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ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Retirement plan adviser sales mostly for small players

Purchases largely involve books of plan business from non-specialists.

By Evan Cooper
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 02, 2018
The legacy of the DOL fiduciary rule: Almost gone, but never forgotten

Having caused significant shifts among advisers, firms and consumers, can the push for a higher investment-advice standard really be erased by one court's decision?

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 02, 2018
Phyllis Borzi on DOL fiduciary rule: 'We forever changed the terms of the debate'

You can call her the 'mother of the regulation,' and you can call her proud of what she and her staff accomplished.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Retirement plan advice industry in new growth phase

Ideas for meeting challenges of consolidation and data sharing.

By Fred Barstein
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
FAANGS and other forces that could disrupt business for retirement plan advisers

Potential scenarios the retirement-plan community could soon find itself facing.

By ecooper
More retirement plan participant data, please
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
More retirement plan participant data, please

Advisers seek detailed client info to compete more effectively.

By Evan Cooper
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Factors that determine a retirement plan adviser's value

Why it's so hard to determine what a retirement plan business is worth?

By ecooper
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Retirement adviser aggregators want teams, not individuals

Tips to help small advisers looking to sell or join a specialist.

By ecooper
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Consolidation of the defined-contribution market

Know your partnership options for growth.

By Bloomberg
RIAS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 01, 2018
Heard of Chalice? It's being called Amazon Prime for financial advisers

'We're trying to build an online digital marketplace,' says founder Keith Gregg.

By Jeff Benjamin
Kara Murphy appointed chief investment officer at United Capital
RIAS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 01, 2018
Kara Murphy appointed chief investment officer at United Capital

She joins the roster of the few female C-suite executives in the financial advice space

By Sarah Min
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 01, 2018
Why changes to the kiddie tax are a 'big deal'

The law uses the tax rates applying to trusts and estates, rather than parents' income, to determine the tax on children's investment income.

By Greg Iacurci
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 01, 2018
5th Circuit mandate to vacate DOL fiduciary rule 'still pending'

Observers can't tell why the regulation is still on death watch and not actually dead.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 31, 2018
Advisers can learn a lesson from Costco

Investors fare better when they're presented with a few curated, low-cost options.

By John Waggoner
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2018
Is David Lerner still chomping on the proprietary product apple?

Firm once fined by Finra over nontraded REIT transactions is still pushing its own series of mutual funds.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 31, 2018
LPL loses hybrid group managing $750 million to Triad

Pinnacle Private Wealth switches B-D and hybrid RIA platforms.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 31, 2018
SEC charges former Long Island broker with $8 million scam

Steven Pagartanis promised investments in a land development company.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 31, 2018
Blackstone woos wealthy with tax-free hedge fund

Tax-free status reflects fact that investments are held in an insurance vehicle.

By Bloomberg
RIAS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 31, 2018
Veteran Wells Fargo team managing $505 million leaves for Raymond James

Mark Griffin and Mark Liley, based in Denver, join employee unit.

By Bloomberg
RIAS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 31, 2018
Former Transamerica broker assistant barred for forging customer signature

Francis Acosta signed customer's name on forms requesting account transfers.

By InvestmentNews