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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2015
Solving the 401(k)-to-IRA rollover conundrum

Rolling retirement assets into one convenient account can be a full-time job, but it doesn't have to be that way.

By Bloomberg
4 critical elements of every great adviser website
FINTECH OCT 09, 2015
4 critical elements of every great adviser website

If your website doesn't measure up, prospects will be encouraged to move on, perhaps to a competitor

By Marjorie Wilner
Advisers like reverse mortgages, but only in unique circumstances
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2015
Advisers like reverse mortgages, but only in unique circumstances

Home-equity product for clients who plan to stay in their home indefinitely and who could use some supplemental income.

By Greg Iacurci
FINTECH OCT 09, 2015
Financial Engines to offer more access to human advisers

The 'original robo' bends to customer pressure to offer a hybrid advice product.

By Alessandra Malito
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2015
It's time for advisers to become QDIA experts

Help plan sponsors and participants navigate the increasingly crowded retirement marketplace

By Shawn Sanderson
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016

As expected, the agency will not raise benefits; meanwhile, millions of retirees face a Medicare premium spike

By Liz Skinner
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016

Social Security recipients will not receive a benefits boost next year mostly because low gasoline prices have kept inflation too low to spark an automatic cost-of-living adjustment, the government announced.

By Liz Skinner
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Democratic candidate proposes new fees for taking investment risks, because taking investment risks aren't risky enough already, or something like that.

By Jeff Benjamin
Does Hillary Clinton want to protect the DOL fiduciary rule?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 08, 2015
Does Hillary Clinton want to protect the DOL fiduciary rule?

A letter to Democratic colleagues warns against riders attached to spending bills in upcoming budget negotiations.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Collaboration can result in great accomplishments in adviser technology
FINTECH OCT 08, 2015
Collaboration can result in great accomplishments in adviser technology

Refreshing reminder on the industry's collaborative power at the Fuse conference

By Sheryl Rowling
How to talk to your clients about a tech crisis at your firm
RIA NEWS OCT 08, 2015
How to talk to your clients about a tech crisis at your firm

Handled incorrectly, a technology failure can undo the brand goodwill RIAs spend years cultivating.

By Wes Stillman
RIA NEWS OCT 07, 2015
3 reasons the time is now for big breakaways

Using the example of the beer industry to prove financial advice is ripe for more moves to independence

By Bob Oros
Wall Street is now fretting over the threat of another recession
EQUITIES OCT 07, 2015
Wall Street is now fretting over the threat of another recession

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The word 'recession' is being used openly on Wall Street, in case you needed more proof that the U.S. economy is barely moving forward.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2015
How women need to approach retirement planning differently than men

Women need to move beyond the financial paralysis that grips them and become savvy investors, according to a new book.

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH OCT 07, 2015
Risk-focused robo comes out with a consumer version

Digital advice platform reacts to market volatility, automatically shifting investor assets into stocks or bonds depending on risk tolerance.

By Alessandra Malito
RIA NEWS OCT 07, 2015
Merrill loses $3.3 billion private banking team

A group of advisers left to form their own RIA, Corient Capital Partners.

By Bloomberg
SEC unable to lift temporary ban on in-house judges
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2015
SEC unable to lift temporary ban on in-house judges

Judge rules the agency did not meet the criteria for a stay and &#8220;has not demonstrated likely success&#8221; in its argument that the administrative law judge process is constitutional.

By Hazel Bradford
Advisers fall short on implementation of long-term-care insurance
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2015
Advisers fall short on implementation of long-term-care insurance

Most know it's a key part of retirement planning but lack in-depth knowledge when the need for care arises.

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2015
Finra creates task force to determine arbitration improvements

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Overstating AUM a sure way to get regulators knocking on your door
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 06, 2015
Overstating AUM a sure way to get regulators knocking on your door

In one recent case, regulators charged an RIA's president, vice president and chief compliance officer. The firm is no longer in business.

By Les Abromovitz