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RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 22, 2014
Unraveling Minds

<b>Game Changers: Dealing with Dementia</b> Cognitive decline doesn't just rob the elderly of their mental capacity. Advisers and their firms often are left adrift, forced to make crucial decisions affecting the financial affairs of elderly clients.

By Mason Braswell
ETFS DEC 22, 2014
ETF strategists need better communication with advisers to sustain growth: analysts

Fast-growing ETF money managers told marketing can help navigate shifting tides in asset flows.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Edelman plans ETF based on revolutionary technology
ETFS DEC 21, 2014
Edelman plans ETF based on revolutionary technology

Well-known RIA partners with BlackRock's iShares division to invest in companies exposed to potentially paradigm-shifting technologies.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 21, 2014
The right glide path for smaller accounts

Resist the temptation to increase risk for low savers, as every dollar becomes more important.

By James P. Lauder
ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2014
Homebuilders lag real estate investment trusts amid U.S. rebound

The gap will probably endure for years as job growth spurs demand for office, retail and apartment properties faster than Americans can buy new houses.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 21, 2014
Strawberry strikes out with advisers

IRS will auction an annuity that was part of a contract Darryl Strawberry signed with the Mets nearly 30 years ago.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES DEC 21, 2014
Stocks carry momentum into the holiday-shortened trading week

Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features stocks poised to move higher in a holiday-shortened week. Plus: Lots of data in just a few days, OPEC plays a game of chicken, and using dividend stocks to make up for an under-funded retirement portfolio

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2014
Schorsch accused of manipulating ARCP books: Suit

American Realty Capital Properties Inc.'s former chief accounting officer alleges the ex-chairman ordered numbers to be changed.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES DEC 20, 2014
New platforms for alternatives trading miss the mark

Smart money should be focused on finding ways to help advisers first navigate the liquid alts world.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2014
Nicholas Schorsch resigns from RCAP, boards of AR Capital affiliates

REIT czar resigns from RCAP, boards of 11 AR Capital affiliates. New chairman says change allows company to simplify governance, minimize 'perceived' conflicts and cut complexity. (And check out <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20141223/FREE/122309998/PH&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">the triumphs and trials of Nick Schorsch</a>.)

By Bruce Kelly
ETFS DEC 19, 2014
How to make ETF transparency work for you and your clients

What are the investor benefits to transparency? Do most investors really care if they can actually see and examine their ETF holdings every day?

By Rusty Vanneman
EQUITIES DEC 19, 2014
Time to strap in for the downsides of cheap oil, higher interest rates

Booming equity markets leave investors blissfully unaware of risks.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES DEC 19, 2014
Shrugging off diversification, more advisers chase stock market performance

On Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, advisers are starting to shun alternatives to avoid the risk of missing out on the stock market's run. Plus: Venezuela's sinking credit rating, attractive valuations even at these prices, and investing rules from Stephen Colbert

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 19, 2014
Investors move to Janus as new Gross-run fund adds $769 million

Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund reports assets of $1.21B; fund returned 0.38% in November, beating 85% of peers.

By Bloomberg
EMERGING MARKETS DEC 19, 2014
Bill Gross says take chips off the table as end to asset increases nears

In latest outlook report, Janus bond manager, using Punch and Judy to analyze central bank policies, wonders how a debt crisis can be solved with more debt.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME DEC 19, 2014
Off with his head: How Pimco deposed the Bond King

The inside story of the final months of turmoil at Pimco as Bill Gross lost control.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2014
Massachusetts regulator Galvin investigating Schorsch B-D

Massachusetts regulator has launched an investigation into Realty Capital Securities, the wholesaling broker-dealer arm of Nicholas Schorsch's nontraded REIT empire. (<b><i>Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141105/FREE/141109957/schorsch-remains-confident-in-his-empire&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Schorsch remains confident in his empire</a>)</b></i>

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES DEC 18, 2014
ARCP gets time to revise earnings, delays dividend

Big real estate company, until recently led by Nicholas Schorsch, hires Korn Ferry, launches search for new CEO, chairman.

By Bloomberg
EMERGING MARKETS DEC 18, 2014
Cuba's move toward capitalism may accelerate

My trip to the island nation produced some memorable insights into the country's future.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES DEC 18, 2014
Restored Cuba relations will lead to travel, cigars, not investment opportunities

Even if Cuba's economy doubled, it still wouldn't be 'big enough to move the needle for the U.S.'

By Jeff Benjamin