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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 09, 2015
House committee approves easing accredited-investor standard

The House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved legislation that would ease restrictions on the kind of investors who can purchase unregistered securities.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Cetera suspends sales of AR Capital REITs
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 09, 2015
Cetera suspends sales of AR Capital REITs

Broker-dealer takes action after Massachusetts' securities regulator charged a related company with fraudulently rounding up proxy votes to support real estate deals sponsored by AR Capital.

By Bruce Kelly
The endless and irrelevant financial woes of presidential candidates
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 09, 2015
The endless and irrelevant financial woes of presidential candidates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Presidential candidates are not always good at managing their own money, and voters don't care, or need to.

By Jeff Benjamin
NBA's Tim Duncan files a second lawsuit against his financial adviser
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 09, 2015
NBA's Tim Duncan files a second lawsuit against his financial adviser

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The NBA star is claiming to have lost $1.1M by being invested in a bankrupt cosmetics company.

By Jeff Benjamin
Time to expand the tool kit for delivering retirement income
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 09, 2015
Time to expand the tool kit for delivering retirement income

Current retirement income products miss the mark in striking an optimal balance between investment opportunity and income protection.

By Michael Reardon
What advisers need to know about peer-to-peer lending
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 08, 2015
What advisers need to know about peer-to-peer lending

Before clients start asking, know the basics about this income generating investment.

By Liz Skinner
MassMutual jumps into a hot investment-only variable annuity market
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 06, 2015
MassMutual jumps into a hot investment-only variable annuity market

Insurance firm is debuting its first IOVA as the products are helping prop up overall VA sales.

By Greg Iacurci
Fixed indexed annuity sales gaining on VAs: Cerulli
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 06, 2015
Fixed indexed annuity sales gaining on VAs: Cerulli

Fixed indexed annuity sales are steadily gaining on those of variable annuities, thanks in large part to continued low interest rates.

By Greg Iacurci
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2015
W.P. Carey sets fundraising record in first half

$909 million raised is almost as much as the $1.04 billion the firm raised all of last year.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2015
Nontraded REIT heavyweight W.P. Carey retreats from net-lease real estate

As spreads tighten, turning attention to lodging, self-storage and Europe.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2015
Ex-Ameriprise adviser gets 7 years in the slammer for bilking clients

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Susan Elizabeth Walker was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for taking over $1 million from clients' accounts.

By Jeff Benjamin
DFA breaks into target date fund market with unique investment approach
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 04, 2015
DFA breaks into target date fund market with unique investment approach

Manager is hoping to garner assets in a crowded market through a strategy targeting the stability of investors' retirement income stream.

By Greg Iacurci
Chinese stocks go from a sell to a buy just like that
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2015
Chinese stocks go from a sell to a buy just like that

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Emerging-markets fund manager who darted out of Chinese stocks at the best possible time is now moving back in.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2015
Top stock forecaster Birinyi says more market gains ahead

Well-known investor Laszlo Birinyi, who has defied market pessimists throughout the 6 1/2-year bull market, says there's more money to be made in the stock market.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 03, 2015
Active target date managers make tweaks ahead of Fed rate hike

Active managers have made small changes on the margins of their TDF portfolios, which could give them a short-term advantage over passive managers.

By Greg Iacurci
Pimco builds an alternatives business as bond turmoil grabs the headlines
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 03, 2015
Pimco builds an alternatives business as bond turmoil grabs the headlines

Unit focused on real estate and distressed debt is a bright spot in the firm's quest for profitability and growth.

By Bloomberg
BlackRock to manage $87 billion money market assets for Bank of America
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 02, 2015
BlackRock to manage $87 billion money market assets for Bank of America

Deal comes as big banks grapple with new SEC regulations that force institutional prime funds to adopt a floating share price.

By Bloomberg
If clients are fed up with the U.S., consider a second citizenship
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 02, 2015
If clients are fed up with the U.S., consider a second citizenship

Citizenship by investment is a growing method that allows high-net-worth clients to shield their assets from the U.S. government.

By Nuri Katz
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 01, 2015
The best- and worst-performing target date funds

Ranking funds through the third quarter of 2015

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2015
The Fed's monetary policy is making income inequality even worse

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The numbers are in, and it turns out the $12.4 trillion worth of quantitative easing has only worsened inequality.

By Jeff Benjamin