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FINTECH SEP 15, 2015
Newest robo-adviser targets female investors

The just-launched automated investment platform was created for women skeptical of the financial services industry.

By Alessandra Malito
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2015
Be sure to address these legal issues before sending your kids off to college

Power of attorney is among the documents that can help reduce stress when a student is away.

By Liz Skinner
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here
WIREHOUSES SEP 15, 2015
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here

Thomas Buck was fired from Bank of America Merrill Lynch in March. Now Finra has barred the former top broker, who had joined RBC Wealth Management.

By Mason Braswell
Regulators zero in on protecting elderly investors
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 15, 2015
Regulators zero in on protecting elderly investors

Finra files cease-and-desist order against brokerage firm for sales to older customers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Financial advisers to investors: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

As life expectancies get longer, seniors and soon-to-be seniors are slow to accept the need to plan for so many years going forward.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Advisers tell clients: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

Although estimates of life expectancy just got longer, clients aren't prepared to make hard planning decisions.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES SEP 14, 2015
A bucket strategy for retirement

<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Here's a new way to think about building a portfolio for your retired clients using the old bucket strategy. Three buckets for three timeframes

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Too young for a will? Think again

Here's how to get a solid will and other essential documents without bankrupting your heirs.

By Bloomberg
Why financial advisers shouldn't ignore millennials
OPINION SEP 14, 2015
Why financial advisers shouldn't ignore millennials

They're young, they're sharp and they present a huge opportunity for advisers.

By Kristin Andree
What draws women advisers to certain IBDs
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 14, 2015
What draws women advisers to certain IBDs

Some IBDs are finding extraordinary success in leveling the ranks of male and female advisers, even though on average less than one out of every five advisers today is a woman. Here's how they do it.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 13, 2015
Use reverse mortgages, but only in unique circumstances

Home-equity product works if you plan to stay in your home indefinitely and could use some supplemental income.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 13, 2015
Dispatch from the retirement front – one year later

<i>InvestmentNews</i> contributing editor reflects on how life has changed since her husband retired a year ago.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION SEP 13, 2015
Look before you leap. A cliché, but...

Two disparate pieces of recent news highlight the risks of knee-jerk reactions

By MFXFeeder
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 11, 2015
Cetera Financial on the block?

RCS Capital Corp., the struggling brokerage group cobbled together by real estate developer Nicholas Schorsch, is exploring a sale of its independent broker-dealer, according to people with knowledge of the matter. <i>Plus: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150921/FEATURE/150919894/how-nick-schorsch-lost-his-mojo&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Nick Schorsch lost his mojo</a></i>

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 11, 2015
RCS Capital cuts due diligence team at Cetera Financial

Group focuses on mainstream and alternative investments such as nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
UBS scoops up $1.3 billion Merrill private banking team
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 11, 2015
UBS scoops up $1.3 billion Merrill private banking team

Group of three advisers produced $7.8 million in revenue.

By Mason Braswell
FINTECH SEP 11, 2015
Stubborn software vendors buck integration trend, for now

Some technology providers see potential integration partners as competition, while others respond to adviser demands by partnering with rivals.

By Alessandra Malito
New financial planning software tries to win market share in a crowded field
FINTECH SEP 11, 2015
New financial planning software tries to win market share in a crowded field

Newly launched service provider RightCapital thinks it has created a better mousetrap and is undaunted by the hypercompetitive market.

By Alessandra Malito
Why millennial super savers are putting away 15% of their salaries
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 11, 2015
Why millennial super savers are putting away 15% of their salaries

Saving 15% or more is something to aspire to. But starting to save early, and saving consistently, can also take you a long way.

By Bloomberg
Millennial super savers socking away at least 15% of their incomes
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 11, 2015
Millennial super savers socking away at least 15% of their incomes

Of the 13 million participants in 401(k) plans administered by Fidelity Investments, close to 421,000 are young &quot;super savers.&quot;

By Bloomberg