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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 06, 2016
Finra expels real-estate investment firm formerly known as DT Securities and its CEO

Charges centered around making misrepresentations in private placements.

By Christine Idzelis
Owner of Texas broker-dealer target of $3 million complaint over variable annuities
ALTERNATIVES OCT 06, 2016
Owner of Texas broker-dealer target of $3 million complaint over variable annuities

Complaint naming Jackie Wadsworth, CEO of IMS Securities, centers around sale of VAs and real estate securities.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH OCT 05, 2016
Merrill Lynch enters the robo-advisory business

Fees are higher than some competitors, but firm already has brand awareness to make inroads into the market.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 05, 2016
Self-funding employee health care pays off for some small businesses

Estimates of saving $1,000 per employee per year for practices with at least 25 workers is enticing some firms to take on additional risk.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 05, 2016
Serving retirement-income clients a big challenge for financial advisers: study

By Grete Suarez
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 05, 2016
Renting out your second home could prove to be a gold mine

These three companies want to take care of all the work and maintain your property for you.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 05, 2016
How to get what's yours from Medicare

Philip Moeller, co-author of the bestseller "Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security," discusses his new book on Medicare.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 05, 2016
Credit Suisse to pay $90 million for padding assets under management

Employees reclassified clients' custodied assets as managed assets to meet sales targets.

By Mark Schoeff Jr. and Bloomberg News
Finra suspends ex-LPL rep over unsuitable short-term trading of unit investment trusts
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 04, 2016
Finra suspends ex-LPL rep over unsuitable short-term trading of unit investment trusts

Mark Tauzin was suspended for eight months from any Finra-registered broker-dealer, fined $20,000 and required to pay $205,000 plus interest to 14 sets of clients.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2016
Sponsor of small 401(k) sued for losses tied to large 'patent troll' investment

Lawsuit argues plan wasn't diversified. Case doesn't fit prevailing litigation theme of targeting multibillion-dollar retirement plans for excessive fees.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 04, 2016
Appeals court upholds dismissal of Camarda fee-only case against CFP Board

Florida advisers who claimed the certifying body unfairly punished them for their compensation description lost another round Tuesday.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 04, 2016
LPL affiliate with $600M in assets forms RIA

XML Financial joins roll-up firm Focus Financial.

By Grete Suarez
LPL placing heavy focus on technology improvements
FINTECH OCT 04, 2016
LPL placing heavy focus on technology improvements

ClientWorks, the company's adviser dashboard, is now available to more than 11,000 advisers, up from 500 this time last year.

By Alessandra Malito
Triad Advisors to pay more than $200,000 for failing to give sales charge discounts on unit investment trusts, Finra says
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 04, 2016
Triad Advisors to pay more than $200,000 for failing to give sales charge discounts on unit investment trusts, Finra says

Firm agreed to a settlement that includes a $125,000 fine and $102,632 in restitution.

By Alessandra Malito
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 03, 2016
Stress tests still unpopular with fund industry

Industry trade group, as well as some mutual fund giants, push back against Financial Stability Board's proposal for stress tests.

By John Waggoner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 03, 2016
Massachusetts charges Morgan Stanley over unethical sales contest

The firm allegedly conducted an unethical, high-pressure, sales contest among its advisers to encourage clients to borrow money against their brokerage accounts. <b>Plus: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20160819/FREE/160819909/morgan-stanley-hit-with-150-million-401-k-lawsuit-for-self-dealing&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Morgan Stanley is being sued over its 401(k) plan</a>.</b>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ETFS OCT 03, 2016
The gloves come off in the legal fight between Pimco and Bill Gross

Plus: Claims of a better robo platform, a bright spot in a dim economic recovery, and health insurance won't be less expensive this year or next

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH OCT 02, 2016
The journey from financial advisers to tech entrepreneurs

Financial advisers have developed some of the most popular software in the industry, and they have the scars to show for it.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 02, 2016
How financial advisers can operate in a world without trust

By Ellie Zhu
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 30, 2016
Judging the presidential candidates by the CFP Board's standards of conduct

This is the choice we all face on Nov. 8 &amp;mdash; two flawed candidates &amp;mdash; neither of whom represents the principles we aspire to ourselves.

By Bloomberg