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Morningstar picks up Hueler's stable value intel
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2020
Morningstar picks up Hueler's stable value intel

The data and ratings firm is acquiring an index and information service that could be of interest to retirement plan advisers

By Emile Hallez
By the Numbers: Fund Flows
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 01, 2020
By the Numbers: Fund Flows

The market for passive funds is on a tear, but is that the only market being impacted by the low-cost investing push? Will advisers continue to favor ETFs this year? InvestmentNews' George Moriarty looks at both

By InvestmentNews
Why now is just the time for more  international investments
EQUITIES JAN 31, 2020
Why now is just the time for more international investments

Some advisers point to the recent lost decade for non-US equities as just the reason to go more global

By Adam Shell
Stevens led ICI through era of turbulent policy, strong growth in mutual funds
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 29, 2020
Stevens led ICI through era of turbulent policy, strong growth in mutual funds

As he announces his retirement, Stevens defines the trade association’s hallmark during his tenure: ‘We try to bring facts to the table.’

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Reporter's notebook: Inside look at Inside ETFs conference
ETFS JAN 29, 2020
Reporter's notebook: Inside look at Inside ETFs conference

Much ado about fees and nontransparent exchange-traded funds

By Jeff Benjamin
Can nontransparent ETFs save active management?
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 28, 2020
Can nontransparent ETFs save active management?

Asset managers have high hopes for the new type of wrapper, expected to hit the market in the next few weeks

By Jeff Benjamin
FSI denounces ‘regulation by enforcement’ despite strong rebuke from SEC's Jackson
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 28, 2020
FSI denounces ‘regulation by enforcement’ despite strong rebuke from SEC's Jackson

Group says Reg BI enforcement probably won’t draw same criticism as share-class crackdown

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Banned from selling securities but still hawking insurance
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 28, 2020
Banned from selling securities but still hawking insurance

Three salesmen barred for selling the Woodbridge Ponzi scheme still have state licenses to sell insurance

By Bruce Kelly
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2020
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters

Retirement plan participants who traded in their accounts in 2019 largely moved out of stock funds and into fixed income

By Emile Hallez
Low fees should serve as wake-up call for advisers
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 27, 2020
Low fees should serve as wake-up call for advisers

ETF conference drives home the point that advisers need to identify their value to clients

By Jeff Benjamin
Asset managers lock horns over potential $7 trillion opportunity
ETFS JAN 27, 2020
Asset managers lock horns over potential $7 trillion opportunity

Big fund companies are competing to promote a new type of actively managed ETF

By Bloomberg
CFRA ups its game on ETF research
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2020
CFRA ups its game on ETF research

New analysis uses machine learning for a closer look at underlying holdings

By Jeff Benjamin
Keep sweep accounts clean and transparent
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2020
Keep sweep accounts clean and transparent

Idle cash is a significant profit center for broker-dealers

By InvestmentNews
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2020
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails

Its new guaranteed-income annuity is the first to invest solely in target-date funds

By Emile Hallez
Security Benefit's legal woes over indexed annuities persist
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 24, 2020
Security Benefit's legal woes over indexed annuities persist

Ten plaintiffs have teamed up in a class action alleging that the insurer misled contract holders about the performance of its proprietary indexes

By Emile Hallez
‘Nontransparent’ ETFs coming soon, but do advisers care?
ETFS JAN 23, 2020
‘Nontransparent’ ETFs coming soon, but do advisers care?

Exchange-traded funds that don’t disclose their holdings daily will have big benefits and drawbacks

By Emile Hallez
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients

Accounts will offer TIAA and Nuveen mutual funds

By InvestmentNews
Former baseball star Angel Pagan wins $1.7 million arbitration award against Merrill Lynch
WIREHOUSES JAN 22, 2020
Former baseball star Angel Pagan wins $1.7 million arbitration award against Merrill Lynch

Case revolved around investments in Puerto Rican bonds made by the former MLB star

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Small brokers push bill to ease audit rules despite challenging political environment
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2020
Small brokers push bill to ease audit rules despite challenging political environment

Legislation impacting financial advisers tries to get traction amid impeachment, election

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Finra fines Prudential $1M over sloppy retirement-plan information
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 17, 2020
Finra fines Prudential $1M over sloppy retirement-plan information

Regulator says flawed communications left plan participants in dark about investment costs

By Mark Schoeff Jr.