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Careful planning can help public employees avoid Social Security reductions
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2016
Careful planning can help public employees avoid Social Security reductions

One adviser helped his client avoid Social Security reductions by carefully mapping out when to take her benefits and pension.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Address the polarizing presidential election head-on with clients
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 16, 2016
Address the polarizing presidential election head-on with clients

In the final months leading up to the Nov. 8 vote, investors will hear more about what's wrong with America than at any other time — and will need your help not to get paralyzed by it.

By Liz Skinner
Financial advisers help clients graduate from student debt
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 16, 2016
Financial advisers help clients graduate from student debt

Around the country, advisers are helping millennials and others tackle their student loan debt, which is now the top source of debt for Americans other than home mortgages.

By Alessandra Malito
New estate rule would affect tax strategies of ultra-wealthy
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 16, 2016
New estate rule would affect tax strategies of ultra-wealthy

Treasury Department's proposed regulation aims to curb tax-planning approaches that lower the valuation of stakes in corporations or partnerships.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Ameriprise spends $11 million-plus this year on DOL fiduciary rule
BROKER DEALERS AUG 16, 2016
Ameriprise spends $11 million-plus this year on DOL fiduciary rule

The expense speaks to the difficulty broker-dealers are facing to comply with the controversial new regulation.

By Greg Iacurci
Health savings account limits to increase for some in 2017
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2016
Health savings account limits to increase for some in 2017

But policy buyers on Healthcare.gov may be out of luck.

By Mary Beth Franklin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 16, 2016
Why aren't there more women fund managers?

Men still overwhelmingly dominate investment management, but women have made inroads, especially in money market funds.

By John Waggoner
SEC to audit RIAs over the types of mutual fund share classes they sell to clients
RIAS AUG 16, 2016
SEC to audit RIAs over the types of mutual fund share classes they sell to clients

The agency is particularly interested in conflicts of interest where the adviser is also a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer that gets fees from sales of particular share classes.

By John Waggoner
Wealthy retirees too cautious to enjoy stock market high
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2016
Wealthy retirees too cautious to enjoy stock market high

Older baby boomers have seen the S&P 500 return 269% since its March 2009 low.

By Bloomberg
Advisers need to get real with clients about what reasonable investment returns look like
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 16, 2016
Advisers need to get real with clients about what reasonable investment returns look like

There's a big disconnect between investor expectations and stark economic realities, especially among American millennials.

By MFXFeeder
Larry Roth out as CEO of Cetera?
BROKER DEALERS AUG 15, 2016
Larry Roth out as CEO of Cetera?

By Bruce Kelly
Social Security and dying too soon
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2016
Social Security and dying too soon

Beneficiaries may have to wait years to collect benefits; some never do.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Top five reasons the independent broker-dealer space continues to shrink
BROKER DEALERS AUG 15, 2016
Top five reasons the independent broker-dealer space continues to shrink

Firms today must do much more in their relationship with advisers to keep them satisfied.

By Jodie Papike
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 15, 2016
Davis Selected Advisers enters the ETF market

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Davis Selected Advisers wants to launch three actively managed ETFs.

By Jeff Benjamin
As the Bill Miller era ends, how will Legg Mason move beyond his legacy?
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 15, 2016
As the Bill Miller era ends, how will Legg Mason move beyond his legacy?

By Bloomberg
Fidelity files with SEC for new type of actively managed ETF
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 15, 2016
Fidelity files with SEC for new type of actively managed ETF

Complex tracking basket that would be published daily a key component of the product.

By John Waggoner
All three stock indexes hit record highs in 1999 redux, minus the investor euphoria
EQUITIES AUG 15, 2016
All three stock indexes hit record highs in 1999 redux, minus the investor euphoria

Thanks to the Fed, outlook stays positive for stocks

By Jeff Benjamin
3 significant anomalies in the DOL's new fiduciary rule
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 15, 2016
3 significant anomalies in the DOL's new fiduciary rule

The Labor Department needs to provide additional guidance regarding these irregularities in time for advisers to plan accordingly.

By Phil Troyer
Yale, MIT and NYU targeted in excessive-fee lawsuits concerning retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2016
Yale, MIT and NYU targeted in excessive-fee lawsuits concerning retirement plans

The suits against NYU and Yale are especially significant because they're the first regarding university 403(b) plans.

By Greg Iacurci
Morningstar launching 401(k) service for broker-dealers worried about DOL fiduciary risk
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2016
Morningstar launching 401(k) service for broker-dealers worried about DOL fiduciary risk

Because platform initially will be offered through B-Ds, firm doesn't see it undercutting plan advisers' business, though it has considered going direct to plan sponsors.

By Greg Iacurci