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Finra cracks down on 'cockroach' brokers
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2015
Finra cracks down on 'cockroach' brokers

Finra bars 10 at New York broker-dealer Global Arena Capital Corp. after investigating brokers who migrated from an expelled firm.

By Mason Braswell
Envestnet completes first stage of Finance Logix integration
FINTECH SEP 17, 2015
Envestnet completes first stage of Finance Logix integration

The recently acquired financial planning software is being incorporated into the advisory technology firm's platform.

By Alessandra Malito
FINTECH SEP 16, 2015
Winklevoss twins call on advisers to get on bitcoin bandwagon but they're not budging

Lack of understanding, performance history and steep headline risk are all reasons keeping investors on the sidelines.

By Alessandra Malito
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Advisers must go beyond the three Fs to compete for retirement-plan business

In addition to fees, funds and fiduciary, specialist defined-contribution advisers are raising the stakes with conversations around plan health and design.

By Greg Iacurci
Unique 401(k) modeling app ups BlackRock's value-add for advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Unique 401(k) modeling app ups BlackRock's value-add for advisers

BlackRock's software, unique among DC vendors, riffs off the broader themes of retirement income and capturing advisers' attention with business-improvement solutions.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Senior savers play waiting game to reap benefits from Fed rate increases

CDs, saving-account interest rates will rise only slowly; liftoff could muffle political criticism that Fed hurts savers.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Who's winning the economic recovery? The richest Americans

Their incomes have fully recovered – and then some.

By Bloomberg
Former Morgan Stanley broker in Post-it notes insider trading case pleads guilty
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 16, 2015
Former Morgan Stanley broker in Post-it notes insider trading case pleads guilty

Traded on insider corporate tips he got from a middleman who showed him secret notes before chewing and swallowing them at New York's Grand Central Terminal.

By Bloomberg
How to build a 401(k) business from scratch
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
How to build a 401(k) business from scratch

Advisers and industry gurus provide their thoughts on how to get started.

By Greg Iacurci
Worst-case scenario for Medicare premium hike in 2016
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Worst-case scenario for Medicare premium hike in 2016

Medicare premiums have been rising twice as fast as Social Security COLAs.

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH SEP 15, 2015
Newest robo-adviser targets female investors

The just-launched automated investment platform was created for women skeptical of the financial services industry.

By Alessandra Malito
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2015
Be sure to address these legal issues before sending your kids off to college

Power of attorney is among the documents that can help reduce stress when a student is away.

By Liz Skinner
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here
WIREHOUSES SEP 15, 2015
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here

Thomas Buck was fired from Bank of America Merrill Lynch in March. Now Finra has barred the former top broker, who had joined RBC Wealth Management.

By Mason Braswell
Regulators zero in on protecting elderly investors
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 15, 2015
Regulators zero in on protecting elderly investors

Finra files cease-and-desist order against brokerage firm for sales to older customers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Financial advisers to investors: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

As life expectancies get longer, seniors and soon-to-be seniors are slow to accept the need to plan for so many years going forward.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Advisers tell clients: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

Although estimates of life expectancy just got longer, clients aren't prepared to make hard planning decisions.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES SEP 14, 2015
A bucket strategy for retirement

<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Here's a new way to think about building a portfolio for your retired clients using the old bucket strategy. Three buckets for three timeframes

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Too young for a will? Think again

Here's how to get a solid will and other essential documents without bankrupting your heirs.

By Bloomberg
Why financial advisers shouldn't ignore millennials
OPINION SEP 14, 2015
Why financial advisers shouldn't ignore millennials

They're young, they're sharp and they present a huge opportunity for advisers.

By Kristin Andree
What draws women advisers to certain IBDs
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 14, 2015
What draws women advisers to certain IBDs

Some IBDs are finding extraordinary success in leveling the ranks of male and female advisers, even though on average less than one out of every five advisers today is a woman. Here's how they do it.

By Liz Skinner