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RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 12, 2013
SEC charges trader with Ponzi scheme using retirement investments

Clients in self-directed IRAs turned over control; 20% returns pitched.

By Darla Mercado
OPINION SEP 11, 2013
Are your assets protected from the next Hurricane Sandy?

With hurricane season upon us once again, now is the time to make sure you are prepared

By Andrew Ahrens
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2013
In a class by itself, Vanguard had ETF inflows in August

Index pioneer is only one of five biggest ETF companies to take in more cash last month.

By Jason Kephart
Jeffrey Saut: 'We are in a new secular bull market'
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2013
Jeffrey Saut: 'We are in a new secular bull market'

But the Raymond James strategist remains cautious for the near term.

By Jeffrey D. Saut
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2013
Banyan continues to expand, adding two firms, $1B in assets

Deals help firm push into institutional market, Midwest

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2013
Gundlach dips toe into uber-indexing

By Jason Kephart
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2013
Evercore hires Jewelle Bickford to help expand wealth advisory

By Andrew Leigh
BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2013
Symetra to sell its broker-dealer to John Hancock

By Bruce Kelly
BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2013
Adviser numbers will continue to slide: Cerulli

Financial adviser and IBD headcounts continue to shrink as training can't catch up with the drain of talent. But how's the rest of the business faring?

By AOSTERLAND
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2013
Kitces signs on to help fix 'issues' at Brightscope

Well-known adviser named to board at industry data specialist; plenty of complaints at launch

By DJAMIESON
RIAS SEP 11, 2013
Brightscope set to push out adviser fees

Get ready for a new level of transparency. Brightscope is gathering fee info from ADV forms and plans to begin publishing it later this year. Dan Jamieson has the details.

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 11, 2013
The ripple effect of a calamity on nerves and the markets

For Edward Kohlhepp, a certified financial planner with Kohlhepp Investment Advisors Ltd. in Doylestown, Pa., the memories of 9/11 are still vivid

By Deborah Nason
OPINION SEP 11, 2013
On a Day of Mourning, We All Can Use a Laugh

By Danny Sarch
BROKER DEALERS SEP 10, 2013
Agenda item

Changes are expected as Finra considers its controversial broker-comp rule this week. Industry watchers say wirehouses are largely backing a recruiting incentive regulation but IBDs oppose it.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 10, 2013
What's in a (Social Security) number?

Those famous nine-digit numbers are no longer tied to geography

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 10, 2013
Stock-picking environment favors mid- and small-cap stocks

You may want to reevaluate your large-cap holdings, market strategist says

By By Eugene E. Peroni Jr.
WIREHOUSES SEP 10, 2013
Morgan Stanley's Gorman: Chance of another financial crisis 'close to zero'

“The way these firms are managed, the amount of capital that they have, the amount of liquidity that they have, the changes in their business mix -- it's dramatic," according to Morgan Stanley's CEO.

By Matt Ackermann
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 10, 2013
Biological ties trump marriage bond for Social Security benefits

Young child qualifies when a parent claims retirement benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EMERGING MARKETS SEP 10, 2013
U.S. recovery at risk from emerging market woes: El-Erian

Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian says the U.S. economic recovery is facing stiff headwinds from weakening emerging market economies and spiraling currencies. That has big implications for investors.

By Gregory Crawford
ETFS SEP 10, 2013
Why the stock picker's market shouldn't matter

Jason Kephart discusses what financial advisers should really focus on when selecting an active manager.

By lkonish