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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule already proving to be harmful and onerous

The Financial Services Institute has urged the DOL to delay full implementation of the rule until April 10, 2019. But a delay alone will not be enough, according to the trade group.

By Dale Brown
RIAS JUL 31, 2017
Fidelity Investments fires another salvo in the fee wars

Mutual fund company announces fee cuts to 14 of its stock and bond index funds, claiming they have less expensive comparable funds than archrival Vanguard.

By John Waggoner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2017
Stifel CEO raises doubts about future of DOL rule

Ron Kruszewski doesn't think the DOL rule will be implemented on schedule — and may never take effect.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS JUL 31, 2017
HighTower's president resigns

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 31, 2017
SEC charges four former reps with fraud for VA sales targeting federal employees

Brokers implied government affiliation or approval, says enforcement action

By InvestmentNews
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 31, 2017
LPL's Dan Arnold: 'Uberization' is coming to advisers' offices

CEO says he wants to adopt a shared economy model to lower advisers' costs and make them more efficient.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS JUL 31, 2017
Why RIAs are the future of financial advising

By Gillian Albert
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2017
Americans' savings rate sinks to lowest level in 9 years

Chances are, you aren't saving the way you used to.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2017
Government to wind down Obama-era retirement savings program

The myRA program was available to workers with no employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k), and with little money to invest.

By John Waggoner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 28, 2017
Massachusetts regulator blasts SEC's Piwowar over fiduciary rule

William Galvin reiterates support for fiduciary standard in letter to DOL.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2017
Treasury Department to wind down Obama-era myRA retirement program

The program, which was aimed at workers with no employer-sponsored retirement plan and little money to invest, suffered from low demand and high costs

By John Waggoner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 28, 2017
Raymond James looks to replicate recruiting success on West Coast

The firm is looking to match its success in the Northeast, including last year's acquisition of Alex. Brown and a 2013 agreement to partner with Steward Partners.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2017
U.S. plummets on global ranking for retirement security

Norway, Switzerland and Iceland hold on to the top three slots.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 28, 2017
Former Aegis Capital broker barred for skipping hearing

Kenneth L. Jones had been terminated for not disclosing outside business.

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 28, 2017
LPL's head count drops by almost 100 advisers in 2Q

Recruiting was down due to regulatory uncertainty, particularly over the DOL fiduciary rule, according to CEO Dan Arnold.

By Bruce Kelly
Most women flunk retirement income literacy quiz
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2017
Most women flunk retirement income literacy quiz

Only 18% of retirement age women can pass a basic quiz about how to make a nest egg last in retirement.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2017
Advisers: What about your retirement?

Formulating a holistic plan is a good approach for clients, and you as well.

By Joni Youngwirth
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 27, 2017
More advisers disapprove of Trump job performance at six-month mark

More than half of respondents to <i>InvestmentNews</i> poll say their confidence has dropped since start of term. Supporters give him partial credit for market uptick.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2017
On Social Security, financial advisers tell clients to not count on much

Beyond debating its solvency, advisers embrace the reality of a broken system.

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 27, 2017
Filling in the protection gap for high-income earning physicians

Many doctors find a serious gap between the benefits of traditional disability and the replacement of their true income.

By Jason Zimmerman