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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
New rules for annuities and target date funds inspire products race

Firms are at the drawing board designing retirement products, thanks to new guidance issued last week by the Treasury and Labor departments

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Norm Champ to depart SEC

Head of the agency's Division of Investment Management will leave before the end of the month

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2014
Finra fines Pershing $3 million for customer protection rule violations

Regulator says the clearing and custody firm violated the customer protection rule, which requires that a certain level of funds be set aside to protect against broker-dealer misuse or insolvency.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2014
As regulators tap into big data, advisers need to up compliance attention

SEC examiners are using a new analysis tool that looks at 27 different areas of data from advisory firms, securities lawyer says.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
BlackRock names Castille as chief retirement strategist

Former head of firm's defined contribution unit will focus on target date business, retirement indexes, create research platform.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Will missteps menace Schorsch's empire?

The revelation of accounting errors at Nick Schorsch's flagship REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, could not have come at a worse time. Here's why. <i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141030/FREE/141039985/national-planning-holdings-puts-kibosh-on-arc-nontraded-reit-sales&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>BD puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales</a>)</i>

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
A 78-year-old former executive flips burgers for $7.98

A cautionary tale about the financial pressures of limited savings

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Liquid alts get warning from SEC's Norm Champ

SEC official tells alternative mutual funds to define principal strategies for investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
OPINION OCT 30, 2014
Advisers played a role in market sell-off as they turned to risk-averse ETFs

Pattern of investors moving out of stocks could be set for balance of the year and into 2015.

By Nicholas Colas
EQUITIES OCT 30, 2014
The bitter economic costs of cheap oil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bitter economic costs of cheap oil, plus notes on taking advantage of the rising dollar, avoiding bond funds like the plague, and running toward market volatility.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2014
Selling away claims behind LPL's termination of James "Jeb" Bashaw

Selling away is just one of the allegations that felled James &#8220;Jeb&#8221; Bashaw, LPL's former Houston branch manager.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2014
BrokerCheck needs a marketing effort

It's time for Finra to get serious about making sure investors know BrokerCheck exists.

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2014
SEC signs off on Finra arbitration fee increases

Agency approves Finra's proposal to boost fees on larger claims in order to better pay the roughly 6,300 arbitrators

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2014
75% of Americans don't know this basic retirement rule

How do you draw down income in your golden years?

By Bianca Flowers
ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2014
Schorsch's B-D network won't sell some of his REITs

Nicholas Schorsch's own broker-dealer joined the wave of B-Ds bailing out of the REIT czar's products.<i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141105/FREE/141109966/with-stock-off-sharply-schorschs-rcs-capital-says-were-not-arcp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Schorsch's RCAP to investors: 'We're not ARCP.'</a>)</i>

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2014
Questions about Joan Rivers' death lead to sad legal proceedings

What you can learn about wrongful death lawsuits from her family's difficult search for answers

By by Andy and Danielle Mayoras
EMERGING MARKETS OCT 29, 2014
UBS facing nearly $1 billion in Puerto Rico claims

Claims over the firm's Puerto Rican bond funds exceed $900 million, three times as much as in the first quarter, and plaintiffs' attorneys say the number will probably climb higher.

By Mason Braswell
RIA NEWS OCT 29, 2014
How should custodian technology influence you?

Picking the right custodian requires analysis of more than just how a custodian executes trades; you must consider reputation, service, pricing, accuracy, etc.

By Sheryl Rowling
RIA NEWS OCT 28, 2014
Custodians jump into the robo game

New tech offerings designed to help advisers compete against online investment managers.

By Joyce Hanson
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2014
Hartford Financial Services Group names a new CEO

Insurer Promotes CFO to replace previous CEO following a medical procedure related to a brain tumor.

By Andrew Leigh