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Team members out-earning solo advisers — and by a lot
RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Team members out-earning solo advisers — and by a lot

Here's a pretty startling statistic: New data shows that advisers who work in teams make 32% more money than those who fly solo. Indeed, the average team member pulls down nearly $300,000 a year.

By Liz Skinner
<font color=red>Live from FPA</font>: U.S. economy still weighed down by debt: Pimco's Kashkari
EQUITIES OCT 01, 2012
<font color=red>Live from FPA</font>: U.S. economy still weighed down by debt: Pimco's Kashkari

Progress has been made but more needs to be done, he tells FPA

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Growing through acquisition or recruiting advisers

By John Furey
WIREHOUSES OCT 01, 2012
Smith Barney bites the dust

It's official — management at Morgan Stanley has eighty-sixed the 'Smith Barney' name, rebranding the iconic brokerage as Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. What would John Houseman think?

By Andrew Osterland
RIAS OCT 01, 2012
HighTower opens gates for breakaway advisers

By AOSTERLAND
RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Michael Kitces: The day I became ashamed to be a CLU

Or, why the flap between the FPA and the American College has ruffled my feathers

By Michael Kitces
RIAS OCT 01, 2012
Don't count wirehouses out, Goldman says

By AOSTERLAND
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 01, 2012
AMT problem could drive fiscal cliff deal

Pressing concern over alternate tax might drive the parties toward a compromise by year-end

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 01, 2012
Why LTC insurance is a better bet for women

Longer life expectancy, coupled with unisex policy pricing, boosts the value proposition for female clients

By Liz Skinner
Tax reform imminent?
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 01, 2012
Tax reform imminent?

A deal to extend the alternative minimum tax patch on Thursday could be a harbinger of a broader attempt to change the tax code.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 01, 2012
Women facing 'retirement income glass ceiling'

Women face a unique set of hurdles when it comes to saving for retirement, and those difficulties set them far behind men once they stop working.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS SEP 30, 2012
Raymond James trims fees for some RIAs

By DJAMIESON
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 30, 2012
Stock market correlation leads to 'closet' indexing

Maybe American Funds Growth Fund of America should be renamed American Funds Index Fund of America. The $115 billion fund, the largest equity mutual fund in the world, is tracking its benchmark more closely than ever before — and it is not alone.

By JKEPHART
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
Merrill hires MSSB exec to run insurance, annuities

By AOSTERLAND
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2012
Finra is right to improve transparency

Any initiative that reduces investors' vulnerability to fraud, and thereby strengthens their confidence in the markets, is a step in the right direction.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
REIT dividends at issue in suit

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 30, 2012
Many wealthy skip tax benefits, give posthumously

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 30, 2012
Helping ease pain of college debt

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH SEP 30, 2012
Fox and Redtail partner on work flow

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 30, 2012
SRO issue may hinge on funding

By Mark Schoeff Jr.