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TA Associates acquires Orion Advisor Services in NorthStar deal
NEWS RIAS MAR 16, 2015
TA Associates acquires Orion Advisor Services in NorthStar deal

Boston-based private equity firm <a href=&#8221;http://www.ta.com/&#8221;>TA Associates</a> announced on Monday that it is acquiring majority interest in NorthStar Financial Services and its nine subsidiary providers.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 16, 2015
Finra bars broker for ripping off elderly client

Former Wells Fargo Advisors broker charged with stealing nearly $89,000 and using it for personal expenses.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2015
Early onset Alzheimer's: When plans are upended

By Mason Braswell
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 16, 2015
B-D's fate uncertain after $4M arbitration award

Resource Horizons Group may not be able to meet net capital requirements; Kovack Securities opens its doors to advisers.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2015
Spring variable annuity prospectuses and updates are here

First quarter regulatory filings suggest that insurers aren't ramping up big new product releases but hybrid annuites appear to be making a comeback, with Voya charging back into the market.

By Darla Mercado
Northwestern Mutual agrees to settle annuities suit for $84 million: report
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2015
Northwestern Mutual agrees to settle annuities suit for $84 million: report

About 30,000 current and former annuity owners claim company failed to pay proper dividends on contracts sold 30 years ago.

By Srividya Kalyanaraman
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2015
Bigger & Better

Advisers with assets over $1 billion are outperforming their peers. Does your firm have what it takes to be a billion dollar baby?

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Consumer groups accuse SEC of ignoring investors
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 13, 2015
Consumer groups accuse SEC of ignoring investors

Consumer groups say the agency has been preoccupied with market issues to the detriment of the public and needs to tighten adviser oversight.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Transamerica offers legacy variable annuity clients a buyout
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2015
Transamerica offers legacy variable annuity clients a buyout

This offer affects more than 30 types of variable annuity contracts issued by the insurer

By Darla Mercado
Top five growing concerns for advisers in 2015
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 13, 2015
Top five growing concerns for advisers in 2015

Financial advisers serious about growing their businesses in 2015 seem to be voicing similar concerns in our discussions.

By Tom Daley
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 13, 2015
Ex-Raymond James adviser barred over $1 million theft

Jo Ellen Fisher, an independent contractor with Raymond James Financial Services, allegedly stole $925,000 from a 95-year-old client to fund personal expenses, Finra says.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2015
Advisers flub in talking about wealth transfer

The majority of financial advisers are missing the boat when it comes to having important conversations with clients about passing wealth on to the next generation &amp;mdash; thereby losing a big opportunity to hold onto those assets after those clients die, according to a new survey.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS FINTECH MAR 12, 2015
The commoditization of the robo adviser

As online advice firms continue to mimic each other, they will come under pressure to differentiate themselves through new services and lower costs.

By Alessandra Malito
Being smart about smart beta
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2015
Being smart about smart beta

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Smart beta is here to stay, so you might as well try and figure out what the heck it is.

By Jeff Benjamin
DOL head says fiduciary standard will happen
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2015
DOL head says fiduciary standard will happen

Secretary Perez has confidence his agency will complete work on the rule before Obama's term ends.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2015
Could the ugly feud over Saints' Tom Benson happen in your family?

Competency hearings and splits in the family are more common than you may realize.

By Bloomberg
Vanguard reshuffles leadership despite success with advisers
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2015
Vanguard reshuffles leadership despite success with advisers

Longtime adviser-sales manager will move to a new role after the firm's best year ever.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Schwab to launch adviser robo in Q2; consumer version unveiled today
NEWS FINTECH MAR 12, 2015
Schwab to launch adviser robo in Q2; consumer version unveiled today

Charles Schwab &amp; Co. will unveil its white label online platform for advisers in the second quarter.

By Alessandra Malito
Interest rate increases: A boon for senior savers and a disaster for variable-rate borrowers
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2015
Interest rate increases: A boon for senior savers and a disaster for variable-rate borrowers

Don't forget that a spike in rates will hurt ARM mortgages, HELOCs and variable-rate student loans.

By Darla Mercado
SEC's White sidesteps direction for fiduciary duty
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2015
SEC's White sidesteps direction for fiduciary duty

SEC chairwoman says she will push the agency this year to make a decision on whether to raise investment advice standards for brokers but once again declined to provide a timeline.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.