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IRA ALERT APR 16, 2018
Post-tax-time IRA checkup

Ensure your clients' individual retirement accounts are set for 2018

By Ed Slott
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 16, 2018
Retirement coverage gap, 401(k) rollovers are big emerging threats for plan advisers

Proliferation of state retirement programs approaching the 'tipping point' where it will lead the federal government to step in.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2018
Finra bars broker it was investigating for fraud

Steven Pagartanis, a hearing no-show, had been discharged by Lombard Securities.

By InvestmentNews
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 16, 2018
AXA reverses course on variable annuity buyout

Insurer had planned an offer to holders of its Accumulator Series variable annuity

By Greg Iacurci
WIREHOUSES APR 16, 2018
Morgan Stanley's success looks long in the tooth to analyst

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Christian Bolu, concerned over stalled adviser growth and what it means for lending and deposit growth, believes the stock will "under perform."

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2018
Commonwealth's Joseph Deitch debuts as self-help author

Twenty years in the making, 'Elevate' strives to put a career in financial services in perspective.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 16, 2018
Funding The Right Investments At The Right Time

Setting financial goals with clients is important, but even more important is for clients to understand what's possible in their financial future.

By Gillian Albert
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 14, 2018
Beware: Regulators won't take excuses for reverse-churning

Exam priorities and lawsuits are zeroing in on account switching.

By crain-api
Rise of 'gray' divorce forces a financial reckoning after 50
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
Rise of 'gray' divorce forces a financial reckoning after 50

Many widows and divorcees regret not taking part in long-term financial planning when they were a couple.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2018
Adviser facing 20-year prison sentence settles with SEC

Ponzi-scheme operator Daniel Glick agreed to help recover investor assets from Israel.

By Jeff Benjamin
Deutsche Bank rep fined $5,000 for role in outside medical marijuana business
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2018
Deutsche Bank rep fined $5,000 for role in outside medical marijuana business

Finra also suspends Mina Mishrikey for three months

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
401(k) plan participants sue Home Depot over alleged fiduciary breaches

Lawsuit also names Financial Engines and Alight, both providers of financial advice to the plan.

By Robert Steyer
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 13, 2018
Former Morgan Stanley broker files whistleblower suit

June Strunk says Mystic, Conn., managers ignored complaints about broker improprieties and then ostracized her.

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 13, 2018
Wells Fargo Advisors continues to bleed reps

In the latest quarter, the broker-dealer suffered a net loss of 145 brokers.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 13, 2018
Former Merrill Lynch broker barred for hearing no-show

Finra was investigating Tyler Harris over his personal banking activity.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
Retirement outlook for millennials

They're highly educated and drowning in debt, but have decades to get on track.

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2018
J.P. Morgan, ex-broker move dispute over clients from court to Finra arbitration

Firm had filed a lawsuit against Ryan C. May, alleging he was soliciting old clients in violation of his employment agreement.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2018
Insurers still grappling with costly variable-annuity promises

AXA Equitable and Ohio National have recently tried switching consumers out of VAs with rich benefits through buyouts and exchanges.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 12, 2018
SEC to meet to consider advice-standards proposal

Regulator to meet April 18 to consider three-part plan that includes disclosure document, broker standard, adviser-standard interpretation.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2018
Guaranteed income tops boomers' retirement wish list

Those who work with an adviser are most likely to buy an annuity.

By Mary Beth Franklin