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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 29, 2014
Now it's the grandparents who are saving in 529 plans

66% are chipping in a significant amount to their grandchildren's education.

By CODONNELL
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 29, 2014
Schorsch's RCS Capital hires due-diligence analysts for alternatives, nontraded REITs

RCS Capital continues to expand its reach into financial services, hiring Todd Snyder and John Kearney, widely considered the top due-diligence analysts for alternative investments and nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
MFS Names $438 billion investment chief Roberge as co-CEO

Will continue to serve as chief investment officer while joining with Manning in top spot.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS MAY 28, 2014
To compete with robo-advisers, Nally proposes charging clients for all services

The head of TD Ameritrade's RIA custodian says advisers should consider fee linked to wealth beyond stocks and bonds

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
Spot the risks in your local housing market

How much of your net worth should be tied up in your home? Experts recommend a surprisingly cautious approach.

By Ben Steverman
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
Who are the fee-only RIAs on the rise?

We've ranked the 15 fastest-growing fee-only RIAs. See which RIA giants are on the way up.

By Andrew Leigh
Financial wellness trend gives advisers an opening
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
Financial wellness trend gives advisers an opening

Advisers play an important role in helping plan sponsors, clients make smarter benefits choices.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 28, 2014
Boomers cash in as bull market aids exodus from workforce

Five-year rally restores $14 trillion to U.S. equity values, helping push participation rate of working Americans to 40-year lows.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS FINTECH MAY 28, 2014
SEC warns investors about pitfalls of Bitcoin

Checkered history, lack of regulation among reasons to be wary of virtual currency, agency says.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
The Fed takes a long-term view of its record $4.3 trillion balance sheet

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Janet Yellen's Fed will sit on its record $4.3T balance sheet as the QE experiment continues. Plus: A top economist wants the Fed to raise rates now, stock buybacks push markets to the sky, beating short-sellers at their own game, and how not to get burned by pot stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team

Trio previously worked at J.P. Morgan Private Client Service Group.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
Outcomes making fund management a hard-knock life

In this Take Five interview, Columbia Management's global CIO says outcomes are more than a buzzword and investors expect more than performance.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2014
Older investors turn to technology to manage their finances

Finding in-person meetings more of an onus than a bonus, more investors over 50 are firing their advisers and managing their own finances through online platforms.

By Joyce Hanson
How advisers are leveraging the bank channel
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2014
How advisers are leveraging the bank channel

While at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit last week, our team spoke with a wide variety of advisors from all areas of the industry.

By Tom Daley
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 27, 2014
Stocks popping up in more bond portfolios as managers seek returns

At least 70 mutual funds across various fixed-income categories have more than 4% allocated to stocks, according to Morningstar. On the extreme end, almost half of those bond funds have equity weightings of between 10% and 63%.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
When searching for investment advice, consumers are drawn to the alphabet soup of credentials

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Consumers drawn by alphabet soup of adviser credentials. Plus: Job cuts continue at Barclays, pushing for nationwide fracking, a big retirement risk, commodity hedge funds take a beating, and another smidgen of bad news for the IRS.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 27, 2014
Social Security survivor benefits after botched second marriages

If second marriage ends, the first one may still count

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2014
Tech-savvy young planners band together to share the wealth

'FP Hackers' brainstorm issues facing new businesses &amp;mdash; and even refer clients to one another

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS FIXED INCOME MAY 27, 2014
Pimco overhauls unconstrained fund as Gross takes control

Pimco's Bill Gross has overhauled the firm's Unconstrained Bond Fund since taking over in December. His moves include ditching 30-year Treasuries, boosting corporate debt bets and extending duration. Whether the revamp will help performance remains to be seen.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2014
Fund your child's tuition with Social Security

Millions of people have no idea about the true value of the benefits they have earned throughout their careers. One reader finds that claiming after age 66 can result in retroactive benefits; another beneficiary was leaving $1,000 a month on the table.

By Mary Beth Franklin