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NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2015
How a financial 'coach' can screw up your life

Anyone can hang out a shingle as a coach, but have they been trained?

By Bloomberg
NEWS FINTECH MAY 26, 2015
Find your inner robo

Find out which robo platform best matches your personality

By InvestmentNews Staff
Ex-JPMorgan Chase broker charged with stealing $20M from clients
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2015
Ex-JPMorgan Chase broker charged with stealing $20M from clients

Allegedly was investing in municipal securities, but pocketed money instead

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS MAY 26, 2015
HighTower lands $750 million Morgan Stanley team

The Bahnsen Group, which brought in $5 million in annual revenue last year, joins in Newport Beach, Calif.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 26, 2015
Merrill fined $2.5 million for supervision violations in Massachusetts

Training session did not include discussion of fiduciary requirements when commission-based assets are moved to fee-based accounts

By Srividya Kalyanaraman
Stronghold takes wraps off robo matchmaker
NEWS FINTECH MAY 26, 2015
Stronghold takes wraps off robo matchmaker

Firm with ties to self-help guru Tony Robbins unveils PortfolioCheckup.

By Alessandra Malito
Vanguard finds another way to get its ETFs in your clients' hands
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2015
Vanguard finds another way to get its ETFs in your clients' hands

With new presence in the ETF strategist game, Vanguard wins Envestnet, Cambridge and more retirement-plan business.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 25, 2015
As bond top looms, investors seek alternatives to traditional fixed income

Private core real estate, a staple of institutional investing, can fill the gap for income and generate solid returns.

By Casey Frazier
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 25, 2015
Emerging markets offering bigger returns

Investors find bonds with plumper yields, and stocks that beat the S&P 500

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS FINTECH MAY 24, 2015
Robo-advisers face first reckoning in downturn

Digital advice platforms look to get out in front of nervous clients as market volatility demands more communication.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2015
Firm built on trust responds to the needs of its clients

Dedicated client service and getting to know clients at a deeply personal level has resulted in a steady stream of referrals that keep this firm growing

By Liz Skinner
Regulators' alert on robo-advice puts advisers on notice
NEWS FINTECH MAY 24, 2015
Regulators' alert on robo-advice puts advisers on notice

Advisers can use the guidance from the SEC and Finra to help shape their compliance policies.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS RIAS MAY 22, 2015
Texas advisers claim a small victory in tax repeal

Independent brokers and investment advisers will no longer have to pay a $200 per-person yearly tax.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Americans are saving more these days and that's not necessarily a good thing: Fink

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink says low rates are pushing more Americans to boost savings as their fear of retirement security increases, thanks to low rates.

By Jeff Benjamin
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 22, 2015
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The real reason the Fed is sitting on its hands boils down to a lousy employment market.

By Jeff Benjamin
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming
NEWS EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are abruptly adjusting to the notion that the Fed might finally get off the sidelines.

By Jeff Benjamin
Economic growth is fading fast in the so-called recovery
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Economic growth is fading fast in the so-called recovery

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The pace of the country's economic recovery is becoming more of a riddle than a reality.

By Jeff Benjamin
Exclusive: Jeffrey Gundlach warns advisers on 'unconstrained' bond funds
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Exclusive: Jeffrey Gundlach warns advisers on 'unconstrained' bond funds

DoubleLine Capital founder warns advisers that unconstrained managers are taking too much risk.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2015
JPMorgan sues $2B team who left for Morgan Stanley

JPMorgan is seeking a restraining order against six brokers for allegedly contacting clients and defaming the company.

By Liz Skinner
Morningstar doubles down on expense ratio disparity debate
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 21, 2015
Morningstar doubles down on expense ratio disparity debate

Fund tracker is at odds with SEC on how some fund report expenses.

By Jeff Benjamin