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FINTECH MAY 16, 2014
Ranking the industry's top tech vendors

TDAI has named the the six top tech picks for its Veo platform. The first-time award program recognizes technology firms that maximize the open access platform.

By Joyce Hanson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2014
Finra sends expungement rule to SEC; plaintiff's lawyer says won't have an impact

If approved, rule would prohibit investor complaints from being contingent on clearing a broker's record.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS MAY 16, 2014
Finra seeks to beef up use of BrokerCheck

Revives proposal that would require brokerages to link to regulator's database, including disciplinary background info.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2014
Finra agrees to dump expungement agreements

Rule change would stop brokers from placing conditions on settlements stipulating that customers agree not to oppose brokers' move to clear record.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2014
At long last, the boomers begin to retire

Five-year rally restores $14 trillion to U.S. equity values, helping push participation rate of working Americans to 40-year lows.

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2014
Role reversal: Readers answer Social Security questions

The best way to help financial advisers understand the often-complex Social Security rules is to pose real-life client situations — typical of the questions I receive every day. And that's what I did at this year's Retirement Income Summit.

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH MAY 14, 2014
Bank of America doubling down on Merrill Edge

The banking giant is hiring almost twice its current contingent of 1,700 to serve clients with less than $250,000 in investible assets.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2014
Breaking the sacred nest egg

Advisers must explain the foolhardiness of dipping into retirement savings early — especially when a penalty is attached.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2014
Adapt investment strategies to pay for long-term care

Retirement expert Mary Beth Franklin details the importance of adjusting client investment portfolios to cover the costs of long-term care.

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH MAY 14, 2014
Tackle those social-media faux pas

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2014
DOL proposes 401(k) fee disclosure guide

The Department of Labor, headed by Thomas Perez, aims to assist plan sponsors understand costs after 2012 regulations pushed for more disclosure. The solution? A fee road map. Skeptics warn the map could be as complicated as the disclosure.

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH MAY 14, 2014
Are these 'must-have' elements on your website?

Keep it simple when establishing credibility and connecting with clients online, experts say.

By Joyce Hanson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 14, 2014
IRI leadership feels good about 'trajectory' of DOL fiduciary rule

Board members point to SEC's elevation of issue as a top priority.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2014
Merrill Lynch's John Thiel leads charge toward goals-based planning

A look inside the 100-year-old firm's efforts to drastically change its client-adviser relationships, led by John Thiel, the head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

By Joyce Hanson
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2014
Scion remembers Mother Merrill on her 100th anniversary

Win Smith Jr. says Wall Street has a long way to go before it can restore the public trust.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2014
This one number could kill your retirement plans

With inflation running at about 2.75% a year, you will need about $5 million to buy as much in 2074 as you can buy now with $1 million.

By Matt Sirinides
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2014
Study hints at the problem with target date funds

Investors are using the funds, which have exploded in popularity, as a side dish instead of an entree. As a result, they are exposed to too much risk, or too little.

By Ben Steverman
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 13, 2014
Donald Runkle, ex-chief compliance officer for Raymond James Financial Services, joining law firm

Plans to help Edgerton & Weaver, which specializes in representing B-Ds, RIAs and registered reps, build its consulting business.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES MAY 13, 2014
Corporate bonds might not be a good place right now

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Some big names, including Nouriel Roubini, are warning about a bubble in corporate bonds. Plus: Jeffrey Gundlach knows where the bond market bear is, insider trading on fantasy, should you drop health care coverage, cities not enjoying a housing recovery and about that West Antarctic glacier.

By Jeff Benjamin
Shake-up at Schorsch subsidiary First Allied Securities
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 13, 2014
Shake-up at Schorsch subsidiary First Allied Securities

One of Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital broker-dealer subsidiaries has an analyst questioning its future management structure after a change in the B-D's leadership.

By Bruce Kelly