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UpsideAdvisor.com's platform is designed to attract mass affluent interested in low-cost investing, but who may also want access to advisers' investment advice.
Independent advisers continue to be happier at work than their colleagues who are employees of broker-dealers but the gap in job satisfaction among the two groups is narrowing. <i><a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20140630/FREE/630009999/PH"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">See how your firm ranks</a></i>
Public employees, including some schoolteachers, are affected by offset regulations
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Delay means the SEC will not act until at least this fall on a Finra proposal that would limit the number of people who qualify as public arbitrators to settle investor disputes.
Andrew Madoff, the son of the convicted Ponzi schemer, lists $11M in personal property and $4.5M in improved real property.
The comedian apparently used sophisticated estate planning techniques to provide for his children.
Judge poised to rule on whether a trial can proceed on claims the company violated its fiduciary obligations.
JPMorgan faces lawsuit, inquiry over proprietary product sales as a church alleges the firm steered it into costly and poorly performing proprietary investments
Regulator says issue should be considered within broader fiduciary-duty decisions.
In leaving his estate outright to his partner, the Oscar-winning actor left her with a multimillion-dollar tax bill
Custodian hopes to land on growth path with new technology and new hires.
Report points to low-cost online platform, Millennial market, $1 billion in AUM.
B-D says new deal will result in cost savings comparable to what it would have realized had it moved clearing in house.
The indie B-D behemoth is facing more turnover at the top, this time among its team of investment management professionals.
ClientWorks system, including efficiency measures and mobile access, will be tested until release in spring 2015.
RCS Capital has plenty of leverage as it negotiates with the clearing giant, but millions of dollars hang in the balance. <b><i>More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20140810/CLEAR">The latest clearing and custody trends</a></b></i>
