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RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2017
As longevity stalls, corporations enjoy a windfall on pensions, benefits

Firms are cutting the estimates of what they'll have to pay retirees, and in some cases, it adds up to billions.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH AUG 08, 2017
SEC risk alert calls on advisory industry to do more to shore up cybersecurity

Advisory firms given more details on how examiners want systems protected from hackers.

By Liz Skinner
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 08, 2017
Financial trade groups to DOL: Advisers dumping small accounts

As the comment-letter deadline for the Labor Department's fiduciary rule hits, industry organizations warn of orphaned accounts.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH AUG 08, 2017
Robos, digital platforms and human financial advice: What investors really want

By InvestmentNews Research and Oranj
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2017
Health care reform could affect muni bonds

By James Dearborn, Head of Municipal Bond Investments and Senior Portfolio Manager
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 07, 2017
Finra bars former Edward Jones broker for no-show at hearing on client gifts

Edward Jones fired James V. Marino for allegedly taking $25,000 from client.

By InvestmentNews
FINTECH AUG 07, 2017
PlanPlus and FinaMetrica merge

Combined provider of planning and risk-tolerance tools renamed PlanPlus Global.

By InvestmentNews
RIA NEWS AUG 07, 2017
Custodians are charting fintech's future

From workflow efficiencies to robo-advice and artificial intelligence, the big four are developing technology to entice advisers.

By Liz Skinner
OPINION AUG 07, 2017
ICI's Paul Schott Stevens: DOL fiduciary rule review is opportunity for SEC

Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has a window of opportunity to work with the Department of Labor to establish a consistent best-interest standard of conduct that spans retirement and non-retirement accounts.

By Paul Schott Stevens
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2017
Vanguard outsources some 403(b) record keeping to Newport Group

The firm touts added benefits of the arrangement, but some smaller-balance account holders will wind up paying more.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2017
Financial advice industry has a role in opioid crisis

It's up to financial advisers to keep clients safe from financial fraud or exploitation at the hands of a loved one who is trapped in the clutches of addiction.

By crain-api
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2017
Opioid addiction poses moral, legal challenges for financial advisers

By Greg Iacurci
One family's story of addiction and finding their way out
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2017
One family's story of addiction and finding their way out

By Elizabeth MacBride
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2017
Can financial advisers save clients from the financial ravages of opioid addiction?

About 36% of advisers have worked with clients who were addicted or had family members addicted to opioids, according to a recent InvestmentNews survey.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 04, 2017
DOL releases new fiduciary rule FAQs focused on 401(k) plans

Answers touch on how retirement plan advisers should treat certain disclosures about their status as well as recommendations for increasing plan participation and contributions.

By Greg Iacurci
FINTECH AUG 04, 2017
Four tech tools for communicating with clients

These tools will help advisers interact with clients in a faster and more engaging way.

By Joe DiMauro
RIA NEWS AUG 04, 2017
Adviser denies any role in fake news story about murdered DNC staffer

The private investigator Ed Butowsky hired to look into the murder of Seth Rich is now suing him and Fox News for defamation.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 04, 2017
Industry groups opposing DOL fiduciary rule maximize spending on author of bill to kill measure

Brokerage industry dominates investment-adviser sector in political, lobbying spending.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2017
401(k) savings continue to hit record highs

Impressive performance reflects resilient stock market and increased employee and employer contributions to retirement accounts.

By Bloomberg
A refresher course on Social Security claiming rules
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2017
A refresher course on Social Security claiming rules

New "deeming" rules can trip up claiming strategies.

By Mary Beth Franklin