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FINTECH MAY 09, 2017
Envestnet's Jud Bergman on helping advisers across the digital divide

Technology will actually enhance an adviser's human abilities.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2017
Social Security blocks clients' claiming strategies

Sometimes it is possible to reverse unintended claims.

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 09, 2017
Former SEC accountant pleads guilty to illegal securities trading — and then lying about it

David R. Humphrey also settled parallel civil charges with the SEC and will pay more than $108,000 in penalties.

By InvestmentNews
FINTECH MAY 09, 2017
Be a LinkedIn pro with these 9 tips

Anyone can use LinkedIn, but not everyone knows how to use it correctly. Follow these tips to stand out from the crowd.

By Scott Kleinberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2017
The conundrum of state-run retirement plans

Some opposed to state-run retirement plans argue that these types of plans should be handled by the private sector rather than the government.

By Terry Dunne
WIREHOUSES MAY 08, 2017
Morgan Stanley's decision to cut Vanguard funds likely due to DOL fiduciary rule

Because of the fiduciary rule, broker-dealers are looking to have level compensation across their platforms.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2017
Why Congress is making it tougher to retire

The new health care bill and a move to limit retirement savings will both hurt those trying to prepare for retirement

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 08, 2017
Opponents of DOL fiduciary rule want SEC to modify suitability standard

ICI chief executive Paul Schott Stevens is the latest to telegraph the route the financial industry wants the agency to take.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 07, 2017
New tax plan is a work in progress that needs advisers' input

President Donald J. Trump plans to host a series of listening sessions on the tax plan.

By crain-api
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 07, 2017
Independent broker-dealer Triad Advisors sues former advisers

Firm takes action against former advisers for allegedly violating terms of promissory note

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 06, 2017
Forget bingo! More Americans are working part-time in retirement

Whether it's for financial, social or mental health reasons, Americans are opting to work part-time in retirement and advisers are helping them figure out how to do it.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 05, 2017
Health care now moves to a slow track in Senate

Senators seem intent on writing their own bill, a process that could delay a final law until the end of the year.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2017
Milestone birthday triggers crucial financial decisions

In latest dispatch from the retirement front, InvestmentNews' contributing editor mulls health insurance, estate planning choices.

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 05, 2017
ICI head casts doubt on further delay of DOL fiduciary rule

Paul Schott Stevens says prospects for a delay are 'uncertain' and that the rule 'is already causing great harm.'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH MAY 05, 2017
Millennials design the financial service that would get them to invest

Hypothetical "Zenvestr" would work mostly through an app.

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH MAY 04, 2017
Envestnet Tamarac launching new apps for advisers' clients, one with AI

Chatbot would engage clients to take financial actions and encourage adviser meetings.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 04, 2017
Include health savings accounts in fiduciary process

The DOL rule that requires acting in clients' best interests will apply to these accounts.

By Blaine F. Aikin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 04, 2017
Senate votes to kill state auto-IRA rule

If signed by the president, as expected, the resolution likely would have a 'chilling effect' on development of such retirement plans by states, due to the loss of the ERISA exemption.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 04, 2017
Where the winners and losers are in the housing recovery

Most U.S. homes are worth less than before the crash.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 04, 2017
Finra board to consider crackdown on high-risk brokers, unpaid arbitration awards

The group also will mull amendments to arbitration procedures.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.