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Investopedia Anxiety Index a step ahead of the VIX?
EQUITIES OCT 31, 2016
Investopedia Anxiety Index a step ahead of the VIX?

The financial encyclopedia website has started measuring online searches as a way to forecast buying and selling in the markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Advisers take flight from Morgan Stanley
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 31, 2016
Advisers take flight from Morgan Stanley

Twenty-four teams left in third quarter on top of 26 in second quarter. <b><i>(More: <a href=&quot;http://data.investmentnews.com/aotm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>See all the latest moves in InvestmentNews' Advisers on the Move database</a>)</i></b>

By Bruce Kelly
Good branch managers a dying breed
OPINION OCT 30, 2016
Good branch managers a dying breed

The best were former advisers themselves, but that may not be the case in the future.

By Danny Sarch
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 30, 2016
A donor-advised fund can benefit clients as well as charity

A charitable giving plan is a great tool to help high-net-worth clients achieve their philanthropic goals while also solving some of their tax issues.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton's tax plan would hit the very rich

If front-runner Hillary Clinton wins, higher taxes could be on the way for advisers' wealthy clients.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2016
New path for resolving late RIA rollovers

How to minimize the chance of a late rollover.

By Ellie Zhu
FINTECH OCT 28, 2016
Technology can help advisers ensure they are giving 'best' advice to meet DOL fiduciary rule

Data aggregation &amp;mdash; and knowing what's on both sides of a client's balance sheet &amp;mdash; is key to meeting new requirements.

By Ed Gjertsen II
EQUITIES OCT 27, 2016
Fresh FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton sets the markets on edge

Plus: Bilked Madoff investors get some pay back, the economics of Halloween, and forecasting the election outcome based on costume sales

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES OCT 27, 2016
IRA investors may disappear from IPOs

The Department of Labor's fiduciary rule prohibits individual IRA investors from participating in initial public offerings with the assistance of their financial adviser.

By Ronald J. Kruszewski
Help your clients make retirement sweeter
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2016
Help your clients make retirement sweeter

By paying for things they absolutely need with income sources that won't run out, clients can enjoy the best treat of all: peace of mind in retirement.

By Philip E. Caminiti
RIAS OCT 27, 2016
SEC charges Broidy Wealth Advisors with overbilling clients, stealing from their trusts

The firm and owner Marc Broidy, of Beverly Hills, Calif., allegedly had more than $1.4 million of ill-gotten gains.

By Christine Idzelis
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 27, 2016
DOL releases first batch of FAQs on fiduciary rule

Agency answers 34 adviser questions pertaining to the regulation's exemptions, including the best-interest contract exemption. <b><i>(More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>The most up-to-date information on the DOL fiduciary rule</a>)</i></b>

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS OCT 27, 2016
Janus in a double whammy as assets flee and revenue drops

Plus: How Clinton and Trump won't save Social Security, more scrutiny for sales charges, and taking the 5% challenge.

By Jeff Benjamin
Advisers failing to comprehend impact of DOL fiduciary rule: Massachusetts regulator William Galvin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2016
Advisers failing to comprehend impact of DOL fiduciary rule: Massachusetts regulator William Galvin

The Massachusetts Securities Division came to that conclusion after surveying 327 RIAs, whom the commonwealth is offering to train for free.

By Bruce Kelly
Ameriprise will stick with IRA commissions under DOL fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2016
Ameriprise will stick with IRA commissions under DOL fiduciary rule

CEO says the commission model, which will require more compliance work on the company's part, serves both clients and advisers well. <b><i>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">The most up-to-date information on the DOL fiduciary rule</a>)</i></b>

By Bruce Kelly
Schwab CEO: Advisers face challenge of keeping fiduciary edge over brokers in post-DOL rule world
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2016
Schwab CEO: Advisers face challenge of keeping fiduciary edge over brokers in post-DOL rule world

'The great challenge ... is that ability to re-differentiate ourselves from those who are following your success and wanting to look and act and to appear to clients just as you do.'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Ameriprise spends another $7 million in Q3 to get ready for the DOL fiduciary rule
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2016
Ameriprise spends another $7 million in Q3 to get ready for the DOL fiduciary rule

Company has spent nearly $19 million this year preparing for the regulation.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
Big gap between Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and retiree inflation

Miniscule benefit hike won't protect seniors' buying power.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
Tax planning for the wealthy would get more difficult under a Clinton presidency

The Democratic presidential nominee is proposing higher taxes on Americans who make more than $250,000, including a 4% &#8220;fair share surcharge&#8221; on incomes over $5 million a year.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 26, 2016
Volatility seen as best way to hedge against political risk

According to a study by Unigestion, investors worried about the outcome on Nov. 8 should forget gold and Treasuries.

By John Waggoner