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NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 20, 2013
Health care exchanges aren't meant for retirees

Health care exchanges aren't meant for retirees, but advisers should still help clients with Medicare choices.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Merrill Lynch prospers as advisers depart

BofA unit delivered $719 million in profit, up 25% from a year earlier.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Unease over global woes

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Nobel Prize winner argues markets are efficient

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Is it too easy to clear broker records?

PIABA study show so-called expungement granted at least 90% of the time in the 1,625 cases in which it was requested between '07 and '11.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 20, 2013
Columbia Property Trust IPO stings investors

Shares bought at $10 at start of boom now worth 45% less.

By JKEPHART
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Lebenthal deal clouds E.F. Hutton relaunch

Core group says it is a go, but Campanale has bailed

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Learn lessons of Nobel laureates

By MFXFeeder
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2013
Giving talk: Go holistic

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 20, 2013
It's lump: Massachusetts latest to probe pension advances

Massachusetts is the latest state looking into upfront pension payments to retirees amid concerns that the payment may be less than a plan's future value.

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2013
What's a tweet worth? Twitter sets IPO price

Social media site seeks $1.4 billion in biggest web offering since Facebook.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2013
Now you can own a piece of an NFL running back's earnings

A look at new investment opportunities with the lifting of the general solicitation ban, and other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2013
Investors pour back into money funds after debt deal

Investors pumped $8.9 billion into money-market mutual funds on Thursday, following Washington lawmakers' deal to avert a government default

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS RIAS OCT 18, 2013
RIAs are losing competitive edge

RIAs appear to be losing their competitive edge. Why? Wirehouses and regional firms are adopting some of their practices.

By JKEPHART
NEWS EQUITIES OCT 17, 2013
Advisers feeling better about the economy and their clients – and it shows

Latest Brinker Capital survey finds advisers' investment outlook improving despite some nagging concerns about Washington.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 17, 2013
S&P 500 surges to record after debt deal

Market boosted by bets Fed will continue stimulus, focus turns to third quarter earnings

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 17, 2013
Investment managers gloomy about economy

Fewer than a third of survey respondents expect corporate profits to improve this year

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 17, 2013
BlackRock's Fink less bullish on U.S. stocks after stalemate

BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Laurence D. Fink, who last year said he would invest 100% of his personal wealth in equities, said stock markets may decline as a result of the political debate over the debt ceiling.

By Matt Ackermann
Behavioral finance is dead?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 17, 2013
Behavioral finance is dead?

When it comes to financial philosophies, there is an overwhelming "intellectual turf war" that is keeping great ideas from exploring their points of fusion. Behavioral Finance Expert Dr. Daniel Crosby explores some solutions.

By Dr. Daniel Crosby
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 17, 2013
What to tell clients about the shutdown, debt ceiling issues

Advice for advisers on how to address their clients' most pressing concerns about the looming debt ceiling debate, as well as the ongoing government shutdown.

By Andrew Leigh