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$1B firm merges under consolidation pressures
RIAS JAN 27, 2015
$1B firm merges under consolidation pressures

Keel Point partners with BlueCreek Investment Partners to form $1.5 billion firm, aiming for $5 billion.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2015
The best and worst investments of 2014

These are the bets that saved or ruined portfolios in 2014. Beware: There's absolutely no guarantee they'll do the same thing next year.

By Bloomberg
OPINION JAN 27, 2015
Closed-end funds can offer opportunities, but they come with risks

Not nearly as popular as open-end mutual funds, they provide advantages for long-term investors who can stomach some volatility.

By Thomas Hoops
RIAS JAN 27, 2015
Service firms race to help advisers create digital platforms

Custodians and rollups are in a mad dash to develop automated ways for advisers to make serving younger or less-wealthy clients profitable.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 27, 2015
Advisers ramping up discussions with legislators, regulators on key issues

From the advisory business model to crowdfunding to elder financial abuse, discussions taking place despite congressional gridlock

By Dale Brown
RIAS JAN 26, 2015
A numbers-based approach to bringing in more client assets

Reverse-engineer your new asset goal to make it feel reachable, attainable, and achievable.

By Shawn Sparks
EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
Citigroup says oil is going from cheap to dirt cheap

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Could $20 oil really happen? According to Citigroup, It's impossible to call a bottom point. Plus: Morningstar crowns the 'best' liquid alts fund, another oil producer feels the pain, and the case for active management gets stronger.

By Jeff Benjamin
It's getting easier to tell good stocks from bad
EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
It's getting easier to tell good stocks from bad

2015 is shaping up to be a better year for active equity management.

By Bloomberg
Enjoy the Super Bowl ads, but don't buy the stock
EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
Enjoy the Super Bowl ads, but don't buy the stock

Advertising in the Super Bowl doesn't mean a company is a good investment, as generally there's been no connection between an advertiser shelling out millions for a 30-second commercial and the company's stock price.

By Jeff Benjamin
2014 stock market rally pays off for charitable giving
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 26, 2015
2014 stock market rally pays off for charitable giving

The markets giveth, and keep on giving

By Darla Mercado
The next thing to worry about: Investor overconfidence
RIAS JAN 26, 2015
The next thing to worry about: Investor overconfidence

In Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, the downside of a multi-year bull market in stocks: Investors get overconfident. Plus: If oil drops to $30 look out below, not all hedge fund workers are rich, and what the IRS is looking for now.

By Jeff Benjamin
MLP funds, once seemingly immune, show signs of frailty as energy prices fall
EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
MLP funds, once seemingly immune, show signs of frailty as energy prices fall

Popular category for yield-starved investors posts first quarterly decline in two years.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ETFS JAN 26, 2015
ETFs top $2 trillion in U.S. for first time

A once-niche fund becomes the fastest-growing product in asset management.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ETFS JAN 26, 2015
Schwab expands commission-free trading platform for ETFs

Seen as a win for investors and participating fund companies.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 26, 2015
Live! From TD Ameritrade Institutional: Keep emergency plans updated, or face disastrous consequences from regulators

<i>From TD Ameritrade Institutional's national conference:</i> RIAs need to document the testing of their continuity plan if they want to stay out of hot water with regulators. Here's what you need to know. <i>(Don't miss: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/video?playerType=Events&amp;eventID=TDAI2014&amp;bctid=3126949758001&amp;date=20140130&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>TD Ameritrade Institutional's Tom Nally talks about how advisers can reach NextGen clients</a>.)</i>

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2015
Apple Watch apps to help you keep track of money

Monitor the markets, set price price points for stocks and keep track of your accounts with the watch, set to be released April 24.

By Alessandra Malito
Are you a gadget junkie?
FINTECH JAN 25, 2015
Are you a gadget junkie?

Adviser Sheryl Rowling is and is trying to decide about going further with technology.

By Sheryl Rowling
TD Ameritrade Institutional launching Veo One dashboard for advisers
RIAS JAN 25, 2015
TD Ameritrade Institutional launching Veo One dashboard for advisers

Platform allows immediate connection to applications such as DocuSign, Laser App Anywhere, MoneyGuidePro, Orion Advisor Services and Redtail.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 25, 2015
Obama's tax proposals fall short

Some of the president's tax plans likely will give nightmares to the clients of financial advisers.

By MFXFeeder
The watershed moment for lifetime income
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 25, 2015
The watershed moment for lifetime income

Making lifetime income options more readily available will help enhance retirement security, according to IRI's Cathy Weatherford.

By Cathy Weatherford