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RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 24, 2014
Clintons shine spotlight on tax strategy that splits a house in two

The qualified personal residence trust has enabled Bill and Hillary Clinton to save on estate taxes, but that doesn't mean it makes sense for everyone.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS JUL 24, 2014
Betterment for advisers on its way as firm adds trust, tax-loss harvesting products

Betterment Institutional for advisers will launch by early 2015, CEO says.

By Joyce Hanson
FINTECH JUL 24, 2014
Wealthfront CEO sees his robo-adviser as the next Schwab

Wealthfront CEO Adam Nash sees his robo-adviser as the next Schwab but naysayers counter that even $1 billion in AUM doesn't a winning company make.

By Joyce Hanson
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 24, 2014
Legg Mason shares fall most in three months as revenue misses forecast

Legg Mason Inc., the money manager that has struggled with more than five years of net redemptions, fell by the most in three months after revenue missed analysts estimates.

By Matt Ackermann
RIAS JUL 24, 2014
How to use your hobbies to master client prospecting

Prospecting from your passions can unify and engage what you enjoy with your profession.

By Frank Maselli
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 24, 2014
Legg Mason to buy money manager QS Investors in equity push

Legg Mason Inc., the money manager that has struggled with more than five years of net redemptions, said it will buy QS Investors, a global quantitative equity firm.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 23, 2014
U.S. investors move into foreign stocks

It's a smart investing bet, but it's not happening because investors have become savvy. Retirement plans are becoming more sophisticated, putting investors into more global holdings.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 23, 2014
Multialt fund: A hedge with its own risks

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 23, 2014
Barclays pushes back dark pool charges

On Friday's menu: Barclays hits back on dark pool charges. Plus: Seeing the markets through the eyes of regular investors, why young folks should embrace bear markets, discount retailers set to shine, another cheap swipe at mortgage interest deductions, and the SEC hasn't forgotten about those pesky high-speed traders.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 23, 2014
Which asset class looks most like a bubble now?

The definition of an asset bubble is record demand for an asset class at a time when the expected return is at the lowest.

By Scott Colyer
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 23, 2014
Wall Street techs take secrets to next job at their peril

Charges against trader are sign of prosecutor's willingness to criminalize financial industry disputes formerly relegated to contract litigation

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JUL 23, 2014
Liquidity events heating up REIT market this summer

New deals are being announced, while others are being completed.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 23, 2014
Retirees suffer as 401(k) rollover boom enriches brokers

Complaints filed against brokers for inappropriate investments after money moved into IRAs.

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 23, 2014
Former Fidelity COO Reynolds aims to oust former employer from top

Robert Reynolds, who built the industry's biggest 401(k) business while at Fidelity Investments, is seeking a reprise

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS JUL 23, 2014
Brokers find it harder to wipe slate clean

Public pressure on Finra's expungement process has arbitrators thinking twice about erasing disclosure events, attorneys on both sides agree.

By Mason Braswell
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 23, 2014
Gandolfini heirs will likely end up in court over giant tax bill: Lawyer

The jaw-dropping $30M estate tax bill facing the heirs of late actor James Gandolfini will likely trigger litigation, predicts one estate attorney.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 22, 2014
What you need to know about the end of QE2

As hockey great Wayne Gretzky would say, play your asset allocation where the Federal Reserve is going. That means U.S., European and emerging market equities.

By Scott Colyer
EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Investing lessons from Lebron James

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What bond investors can learn from Lebron James. Plus: Gold: It all depends on the Fed; commodities as a geopolitical hedge; investing in women; and golf stocks come up short.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 22, 2014
How to put Millennials on pace for retirement

One mom's advice: If you don't start saving now, your old age is going to look like college, ramen noodles and all.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 22, 2014
Corporate newcomers like Facebook least generous with 401(k)s

ConocoPhillips, Abbott Labs tops the list while Facebook, Whole Foods are least generous.

By Bloomberg