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OPINION NOV 02, 2014
Time to move quickly to aid the impaired

Dementia, Alzheimer's puts advisers in a bind when they try to intervene on behalf of impaired clients

By MFXFeeder
OPINION NOV 02, 2014
Big glitches go beyond the numbers

$23M issues at ARCP, LPL show breakneck paces of growth can lead to cracks in the corporate façade.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 02, 2014
Wrangling clients' health care costs in retirement

Advisers are turning to various services to estimate the unknowable in retirement

By Darla Mercado
RIAS NOV 02, 2014
Schwab signs Morningstar to provide equity research, ratings

Deal will give advisers access to sector reports and pick lists, as well as daily, weekly and quarterly outlook reports.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME NOV 01, 2014
Satisfied with Legg Mason turnaround, activist investor Nelson Peltz leaves board

Stock price of money manager more than doubled since 2012 with new CEO and cost cuts as inflows return

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 01, 2014
Bond Cover

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 01, 2014
BlackRock, Loomis Sayles replace Pimco at $6B Prudential fund

Move comes on heels of record withdrawals from Pimco Total Return after Gross exit

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME OCT 31, 2014
Gross calls deflation a 'growing possibility' threatening wealth

Central banks' efforts to fuel inflation have pushed up financial assets, rather than prices in the real economy.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
In an electronic age, why are banks so slow?

The fix that could speed your deposits

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
New rules for annuities and target date funds inspire products race

Firms are at the drawing board designing retirement products, thanks to new guidance issued last week by the Treasury and Labor departments

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES OCT 31, 2014
National Planning Holdings puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales

After Nicholas Schorsch's giant traded REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029916&quot;>revealed a big accounting debacle</a>, one large broker-dealer network temporarily put a stop to sales of one of Mr. Schorsch's nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
Aberdeen's head of the Americas resigns
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 31, 2014
Aberdeen's head of the Americas resigns

Exec leaving for 'family reasons' but will continue to advise the money manager.

By Christine Williamson
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Norm Champ to depart SEC

Head of the agency's Division of Investment Management will leave before the end of the month

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2014
Finra fines Pershing $3 million for customer protection rule violations

Regulator says the clearing and custody firm violated the customer protection rule, which requires that a certain level of funds be set aside to protect against broker-dealer misuse or insolvency.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2014
As regulators tap into big data, advisers need to up compliance attention

SEC examiners are using a new analysis tool that looks at 27 different areas of data from advisory firms, securities lawyer says.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
BlackRock names Castille as chief retirement strategist

Former head of firm's defined contribution unit will focus on target date business, retirement indexes, create research platform.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Will missteps menace Schorsch's empire?

The revelation of accounting errors at Nick Schorsch's flagship REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, could not have come at a worse time. Here's why. <i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141030/FREE/141039985/national-planning-holdings-puts-kibosh-on-arc-nontraded-reit-sales&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>BD puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales</a>)</i>

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
A 78-year-old former executive flips burgers for $7.98

A cautionary tale about the financial pressures of limited savings

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Liquid alts get warning from SEC's Norm Champ

SEC official tells alternative mutual funds to define principal strategies for investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
OPINION OCT 30, 2014
Advisers played a role in market sell-off as they turned to risk-averse ETFs

Pattern of investors moving out of stocks could be set for balance of the year and into 2015.

By Nicholas Colas