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NEWS ETFS APR 18, 2014
Ranking ETFs by tracking difference per category

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 18, 2014
Deadline fast approaching for Community Leadership Awards nominations

Nominate an adviser who is dedicated to making the world a better place for a Community Leadership Award.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS FINTECH APR 18, 2014
American Funds urges new client passwords over Heartbleed

Parent Capital Group says has no information indicating client accounts hacked.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS ETFS APR 18, 2014
Equity ETFs ranked by inflows and outflows

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 18, 2014
Three big trends top advisers need to focus on now

Three trends creating the greatest potential and impact in the near term center around industry consolidation, human capital and the maturing of the advisory industry.

By Michael Nathanson and Adam Birenbaum
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
Why the client segmentation model is outdated and should be replaced

Client segmentation may make business sense, but it defies common client-servicing sense

By Megan Carpenter
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 18, 2014
Wirehouses, RIAs benefit from bonus disclosure at expense of smaller B-Ds

The <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140310/FREE/140319990&quot;>proposed Finra bonus disclosure rule</a>, which could curtail the size of mushrooming recruiting packages, exposes a chasm in the advisory industry, pitting smaller broker-dealers against large wirehouses and RIAs.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
Advisers' enemy: Time management

Firm owners need to learn to delegate tasks and take advantage of workflow efficiency.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RIAS APR 18, 2014
How to attract prospects who are right under your nose

Elusive new prospects are closer than you think &amp;ndash; two advisers find success incorporating hobbies and COI.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 18, 2014
Charitable deduction gets strong backing in Senate

Incoming Finance Committee chairman, 32 other senators support maintenance of tax expenditure.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 18, 2014
Officers at Big Three private placement shop indicted

Four top officials of DBSI &#8212; one of the big-three private placement firms &#8212; have been charged with fraud. Bruce Kelly supplies the details.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 18, 2014
B-Ds get mixed results in ruling over failed real estate deal

Independent broker-dealer Berthel Fisher &amp; Co. Financial Services Inc. scored a victory this month in an arbitration over an investor seeking $934,000 in restitution for investing in a real estate deal involving an office building in Minnesota.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS EQUITIES APR 17, 2014
Consumers left in the loan lurch as big banks still hold off

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Consumers still left in the loan lurch. Plus: Which manager just jumped into the liquid alts pool? Some stocks for a rising-rate cycle; commodities are hot again; European banks ride the wave; and Merrill trims its housing outlook.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS OPINION APR 17, 2014
Surprise! Tax cheats will pay if you ask them to

The winning tactic: a short letter explaining that delinquency is not the norm.

By Cass R. Sunstein
File and suspend won't be suspended … just yet
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2014
File and suspend won't be suspended … just yet

Obama budget proposal seems to target some Social Securities claiming strategies but this popular one is safe - for now.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RIAS APR 17, 2014
The new rules of adviser compensation

Tibergien, Palaveev, Pomering Reveal Benchmarking Best Practices at InvestmentNews/Moss Adams Event

By John Sullivan
NEWS RIAS APR 16, 2014
A four-way duel among robo-adviser biz models: Which is best?

Breaking down the big categories of online financial advice including what they offer and how much it costs.

By mkitces
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS APR 16, 2014
After big TIAA-CREF-Nuveen deal, boomlet predicted in fund manager mergers

With two money manager acquisitions in the bank this week, industry watchers see more on the way. Which firms are top targets?

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2014
Retro is chic in this technology ETF

Young '90s tech companies have matured into more stable adults with tons of cash that translates into dividends.

By Eric Balchunas
NEWS RIAS APR 16, 2014
Using digital potholes to slow the pace of high-frequency traders

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fighting technology with technology. Plus: Know your ETF or don't invest, how not to advise clients, a pyramid to financial success, biotech on the rebound, and Russia addresses meat shortage with the Easter turkey

By Jeff Benjamin