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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 11, 2016
Sheila Bair takes on the 'crisis' of student loan debt

Plus: Deutsche Bank selloff linked to Obama administration leaks, knowing your active commodity ETF, and the real cost of “free”

By Jeff Benjamin
To be a fiduciary, invest like one
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 11, 2016
To be a fiduciary, invest like one

The industry fails investors by clutching to a long-gone past, rather than moving forward by offering proven, updated investment approaches offered to large institutions.

By Lee Kranefuss
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 11, 2016
Some penalties, while brutal, are fair

If the firms decided to take shortcuts — and in the recent F-Squared case it seems like they did — they should be held accountable.

By Ellie Zhu
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2016
2016 section 529 college savings plans

Top-ranked college savings plans, based on assets and performance.

By Ellie Zhu
FIXED INCOME SEP 09, 2016
Donald Trump tries to shame the Fed into raising rates

Plus: Fed members talking up a storm, the Hillary-health factor, and the illegal immigrant working at Goldman

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS SEP 09, 2016
Wealthy families boost private-equity bets in reach for yield, UBS report shows

Private equity had the biggest rise in asset class allocation in family office portfolios.

By Christine Idzelis
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2016
Elliot Weissbluth on how he uses dyslexia to his advantage

Among the most important tactics the HighTower CEO employs to overcome this learning disorder is to shun multi-tasking and really focus on the task at hand.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 09, 2016
Momentum investing gaining speed among financial advisers

Fidelity to roll out a momentum ETF next week.

By John Waggoner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 09, 2016
Provision to kill DOL fiduciary rule included in new bill to replace Dodd-Frank

Measure also contains requirement for SEC to conduct 'rigorous' cost-benefit analysis before proposing its own fiduciary-advice rule.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES SEP 09, 2016
Time to start navigating that minefield of mutual fund capital gains

Plus: Investors can't get enough of muni bond ETFs, finding robust yields in fine wines, and a pampered perspective.

By Jeff Benjamin
What the U.S. gets wrong about retirement income
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 09, 2016
What the U.S. gets wrong about retirement income

When helping retirees tap retirement assets efficiently so they don't run out of money in retirement, America is a laggard.

By Greg Iacurci
What the US gets wrong about lifetime income
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 09, 2016
What the US gets wrong about lifetime income

When helping retirees tap retirement assets efficiently so they don't run out of money in retirement, America is a laggard.

By Greg Iacurci
Morningstar CEO Joe Mansueto to step down
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 09, 2016
Morningstar CEO Joe Mansueto to step down

Kunal Kapoor, who currently serves as Morningstar's president, has been appointed the new CEO.

By John Waggoner
The value of real financial advice
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2016
The value of real financial advice

It starts with the simple things, but not easy things. Asking questions. Listening more than we talk. Acting as a news filter to separate the valuable from the useless.

By Carl Richards
Too many people kept in the dark about life insurance costs
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 09, 2016
Too many people kept in the dark about life insurance costs

Life insurance remains the last, largest, most-neglected asset on clients' balance sheets.

By Barry Flagg
We need a new vocabulary in the wealth management industry
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2016
We need a new vocabulary in the wealth management industry

Attempting to define all firms as wirehouse, independent or regional is as accurate as saying all ice cream is chocolate, vanilla or strawberry.

By Danny Sarch
The value of dividends in retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2016
The value of dividends in retirement

Investing in stocks that provide both high and growing dividend income may benefit a portfolio undergoing the duress of withdrawals.

By Jan Blakeley Holman
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 08, 2016
Here's how much luck really plays a part in your wealth

The reality is that luck does matter, according to one top economist.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 08, 2016
Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders: Old bull market doesn't mean dead bull market

But investors should expect volatility as election heats up.

By John Waggoner
RIAS SEP 08, 2016
Fidelity rolls out factor-based ETFs

The funds merge active-management strategies with low cost, passive structure.

By John Waggoner