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ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Obama encourages statewide retirement plans

President directs Department of Labor to propose rules by the end of the year to provide a “clear path” for states.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
The case against state-run retirement plans

By Dale E. Brown
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
The rise of the wealthy woman

Women are expected to control two-thirds of the nation's wealth by 2030. Here are some of the surprising facts about the way they use their money.

By Christine Gaze
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
What professional women need to know about Social Security

The program was designed for an old-style one-earner family, so navigate its rules with care.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION AUG 07, 2014
How savvy financial advisers work with successful women

Advisers who have the patience, empathy and courage to sift through what matters most to powerful female clients can help them create a plan for success that's likely to make them clients for life.

By Christine Gaze
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH AUG 07, 2014
Finect falters as Openshaw assumes leadership of Financial Women's Association

Struggling adviser social network will focus its efforts on growth in Europe.

By Joyce Hanson
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 07, 2014
LPL Financial hit with $2M fine, ordered to pay $820K in restitution

LPL Financial last month was hit with a $2 million fine, and ordered to pay $820,000 in restitution, for failing to maintain adequate books and records documenting variable annuity exchanges.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH AUG 07, 2014
How to grow an advisory business with technology

Tech may not drive an adviser's profitability, but it's essential to building a practice

By Joyce Hanson
Widower asks why he didn't get survivor benefits
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Widower asks why he didn't get survivor benefits

Blame it on family maximum limits, not sexism.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Stretch IRAs no longer targeted in Senate highway-funding bill

Individual retirement account beneficiaries can continue to stretch distributions over a lifetime, as the Senate dropped a provision in its highway funding bill that would have required those distributions within five years of the death of the original account holder.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Women closing financial literacy gender gap

Despite gains, steep learning curve remains on investing and cash management.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 06, 2014
Financial Telesis adviser with $700M bolts to Commonwealth

Benjamin W. Wong jumps ship as LPL begins absorbing his former firm.

By Mason Braswell
Five pieces of good news about retirement
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2014
Five pieces of good news about retirement

Take a break from the worry and self-flagellation to enjoy the brighter horizon ahead.

By Ben Steverman
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 06, 2014
Axing estate tax gains momentum in House

House Republicans want to vote on a bill to kill the estate tax --- for political gain if not for ultimate passage into law

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 06, 2014
Congressman explains why he's trying to stop SEC fiduciary rule

Based on an early personal experience, Oklahoma's Rep. Lankford says “Main Street people” would lose broker access.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 06, 2014
House insider trading probe involves 44 funds, entities

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 05, 2014
Finra panel smacks Morgan Stanley with $4.5M arbitration award

Morgan Stanley loses Finra arbitration dispute to Banco Nacional de Mexico SA, the Mexican bank known as Banamex.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION AUG 05, 2014
Smart money eschews big brands

Huge study shows that the most knowledgeable consumers buy the less expensive, store labels.

By Cass R. Sunstein
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION AUG 05, 2014
Getting the most out of social media

By Kristin Andree
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2014
Who's Finra protecting, anyway?

By MFXFeeder