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INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 26, 2013
Apple set to raise dividend by more than half

Analysts expert iPad maker to ramp it payouts to shareholders; stacks of cash

By MFXFeeder
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 26, 2013
Searching for return in a tough bond world

By MFXFeeder
RIAS MAR 26, 2013
When it comes to social media, advisers should beware but be there

SEC isn't aggressively scrutinizing adviser use of social media, so with sound policies in place — take no fear.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2013
Mary Beth Franklin: Translating Social Security-speak

Looking for clarity in the fog of confusion when claiming benefits

By Mary Beth Franklin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 26, 2013
Insurer's B-Ds may be Cetera's next target

Industry watchers say acquisitive broker-dealer Cetera may be eying two of the insurer's B-Ds.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 26, 2013
LPL plans 3Q job cuts, move to outsourcing

According to a letter sent out by CEO Mark Casady, LPL plans to outsource a number of back office jobs this year. As a result, some current employees will be let go in the second half.

By Bruce Kelly
BROKER DEALERS MAR 26, 2013
Ex-Schwab exec Barnaby Grist finds his 'sweet spot' in new gig

Newly appointed exec at Cetera Financial has been charged with integrating the firm's securities and advisory businesses. For Grist, that's where the action is

By Bloomberg
Barnaby Grist leaves Schwab for new venture
RIAS MAR 26, 2013
Barnaby Grist leaves Schwab for new venture

Barnaby Grist has left his position as senior managing director of strategic business development of The Charles Schwab Corp.'s investment adviser group to join Cetera Financial Group, a new independent-brokerage venture controlled by Lightyear Capital LLC.

By Jed Horowitz
EQUITIES MAR 25, 2013
The Takeaway: Going nuts for global REITs

Investors chasing yield find it in real estate investment trusts

By Joshua Brown
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2013
Gay spouses struggle to claim benefits

By Liz Skinner
OPINION MAR 24, 2013
Looking inside the president's budget

Included are several revenue raisers, including new reforms, old standbys and one big surprise

By Robert N. Gordon
ALTERNATIVES MAR 24, 2013
Housing recovery? That's old news

But tardy investors could still find some upside; bottom finally pinpointed

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2013
A deficit theory's backers and smackers

Can deficit spending - and its effects - be ignored?

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2013
SEC: Ex-Ore. gubernatorial hopeful sold fake Facebook shares

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2013
IN Voices

By MFXFeeder
EQUITIES MAR 24, 2013
Long-term bull Cote feeling defensive about the market

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 24, 2013
Correction seen as welcome

Pullback would likely trigger next big run-up in stocks

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2013
Sound the alarm on retirement crisis

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2013
Slim pickings as T. Boone strikes out once again in OSU lawsuit

Appeals court rules against tycoon and athletic boosters in insurance case; 'not Cowboy's first rodeo'

By Darla Mercado
RIAS MAR 24, 2013
Advisers making statement by shunning formal investment statements

Ignoring a useful tool for keeping investors on course; wealthier clients do get written plan

By Jeff Benjamin