exciting' investing

By helping clients learn to tune out the noise that doesn't matter, you're helping them reduce their anxiety

By crichards
Spreading the blame for oil's freefall
NEWS FIXED INCOME DEC 08, 2015
Spreading the blame for oil's freefall

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The price freefall is getting uglier, and OPEC isn't the only culprit. Don't overlook the U.S. impact.

By Jeff Benjamin
Donald Trump could spook financial markets in 2016
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 08, 2015
Donald Trump could spook financial markets in 2016

History teaches us that politically extreme views can spook investors and trigger uncertainty in financial markets.

By Nigel Green
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 08, 2015
Donald Trump could spook financial markets in 2016

Republican presidential contender Donald Trump could become a major cause of volatility in financial markets throughout the first half of 2016. His rhetoric favoring protectionist economic policies is bad news for investors.

By Nigel Green
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2015
Student loans hurt women more than men

For every dollar that men take home, women earn 21&cent; less. Here's what that means for women's student loan debts.

By Bloomberg
Next target for Galvin? Banks and cross-selling
NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 08, 2015
Next target for Galvin? Banks and cross-selling

Massachusetts regulator looking at whether financial institutions violated any laws.

By Bruce Kelly