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Advisers ducking crucial retirement issue: MIT prof
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Advisers ducking crucial retirement issue: MIT prof

Financial advisers 'hide under the table' when clients ask about future health care costs, says Coughlin; guessing game

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
No easy fix to withdrawal rates in retirement

By MFXFeeder
Translating Medicare-ese for financial advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Translating Medicare-ese for financial advisers

Another new tool helps advisers guide their clients through the ever-important Medicare decisions

By Mary Beth Franklin
Seven retirement questions all advisers should ask
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Seven retirement questions all advisers should ask

The answers can prove pivotal in setting up an investment program for clients, says professor

By Darla Mercado
Fewer advisory firms make the switch to state oversight
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 28, 2012
Fewer advisory firms make the switch to state oversight

A strong March for equities and asset-building efforts may have helped some firms stay with SEC registration rather than switch to state oversight.

By DJAMIESON
OPINION JUN 26, 2012
Editorial: Preparing clients for a low-return reality

Our nation's economic recovery stands pretty much where it started off six months ago: improving, but not fast enough.

By MFXFeeder
WIREHOUSES JUN 26, 2012
Reps leaving Morgan Stanley Smith Barney blame technology

Recent exits may boil down to one word: Technology.

By AOSTERLAND
Thinkorswim users hit TD Ameritrade with hefty arbitration claim
ALTERNATIVES JUN 26, 2012
Thinkorswim users hit TD Ameritrade with hefty arbitration claim

Thinkorswim users sue TD Ameritrade claiming they could not get through to execute trades in August

By Dan Jamieson
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 25, 2012
Behind LPL's acquisition of Veritat

Purchase will boost indie B-D's new unit targeting the mass market

By Janowski Davis
Fewer investors read through a VA prospectus in 2012
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2012
Fewer investors read through a VA prospectus in 2012

Even fewer investors are reading their variable annuity prospectus, which can be 150-300 pages long; brevity would help reader rates

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH JUN 25, 2012
Social-media seminar offers lessons for firms

By Janowski Davis
RIA NEWS JUN 25, 2012
Advisers' primary challenges when using social-media sites for business purposes

By mlanche
Kitces: 11 blogs for all financial advisers to follow
FINTECH JUN 25, 2012
Kitces: 11 blogs for all financial advisers to follow

While there are many lists of blogs out there, financial planning's own social media “power tweeter” Michael Kitces, partner and director of research for Pinnacle Advisory Group and publisher of The Kitces Report and his own blog, <a href="https://www.kitces.com/blog/">Nerd's Eye View</a>, maintains a list of blogs specifically relevant for financial advisors.

By Michael Kitces
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 25, 2012
Editorial: Adviser oversight bill needs overhaul

The solution being debated by lawmakers has significant flaws and shouldn't be supported.

By MFXFeeder
RIA NEWS JUN 25, 2012
Advisers willing to pay SEC user fees for exams

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES JUN 24, 2012
The next opponent for Wall Street banks? Their own employees

A drop in stock prices could trigger worker suits over 401(k) plans as investors and sponsors argue over diversification

By Darla Mercado
Manulife 'gearing up' U.S. wealth management: CEO
RIA NEWS JUN 24, 2012
Manulife 'gearing up' U.S. wealth management: CEO

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 24, 2012
B-Ds join to pitch REITs

By JKEPHART
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 24, 2012
Don't sugarcoat it

By LKUYKENDALL
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2012
J.P. Morgan links up with FASCore in recordkeeping arrangement

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has joined up with FASCore to provide record keeping solutions for the asset manager's small-to-midsized plan clients

By Darla Mercado