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RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 05, 2014
Merrill Lynch's Thiel: Fee transparency key to restoring trust

If the industry hopes to build trust, clients have to understand what they're paying, executive tells crowd at conference in New York.

By Mason Braswell
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2014
Citigroup reaches $7 billion mortgage bond settlement

Joins JPMorgan Chase in settling charges it misrepresenting the quality of mortgage-backed bonds sold to investors as housing prices plummeted.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2014
Test how much you know about Social Security

See if you can answer the most common questions clients pose on their benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2014
Women in transition a key clientele

At <i>IN</i>'s Retirement Income Summit, advice on helping ensure more female clients stick with their adviser. To start, bring them into the conversation while they are still part of a couple.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 04, 2014
SEC weakness allowing investment adviser violations to slip through the cracks

Commissioner Daniel Gallagher says adviser stats likely equal to registered rep stats from Finra.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION JUN 04, 2014
Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets

Advisers don't have to be divorce experts to help clients take these necessary steps

By Rose Watson
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION JUN 04, 2014
How to respond to the unexpected call from a recently widowed client

Follow these six steps to make sure you adequately address the needs of grieving clients

By Amy Florian
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH JUN 04, 2014
Cybersecurity gets the SEC's attention as agency plans to query advisers on safeguards

In risk alert, regulator provides advisers with a detailed checklist of what it expects firms to provide for cybersecurity protection.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Morgan Stanley CFO calls too few women leading U.S. companies an 'embarrassment'

Morgan Stanley chief financial officer Ruth Porat called the low number of women running U.S. companies an &#8220;embarrassment&#8221; that shows the need for new laws.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 04, 2014
LPL hit with Finra fine for alternative investment sales

Products include nontraded REITs, oil and gas partnerships, BDCs, hedge funds and managed futures.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 04, 2014
Closed doors at Finra hide the whole industry's shame

One way to address the lack of minorities is to be open about it

By Mason Braswell
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Krawcheck: Women on Wall Street have 'gone backwards'

Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. executive, said women lost ground on Wall Street after the financial crisis because executives and boards hired people who looked like them.

By Matt Ackermann
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2014
Demand forces Jackson National to halt VA exchanges temporarily

Seven-week block applies only to products with guaranteed living benefits, not fixed and indexed annuities.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 04, 2014
TIC awards show brokers still grappling with real estate bubble fallout

Arbitration awards have been flat for two years but two big ones looming on the horizon show brokers still grappling with real estate bubble fallout.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Pershing updates technology platforms – all at once

NetX360 revised with new interfaces and flexibility for users.

By twelsh
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 03, 2014
Prepare for a rocky week in the markets

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: The next four days are going to be big for the markets. Plus: One way to hedge against a correction; bad news keeps coming for Bill Gross; don't wait to collect Social Security; Nick Schorsch's shareholders speak; and digital luggage tags.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 03, 2014
Exam scores and failures belong on BrokerCheck

Brokers' exam scores, exam failures, terminations and other details that are currently omitted are already public information.

By Ben Edwards
RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 03, 2014
A new planning tool for advisers challenges clients to win a game

Using gamification can help further conversations.

By Joyce Hanson
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 03, 2014
LPL weathers flat quarter on higher revenue

Revenue was up almost 12%, but profit declined on higher expenses.

By Mason Braswell
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Is there a popup opt-in revolution under way?

More sites are finding value in using popups to increase the reach of opt-in e-mail lists.

By Blane Warrene