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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 03, 2017
Yet again, Tommy Belesis barred from the securities industry

By Bruce Kelly
ETFS AUG 03, 2017
Fiduciary rule will top agenda for new head of SEC's Division of Investment Management

David Grim steps down after two-decade career at agency; new leader has not been named.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 03, 2017
Edward Jones broker terminated over client gift is barred by Finra

Regulator says Ralph Villanueva Villavicencio failed to provide testimony for its investigation.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2017
How to reduce risk when doing 401(k) plan re-enrollments

Advisers should review the plan document and make sure they give participants the right to opt out of the re-enrollment.

By Greg Iacurci
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 02, 2017
Consumer and insurance groups disagree on advice standard for annuity sales

Consumer groups and American Council of Life Insurers square off over how stringent the investment advice standard should be.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WIREHOUSES AUG 02, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $500 million team in New York

Four-person group joins the Alex. Brown division of Raymond James.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 02, 2017
Finra bars broker, firm principals for $5 million account churning

But no fines or restitution imposed because two of the three have filed for bankruptcy.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2017
J. Mark Iwry, architect of myRA, discusses its demise

A former senior adviser to the Treasury finds resistance to the program 'baffling.'

By John Waggoner
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2017
A refresher course on Social Security claiming rules

New "deeming" rules can trip up claiming strategies.

By Mary Beth Franklin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 01, 2017
Revised Form ADV requires much more data from advisers

Securities and Exchange Commission steps up information collection to augment risk analysis.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 01, 2017
$6 billion hybrid RIA group leaves LPL for Cetera

The three-adviser group, from Alliant Retirement Consulting, specializes in retirement plans.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 01, 2017
Today's retirees are better off than previously thought

Millions of older Americans benefit from traditional retirement plans, new research finds.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 01, 2017
The upside-down 401(k) world is about to change

Parts of the 401(k) plan that are currently customized will become mass-produced, and vice versa.

By Fred Barstein
FINTECH AUG 01, 2017
LPL preparing two tech additions for advisers and their clients

The firm is working on a robo-platform and a new mobile app for clients

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 31, 2017
LPL Financial benefits from flight of Wells Fargo advisers

Independent broker-dealer signs up 15 teams from the bank's wirehouse in the second quarter.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2017
Bannon proposal to raise top tax rate dismissed by White House official

Income-tax increase on wealthy to pay for middle-class cuts won't encourage growth, says Marc Short, Trump's director of legislative affairs.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 31, 2017
Number of experienced defined-contribution plan advisers to grow with DOL fiduciary rule

The most specialized retirement plan advisers control nearly 70% of adviser-held DC assets.

By Greg Iacurci
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
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
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