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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 28, 2014
Couple awarded $2.5 million in Ponzi case run by rogue broker

Arbitration panel orders Golden Beneficial Securities to pay for failure to supervise

By Mason Braswell
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team

Trio previously worked at J.P. Morgan Private Client Service Group.

By Alessandra Malito
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 27, 2014
From Pimco to BlackRock, financial giants protest expansion of too-big-to-fail rules

Global regulators face a backlash from some of the world's largest asset managers including Pacific Investment Management Co., Fidelity Investments, and BlackRock Inc. over plans that could single them out for tougher regulation.

By Matt Ackermann
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 27, 2014
Social Security survivor benefits after botched second marriages

If second marriage ends, the first one may still count

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIA NEWS MAY 27, 2014
Tech-savvy young planners band together to share the wealth

'FP Hackers' brainstorm issues facing new businesses — and even refer clients to one another

By Joyce Hanson
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2014
Fund your child's tuition with Social Security

Millions of people have no idea about the true value of the benefits they have earned throughout their careers. One reader finds that claiming after age 66 can result in retroactive benefits; another beneficiary was leaving $1,000 a month on the table.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION MAY 25, 2014
Rethinking traditional risk questionnaires

There are other, more effective approaches to helping clients realistically assess their risk tolerance

By Brian Jacobsen
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2014
How well do you know your aging clients?

By Legg Mason Global Asset Management
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2014
How advisers can help clients deal with Alzheimer's

The inability to manage money is one of the earliest indications that a client may have Alzheimer's disease

By Dr. Robert Pokorski
OPINION MAY 23, 2014
How much would you pay for a safer car?

A cost-benefit analysis of a new regulation came up short when it only counted dollars. Then, regulators asked how much more a young child's life is worth.

By Cass R. Sunstein
EQUITIES MAY 23, 2014
The housing recovery is falling flat

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, the housing recovery might have fizzled out. Plus more on junk bond yields, a big Barclays fine and much more.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 23, 2014
Valerie Brown out at Cetera

Valerie Brown, longtime head of Cetera Financial Group and its predecessor ING broker-dealers, has stepped down and is being replaced by Larry Roth.

By Bruce Kelly
The tricky first-year rule for working while collecting Social Security
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2014
The tricky first-year rule for working while collecting Social Security

New retirees can use monthly rather than annual earnings limit.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Delaying Social Security can outperform investment returns
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2014
Delaying Social Security can outperform investment returns

But break-even period can be at least 20 years.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Social Security earnings limits can reduce spousal benefits, too
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2014
Social Security earnings limits can reduce spousal benefits, too

Earnings restrictions disappear at full retirement age.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2014
Baby boomer, Gen X women fear not having enough retirement savings

Congresswoman encourages growth in number of female financial advisers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2014
4 reasons you keep losing your best employees

High employee turnover is brutal for a service business such as financial advice. Joe Duran on how to create a dynamic culture within your office.

By Joe Duran
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 23, 2014
Larry Roth's doing a lot more than selling nontraded REITs

There's hard evidence that he has been the architect behind Nick Schorsch's growing broker-dealer empire.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2014
REIT firm KBS battling Schorsch's American Realty Capital over claim of trade secret theft

Nicholas Schorsch's American Realty Capital Advisors and rival nontraded-REIT sponsor KBS Capital Advisors are locked in a legal battle over proprietary information and trade secrets. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2014
Nontraded REIT Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust to merge with Kite Realty Group Trust

Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust has agreed to merge with a publicly traded REIT in a $2.1 billion all-stock deal. The transaction represents average annualized return of 8% for investors. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly