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ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH JUL 09, 2014
Predictive technology taps into big data to help advisers connect with potential clients

Software companies are helping advisers get better at connecting with prospects by using predictive technology.

By Joyce Hanson
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2014
Surrender fees haunt legacy 403(b) plans

As employers move to lower-cost retirement options, some plans charge as much as 8% to switch.

By Darla Mercado
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2014
Missouri bars pension advances for public workers

Show Me State's action follows heightened regulatory scrutiny.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
The financial fallout from Germany's World Cup rout of Brazil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Germany's World Cup rout goes beyond soccer. Plus: The SEC takes another stab at curbing high-speed trading, investment lessons from a crumbling cupcake chain, and dividend stocks are looking better than ever.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Investors bracing for a wild second half of 2014

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Buckling up for a rocky second half. Plus: Companies tweak bylaws to tamp down shareholder lawsuits, Morningstar settles software piracy case, JPMorgan embraces smart-beta investing, and buying beer stocks when it's hot outside.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Life insurers turn focus to uncapped indexed annuities

Advisers and investors need to be fully aware of contract terms to explain nuances, answer client questions.

By Darla Mercado
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee wants to remove Holbrooks from board

Schedules a shareholder vote, discloses ongoing investigations of former father-son executive team.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Sterne Agee's ousted CEO Holbrook said to face investigation

Probe reportedly looking into misuse of company assets such as airplanes, boats, condos.

By Gregory Crawford
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
Ex-Wells broker ordered to repay firm $1.2 million

A Finra arbitration panel denied the broker's claim that Wells Fargo made false promises during recruiting.

By Mason Braswell
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2014
Schorsch to buy Validus Strategic Capital Partners, a broker-dealer of nontraded REITs and BDCs

REIT czar Nicholas Schorsch is keeping up his acquisition pace, agreeing to buy rival wholesaler Validus Strategic Capital Partners, a B-D of nontraded REITs and BDCs. Bruce Kelly has the story.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2014
SEC hits American Pension Services and its founder with fraud charges

APS, a third-party administrator, allegedly caused investors to lose $22 million

By Darla Mercado
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
PNC sues former adviser, Morgan Stanley for "surreptitious conspiracy"

PNC Bank sued one of its former advisers and Morgan Stanley, claiming the employee recruited colleagues and may have used her cellphone to photograph client lists from her work computer before moving to the wirehouse.

By Mason Braswell
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Advisers worry about high-speed trading backlash from clients after Michael Lewis contention that markets are 'rigged'

&#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; segment, new book fuel concern that jittery investors will become even more skeptical.

By Liz Skinner
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 08, 2014
Morgan Stanley to pay fine over CFTC customer-fund claims

Morgan Stanley will pay $490,000 to settle U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission allegations that the company failed to adequately oversee customer funds.

By Matt Ackermann
Workflow platform could revolutionize the way advisers use technology
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH JUL 08, 2014
Workflow platform could revolutionize the way advisers use technology

On this week's broadcast, learn about new technology offerings from two of the top institutional custodians, a bold new workflow platform launches with the potential to revolutionize the way you use technology, and a new app is introduced to fill your prospecting funnel with qualified leads.

By Bill Winterberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
An editor tests the reality of retirement: 24/7 togetherness

More than half of working retirees report taking a break from work when they first retired, as Mary Beth Franklin's husband plans to do.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Doing the math on a retirement annuity
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
Doing the math on a retirement annuity

Spending $125,000 now could earn you $40,000 a year after you're 80.

By Ben Steverman
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
The high taxes on art purchases might surprise you

Here's how to lower that extra, hidden cost: The secret is a like-kind exchange, but using one to save in the art market is a little more complicated than using one in the real estate world.

By Diana Wierbicki
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
Most investors missed the Dow's early fireworks

Today's <i>Breakfast with Braswell</i> covers investors missing out on the Dow's latest rally, another gender bias suit hitting Wall Street, and much more.

By Andrew Leigh
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2014
Undoing a hasty Social Security claiming decision

There are remedies, but your clients may not like them.

By Mary Beth Franklin