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FINTECH OCT 03, 2013
Start ups pitch automated advice at tech confab

Few expect digital disruption from firms targeting not-so-ultra wealthy.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 03, 2013
Merrill Lynch, UBS lure new advisers managing $850M

The moves from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs add to a spate of adviser movement

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 03, 2013
LPL to shut start-up aimed at mass-market investors

Plug gets pulled on a venture that promised to train young advisers to work with mass-market clients.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH OCT 03, 2013
Where's my BloombergBlack?

Promising new online wealth management service axed before reaching market.

By Janowski Davis
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 03, 2013
Finra's lobbying expenses drop over last year but still dwarf adviser groups

Finra's spending on Capitol Hill lobbying hits $450,000 so far in 2013, down from 2012. Despite the decline, the regulator's lobbying still towers over that of investment adviser groups.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 03, 2013
Say what? Advisers ask lawmakers for more regulation, fees

Investment Adviser Association, TD, Schwab hit Capitol Hill armed with odd message

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH OCT 03, 2013
Technology options expanding

Mix of third-party offerings give independent advisers more choices

By Janowski Davis
FINTECH OCT 03, 2013
Giving advisers a stage to show off

eMoney Advisor's latest platform update gets a test run.

By Janowski Davis
NaviPlan financial planning desktop products to be discontinued
FINTECH OCT 02, 2013
NaviPlan financial planning desktop products to be discontinued

'Product sunset notification' catches at least one user off guard.

By Joyce Hanson
FINTECH OCT 02, 2013
Long live Your Silver Bullet

Software developers and integration — the beat goes on with some success.

By amurguia
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Found: lost Social Security funds

How one woman stumbled on retroactive benefits she didn't know she was owed

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Social Security: Making up for lost time

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH OCT 02, 2013
The death of the out-of-office auto-response

Do clients really believe you're “out-of-office” anymore or that you'll have “occasional access” to email?

By amurguia
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Resist the urge to grab Social Security benefits early

Don't fear, retirement benefits won't disappear in the future.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES OCT 02, 2013
Fed tapering decision could knock shares of LPL, RJ

Analyst says rally based on rising interest rates, a likelihood pushed into future.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 02, 2013
Citigroup Global — formerly Smith Barney — hit with $3.1M arbitration award

Citigroup Global gets hit with a $3.1 million arbitration award after investors claimed a former Smith Barney broker steered them to a real estate development that folded. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Brash REIT boss hires his opposite

Hard-charging Schorsch hires white-shoe Roth to run broker-dealer.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Putnam's Reynolds repeats call for automatic workplace retirement savings

CEO faces headwinds in Washington after pitched battles over Obamacare.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ALTERNATIVES OCT 02, 2013
Advisor Group cuts ties with popular REIT sponsor

Advisor Group ends its selling agreement with nontraded REIT sponsor Cole Holdings, citing a $127M self-payment as a major factor.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 01, 2013
Leftover funding will keep SEC at 100% if government closes

Leftover funding from the fiscal year that just ended will keep the SEC running at 100% for a few weeks despite the government shutdown.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.