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RIAS APR 11, 2018
LPL loses $1.8 billion retirement group

Ingham Retirement Group, which works primarily with employer-sponsored plans, left because the firm's brokerage business had been declining.

By Greg Iacurci
EQUITIES APR 11, 2018
Earnings season only pouring 'fuel on fire' for stocks

Upcoming reports on companies' profits may fail to fulfill high expectations.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2018
Insurers' 401(k) record keepers gain big share in small, midsize markets

Consolidation, unbundled platforms and the use of proprietary funds play a role, according to retirement plan advisers.

By Greg Iacurci
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 11, 2018
Finra bars no-show former Janney broker

Customers alleged Scott W. Palmer made unsuitable energy stock recommendations.

By Bloomberg
OPINION APR 11, 2018
Are 401(k) advisers the next DOL targets?

Large regional firms and their specialist advisers seem to be in the regulator's cross hairs.

By Fred Barstein
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 11, 2018
Maryland attorney general bars unregistered adviser

The scheme involved soliciting the clients of another barred adviser.

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 11, 2018
Finra fines Park Avenue Securities $300,000 over variable annuity sales

Also censures firm, which agrees to review its supervision practices.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 11, 2018
Finra taps former Schwab exec Bari Havlik to replace Susan Axelrod in top cop job

Ms. Havlik will oversee Finra's surveillance and examination programs.

By InvestmentNews
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2018
Woodbury acquires Capital One's $10 billion adviser business

The sale is part of Capital One's exit from some financial services businesses.

By Ryan W. Neal
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2018
Michigan $120 million indie switches to Securities America

Morrison Nordmann, based in East Lansing, changes broker-dealer affiliation.

By InvestmentNews
OPINION APR 10, 2018
Technology must reinforce trust, or else

Show your clients that you have their best interests at heart by making innovations in your offering

By Ron Carson
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2018
UBS, broker to pay $805,000 in Finra award

Arbitration award of $805,000 just the latest in a series of payments Michael James Keane had to pony up to settle customer complaints.

By InvestmentNews
The emperor of financial planning has no clothes
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2018
The emperor of financial planning has no clothes

The Financial Planning Association is trying to be too many things to too many people.

By Michael Ross
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2018
Finra bars former OneAmerica broker for stealing customer's money

Domingo Gonzalez deposited client check into his bank account and spent it.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2018
Woodbury latest firm to expand by adding bank brokers

Acquisition of Capital One's advisers represents growing trend among independent broker dealers.

By Bruce Kelly
'Best interests' and 'fiduciary' aren't the same, so which will the SEC choose?
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2018
'Best interests' and 'fiduciary' aren't the same, so which will the SEC choose?

It could become a flash point that goes beyond semantics.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 09, 2018
Texas hybrid switches affiliation to Kestra from SII

Griffin Financial manages $120 million in Austin, Texas

By InvestmentNews
RIAS APR 09, 2018
Chicago adviser strategically reaching clients with smaller balances

James Brewer advises both small 401(k) clients, wealthy individuals.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 09, 2018
Finra, looking into trading activity, bars no-show broker

William Brunner had resigned from Investment Planners Inc. last May.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2018
Investment Program Association rebrands itself for Main Street

Group advocating for investments like REITs, BDCs, close-end funds, and energy and equipment leasing programs changes name to Institute for Portfolio Alternatives.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.