The Labor Department should require providers to share more on fees, performance and benchmarking, GAO says.
LPL gets back in the broker-dealer M&A hunt, adding to their retirement arm via Financial Telesis' 470 reps and RIA.
But low fees don't necessarily translate into better performance.
Changes to LifePath Index come as other providers also have sought to increase equity allocations after retirement.
The firm's rebranding efforts follow combinations with J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services' record-keeping business and Putnam Investments' retirement unit.
Partnership aims at getting business from advisers who want to integrate their systems.
NFP Advisor Services chief James Poer says firm is adding 53 advisers and roughly $30 million in revenue, mostly from Financial Telesis.
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Insurer aims to boost position among retirement plans with around $15 million in assets.
Finra arbitration panel finds adviser liable for remaining balance on promissory note, but orders wirehouse to pay for closing his branch.
Broker-dealers will need to be more selective in finding an auditor who knows the industry.
Successful children of wealthy parents had support -- but within limits, a new book finds.
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Female clients think about investing differently, with focuses ranging from retirement to impact investing, and it's up to advisers to meet them on common ground. <i><b>More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20140817/WOMEN">The Women and Investing special report</a></b></i>
Larry Roth, CEO of Cetera Financial Group, warns against consolidation at the expense of client and adviser relationships.
Brokers who make large drawdowns from their investment accounts may be showing their hand before breaking away.
Appointment of Arthur P. Steinmetz is in some ways an experiment — perhaps even a risky one.
It's not filled with vendors, PowerPoint presentations and lots of old white men wearing blue shirts
More than a fifth of people collecting state and local pensions apparently apparently have moved out -- a third of them to Florida.
