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MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 24, 2017
Invesco said to mull ETF-only Guggenheim deal

Buying just the exchange-traded funds would add $36 billion in assets to its PowerShares family

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2017
Retiree health care costs up 6%, new study finds

A newly retired couple would need $275,000 for medical care throughout retirement, according to Fidelity.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME AUG 24, 2017
Big U.S. banks could see profits jump 20% with deregulation

Allowing bond purchases with borrowed funds would have the biggest impact

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 24, 2017
How financial advisers can take advantage of tax reform uncertainty

Accelerating tax deductions and deferring income recognition are two primary ways to benefit from the political climate.

By Greg Iacurci
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 24, 2017
Understanding — and overcoming — your clients' behavioral biases

By Gillian Albert
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 23, 2017
Broker agrees to Finra bar for engaging in unapproved securities transactions

Registered rep formed a company and then sold $1.74 million worth of shares to his brokerage clients.

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 23, 2017
SEC bars former broker imprisoned for $1.1 million fraud

Paul Elvidge got five years for forging clients' signatures and bilking accounts.

By InvestmentNews
RIAS AUG 23, 2017
Merrill Lynch loses $150-million father-son team to Raymond James

John R. Edgecomb Sr. spent 37 years at Merrill, where his son joined him in 2007.

By InvestmentNews
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 23, 2017
Bear funds prosper, but how do you use them?

By John Waggoner
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Why most of your richest clients are also the oldest

One explanation is that they're staying much healthier than other Americans.

By Bloomberg
OPINION AUG 23, 2017
How to (and not to) work effectively with teachers as 403(b) clients

Low plan participation, the need for good advice and strong job security among teachers present a big opportunity for advisers.

By Anthony Isola
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 23, 2017
Thrivent Financial quietly expands beyond Christians

From its origins with Lutherans, the world's largest fraternal organization now aims to serve 'middle America.'

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Despite misleading ads, annuities can be critical for lifetime income planning

Advisers need to provide investors with clear, useful information on annuities in order to dispel inaccurate perceptions.

By Greg Cicotte
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Expense ratios for defined-contribution plans stall out at a new low

By Bloomberg
Odds are, the $700M Powerball winner will need lots of advice
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 23, 2017
Odds are, the $700M Powerball winner will need lots of advice

A good financial adviser — or, better yet, a team of them — would provide a sense of perspective and calm that would hopefully prevent this winner from following in the footsteps of so many past winners who wound up broke in just a few years.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS AUG 22, 2017
CAPTRUST acquires $19B RIA in its sixth deal this year

With $243 billion in assets, CAPTRUST continues to grow on its own terms.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 22, 2017
Cetera broker-dealers to pay back $3.3 million to clients overcharged for mutual funds

Over an eight-year period, the B-Ds failed to properly supervise sales charge waivers to clients in retirement plans and charitable organizations.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 22, 2017
Allstate sues Ameriprise for allegedly stealing client information

According to the lawsuit, agents being recruited away have been encouraged to create contact lists and download data on flash drives to later solicit clients.

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION AUG 22, 2017
Harnessing behavioral economics to reinvent employee education

Teaching 401(k) plan participants good decision-making does work, but only with a radically new approach.

By Warren Cormier
RIAS AUG 22, 2017
Los Angeles RIA charged with defrauding athlete and wife

Adviser allegedly hid the true amount of fees he was charging them, leading the couple to pay $1.2 million more than they thought they were being charged.

By InvestmentNews