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FINTECH OCT 07, 2013
Technology to boost customer service and lift AUM? It exists.

ByAllAccounts helps capture 401(k) and other similar assets without banging the door down. A win-win?

By Sheryl Rowling
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 07, 2013
Three biggies add $1B teams to ranks

Moves by Wells, Merrill, LPL sign of times?

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 07, 2013
Schorsch isn't done after Investors Capital

Two deals in two days and Nicholas Schorsch isn't done yet. Today's deal for Investors Capital marks the second independent broker-dealer he's purchased this year. What's next on his bucket list?

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2013
Don't let the tax tail wag the dog

Strategies to mitigate new surtax could kick Medicare prices higher

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH OCT 07, 2013
Using technology to reach out to clients

From mass email to GoToWebinar, what are the best practices?

By Sheryl Rowling
FINTECH OCT 07, 2013
What's the best software you don't know about?

When it comes to portfolio management tools, there are a lot of options. Sheryl Rowling offers up one of her favorites.

By Sheryl Rowling
WIREHOUSES OCT 07, 2013
Court says Bank of America can't force brokers into arbitration

A federal judge has ruled that Merrill Lynch can't force a group of brokers suing the firm over overtime into arbitration. The case has big implications for the Finra-Schwab class action case.

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2013
Schwab to face auction-rate suit

New York state has accused the brokerage giant of falsely describing auction-rate securities as liquid investments without disclosing the risks

By Matt Ackermann
FINTECH OCT 07, 2013
Finect: They have built it (more or less). Will advisers come?

With the launch of Finect into beta, there is a new wrinkle — a new subspecies, really — in the social-media network options for financial services companies.

By Janowski Davis
FINTECH OCT 07, 2013
SEC talks social media and cloud computing security gets clarity

A couple of thought-provoking posts on timely topics

By Janowski Davis
WIREHOUSES OCT 06, 2013
Morgan Stanley hard hit by broker defections

<i>IN</i> data indicate the firm lost a net 11 adviser teams, $8.4B in client assets, in the third quarter.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH OCT 06, 2013
Zywave updates NaviPlan software for advisers

By Megan Durisin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Will older advisers pay more than younger colleagues for health care coverage?

Small-business health care plans traditionally have based rates on the average age of employees, so that older individuals in a plan benefited from lower rates if there were many younger employees.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 04, 2013
SIFMA's Gregg optimistic that default can be avoided

The former Senator and Governor is optimistic that Washington can cut a deal

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Shutdown leads retirement plan regulator to hit pause

Labor Department's hiatus to delay investigations, enforcement actions

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Gundlach to oversee $450M in annuities push

By Matt Ackermann
WIREHOUSES OCT 04, 2013
Ludeman retiring from Wells Fargo Advisors

Danny Ludeman, longtime chief of Wells Fargo Advisors, is retiring, leaving all bankers in charge. That has advisers worried.

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Health insurance exchange cost info released

Government also releases examples of how coverage could work.

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH OCT 04, 2013
How to approach your firm's technology strategy: A guide for non-techies

RIAs must develop a technology roadmap to guide the technology that they implement, but how, why and when?

By dobrien
WIREHOUSES OCT 03, 2013
Former Merrill broker pleads guilty in insider trading case

Officials say broker helped Qualcomm executive trade on inside information over acquisition.

By Trevor Hunnicutt