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Bill Gross' exit sparked massive outflows at Pimco
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION NOV 03, 2014
Bill Gross' exit sparked massive outflows at Pimco

Investors pulled billions from his former mutual fund, Pimco Total Return, upon the news of his departure.

By Jeff Tjornehoj
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 03, 2014
Getting a fair shake in arbitration

A well-educated arbitrator will be better able to see phony arguments from both sides in a dispute.

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 02, 2014
Brokers get a mixed review on how they treat older investors

More than a third of brokerage firms examined by Finra and the SEC made one or more potentially unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities to senior investors.

By Liz Skinner
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH NOV 02, 2014
Ron Carson's business is a highflier

Rigorous use of data keeps firm on top

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION NOV 02, 2014
Time to move quickly to aid the impaired

Dementia, Alzheimer's puts advisers in a bind when they try to intervene on behalf of impaired clients

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 02, 2014
Wrangling clients' health care costs in retirement

Advisers are turning to various services to estimate the unknowable in retirement

By Darla Mercado
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION NOV 02, 2014
Big glitches go beyond the numbers

$23M issues at ARCP, LPL show breakneck paces of growth can lead to cracks in the corporate façade.

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
In an electronic age, why are banks so slow?

The fix that could speed your deposits

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 31, 2014
National Planning Holdings puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales

After Nicholas Schorsch's giant traded REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029916&quot;>revealed a big accounting debacle</a>, one large broker-dealer network temporarily put a stop to sales of one of Mr. Schorsch's nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
New rules for annuities and target date funds inspire products race

Firms are at the drawing board designing retirement products, thanks to new guidance issued last week by the Treasury and Labor departments

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Norm Champ to depart SEC

Head of the agency's Division of Investment Management will leave before the end of the month

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2014
Finra fines Pershing $3 million for customer protection rule violations

Regulator says the clearing and custody firm violated the customer protection rule, which requires that a certain level of funds be set aside to protect against broker-dealer misuse or insolvency.

By Mason Braswell
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2014
As regulators tap into big data, advisers need to up compliance attention

SEC examiners are using a new analysis tool that looks at 27 different areas of data from advisory firms, securities lawyer says.

By Liz Skinner
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
BlackRock names Castille as chief retirement strategist

Former head of firm's defined contribution unit will focus on target date business, retirement indexes, create research platform.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Will missteps menace Schorsch's empire?

The revelation of accounting errors at Nick Schorsch's flagship REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, could not have come at a worse time. Here's why. <i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141030/FREE/141039985/national-planning-holdings-puts-kibosh-on-arc-nontraded-reit-sales&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>BD puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales</a>)</i>

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
A 78-year-old former executive flips burgers for $7.98

A cautionary tale about the financial pressures of limited savings

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Liquid alts get warning from SEC's Norm Champ

SEC official tells alternative mutual funds to define principal strategies for investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION OCT 30, 2014
Advisers played a role in market sell-off as they turned to risk-averse ETFs

Pattern of investors moving out of stocks could be set for balance of the year and into 2015.

By Nicholas Colas
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 30, 2014
The bitter economic costs of cheap oil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bitter economic costs of cheap oil, plus notes on taking advantage of the rising dollar, avoiding bond funds like the plague, and running toward market volatility.

By Jeff Benjamin
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2014
Selling away claims behind LPL's termination of James "Jeb" Bashaw

Selling away is just one of the allegations that felled James &#8220;Jeb&#8221; Bashaw, LPL's former Houston branch manager.

By Bruce Kelly