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6 ways advisers can benefit from the avalanche of technology advancement
NEWS FINTECH OCT 12, 2015
6 ways advisers can benefit from the avalanche of technology advancement

Don't underestimate the impact digital technology can have on the advice industry.

By Steve Sanduski
NEWS FIXED INCOME OCT 11, 2015
Interest rates: Lower for longer

Deteriorating demographics, low productivity growth and a need for more deleveraging will keep a lid on rates for the foreseeable future.

By Charles Tan
Fallout at Fortress Investment Group
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2015
Fallout at Fortress Investment Group

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Top hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz (pictured) hits the bricks, and the firm is closing its flagship macro hedge fund.

By Jeff Benjamin
Banks take center stage in earnings season
NEWS EQUITIES OCT 11, 2015
Banks take center stage in earnings season

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All eyes will be on banks this week and earnings season welcomes the reports from the financial sector.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2015
Retirement plan key to good business

By Joe DeSilva
Here are the most sensational parts of Bill Gross' suit against Pimco
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 10, 2015
Here are the most sensational parts of Bill Gross' suit against Pimco

From how much money the money manager's executives make, to jabs at former colleagues, the lawsuit is chock-full of internal intrigue.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2015
Solving the 401(k)-to-IRA rollover conundrum

Rolling retirement assets into one convenient account can be a full-time job, but it doesn't have to be that way.

By Bloomberg
Bill Gross takes a big shot at Pimco but it's a long one
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 09, 2015
Bill Gross takes a big shot at Pimco but it's a long one

The Pimco co-founder's lawsuit gives his side of the internal war that led to his departure, what it doesn't mention is any written employment contract that would bar him from being shown the door. That could be the key.

By Bloomberg
Bill Gross suing Pimco for 'hundreds of millions' over his ouster
NEWS FIXED INCOME OCT 09, 2015
Bill Gross suing Pimco for 'hundreds of millions' over his ouster

The legendary bond manager claims he was wrongfully pushed out by a &#8220;cabal&#8221; of Pimco execs seeking a bigger slice of the bonus pool. </br><i><b>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141006/FREE/141009964/bill-gross-speaks-out-on-pimco-exit-vows-to-regain-crown-at-janus&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bill Gross speaks out on Pimco exit, vows to defeat his rivals</a>)</b></i>

By Bloomberg
4 critical elements of every great adviser website
NEWS FINTECH OCT 09, 2015
4 critical elements of every great adviser website

If your website doesn't measure up, prospects will be encouraged to move on, perhaps to a competitor

By Marjorie Wilner
Advisers like reverse mortgages, but only in unique circumstances
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2015
Advisers like reverse mortgages, but only in unique circumstances

Home-equity product for clients who plan to stay in their home indefinitely and who could use some supplemental income.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS FINTECH OCT 09, 2015
Financial Engines to offer more access to human advisers

The 'original robo' bends to customer pressure to offer a hybrid advice product.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2015
It's time for advisers to become QDIA experts

Help plan sponsors and participants navigate the increasingly crowded retirement marketplace

By Shawn Sanderson
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016

As expected, the agency will not raise benefits; meanwhile, millions of retirees face a Medicare premium spike

By Liz Skinner
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016

Social Security recipients will not receive a benefits boost next year mostly because low gasoline prices have kept inflation too low to spark an automatic cost-of-living adjustment, the government announced.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2015
Will October be the choppiest month yet for stocks?

Twelve of 21 strategists surveyed have lowered their year end estimates for the stock market. Find out where they think the S&amp;P 500 is headed.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2015
How to make investments in death and caffeine

A Silicon Valley startup is offering collections of investments that exploit particular themes.

By Bloomberg
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Democratic candidate proposes new fees for taking investment risks, because taking investment risks aren't risky enough already, or something like that.

By Jeff Benjamin
Does Hillary Clinton want to protect the DOL fiduciary rule?
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 08, 2015
Does Hillary Clinton want to protect the DOL fiduciary rule?

A letter to Democratic colleagues warns against riders attached to spending bills in upcoming budget negotiations.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Collaboration can result in great accomplishments in adviser technology
NEWS FINTECH OCT 08, 2015
Collaboration can result in great accomplishments in adviser technology

Refreshing reminder on the industry's collaborative power at the Fuse conference

By Sheryl Rowling