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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 27, 2017
DOL rule slows down wirehouse recruiting and crimps bonuses

Even though the fiduciary rule's future is in doubt, wirehouses are downsizing the bonuses they are offering veteran brokers to jump ship.

By Bloomberg
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 27, 2017
Wells Fargo loses $375M team to Raymond James

Preston Covington III and team expand firm's coverage to Columbia, S.C.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 26, 2017
College planning programs in need of financial aid

Schools tell firms to hand over some funds if they want to have advisers down the road.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2017
State, local auto-IRA initiatives benefit 'forgotten' workers

Automatic-enrollment IRA programs would encourage employees to save for retirement.

By crain-api
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 24, 2017
Trump rally on verge of setting a record

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2017
Demographic shift of retirees to affect consumer spending

Major demographic shifts over the next decade will have a dramatic affect on U.S. consumer spending, which in turn will influence the overall economy, specific industry sectors and individual stocks, according to a new report from The Conference Board.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 24, 2017
Merrill Lynch cuts its top rate on fee accounts

Reduction from 2.7% to 2.2% could save smaller clients $5,000 a year.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2017
Why many employees may never be able to retire

Millions aren't saving on the job because they either don't have access to a workplace retirement plan or they do but aren't putting money in it.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2017
Using IRAs to reduce Medicare premiums

Directing a portion of required minimum distributions directly to a charity can reduce both taxes and Medicare premiums.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS FINTECH FEB 24, 2017
Regulatory scrutiny may put firms without adviser text messaging policies at risk

An increasing emphasis on telemarketing activities is putting pressure on financial firms to protect themselves and their advisers.

By Yasmin Zarabi
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 24, 2017
Industry plaintiffs appeal Dallas court's decision to uphold DOL fiduciary rule

Opponents of rule seek to overturn loss in district court.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RIAS FEB 23, 2017
Breakaway UBS, Morgan Stanley teams form $750M RIA

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS FEB 23, 2017
Triad nabs Resources Investment Advisors, the $5 billion hybrid that left LPL

The Kansas-based firm is a super OSJ that provides compliance and marketing support for 11 independent advisory practices

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS FEB 23, 2017
Discount pricing could lure more RIAs to outsource asset management

First Ascent Asset Management, which is billing itself as the first flat-fee asset manager, charges just $500 per adviser client.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 23, 2017
Advice firms adapt to millennial advisers who want to help their peers

Many young advisers are persuading their bosses to accept lower annual minimum fees and make other modifications to appeal to young investors.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 23, 2017
A Unique Opportunity for B-D Managers and Principals

By Gillian Albert
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 23, 2017
How Super Branches Spell Opportunities for Advisors

By Gillian Albert
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2017
Many acquisitions of DC record-keeping businesses lose luster over time

Record keeping is a business that requires companies to continue investing in services and technology.

By Robert Steyer
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2017
Many plan to use this year's tax refund to pay down debt

The percentage of consumers planning to put some of their refund toward paying down debt rose to 35.5%, from 34.9% last year, according to a new survey.

By Bloomberg
Help clients feel confident and in control of the retirement planning process
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2017
Help clients feel confident and in control of the retirement planning process

Advisers need to help people move past the emotional roadblocks that can make the process more complicated than it needs to be.

By Philip E. Caminiti