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SEC scrutinizing billionaire hedge fund manager Phil Falcone
ALTERNATIVES NOV 25, 2014
SEC scrutinizing billionaire hedge fund manager Phil Falcone

Harbinger Capital's Phil Falcone is being scrutinized by the SEC for allegedly borrowing client funds to pay taxes and giving preferential treatment to Goldman Sachs

By Doug Cubberley
FINTECH NOV 24, 2014
New, easy and free technology to figure out capital gains distributions

Online database makes avoiding complicated tax savings a thing of the past.

By Sheryl Rowling
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2014
Rethinking the traditional retirement income glide path

New software takes headaches out of the bucket strategy

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 23, 2014
Morningstar is ready to move beyond the style box

Powerful research firm asks advisers' help to better customize asset allocation.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Cybersecurity a major priority in independent broker-dealers' 2015 tech budgets
FINTECH NOV 23, 2014
Cybersecurity a major priority in independent broker-dealers' 2015 tech budgets

Preventing hack attacks is a big concern for independent broker-dealers heading into next year based on their planned technology spending.

By Joyce Hanson
FINTECH NOV 21, 2014
Some advisers moving to mobile payment systems to bill clients

As more Americans demand online billing, some advisers are kicking the tires of mobile payment systems such as PayPal and finding benefits and drawbacks.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2014
Life insurers launching new variable annuities despite tepid sales

A slump in VA purchases clashes with historical notion that product sales mirror the stock market's trajectory. And insurers are launching new products.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES NOV 21, 2014
Global buying binge pumps more air into the bond market run

Start your week with <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, featuring a global bond market mismatch that now has demand far outstripping supply. Plus: Loading up on stocks after retirement, how Larry Summers got it wrong, and new liquid alts players breaks it down for investors and advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 21, 2014
State regulators name top offerings likely to hurt investors in 2015

NASAA calls binary options, stream-of-income and marijuana schemes emerging investor threats.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 20, 2014
Making inherited IRAs work after the Supreme Court's Clark decision

Although the assets are not protected from bankruptcy, there are ways to protect them. Legally.

By Robert Cirrotti
WIREHOUSES NOV 20, 2014
Morgan Stanley courts athletes, entertainers with new wealth unit

Brokers take a three-day training program on how to cater to those clients.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH NOV 20, 2014
Fidelity researchers dive into virtual reality with StockCity

Fidelity researchers dive into virtual reality with StockCity, a wearable technology interface for investors to explore the stock market like it were the streets of Midtown Manhattan.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 20, 2014
Caution: New IRS rules for IRA rollovers come with risks for advisers

Guidance from the IRS on its one-IRA-rollover-per-year rule requires advisers to know where clients' money has been or risk a snafu that could sever that relationship.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 20, 2014
IRS sets cost of living adjustments for 2015

Contribution limits climb but not for IRAs

By Hazel Bradford
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 20, 2014
GAO: Accredited investors should work with advisers

Net worth standard is top criteria but views mixed on whether to raise it.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 19, 2014
Mick Jagger highlights a lesson: Insurance is part of an estate plan

His girlfriend's suicide leads to a nasty court fight; could it have been avoided?

By by Andy and Danielle Mayoras
ALTERNATIVES NOV 19, 2014
Fidelity, Pershing, Schwab join suspension of Schorsch REITs

The clearing and custody giants have followed B-Ds by suspending sales of nontraded REITs controlled by Nicholas Schorsch, presenting another potential blow to the real estate czar's business.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 19, 2014
Schwab sues ex-advisers, RIA over “conspiracy”

Firm accuses Tampa, Fla.-based Camelot Wealth Management, formed earlier this year by a former branch manager, of unlawful practices in hiring two former Schwab advisers.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 19, 2014
Basketball star who went bankrupt wishes he'd gotten an MBA

Antoine Walker made $110M, but blew it all and filed for bankruptcy in 2010.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 19, 2014
Expungement reform top issue for state regulators this year

Potential changes to the process by which brokers can remove disciplinary information from their online records are under review.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.