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BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
$450 million hybrid RIA network launches with LPL

Financial Advocacy Network, a collective of 13 advisers with $450 million in assets, is hoping to grow to $1 billion in five years

By Mason Braswell
BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
LPL losing another top member of investment management team

Scott Welch, co-founder and CIO of Fortigent, is latest to leave.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH SEP 17, 2014
Wealthfront deal with 49ers is a big marketing score

Deal with the NFL franchise enhances the cachet of the fast-growing online advice upstart.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Integration of Schorsch BD empire gets underway

By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.

By Bruce Kelly
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing
RIAS SEP 17, 2014
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing

By Megan Graf
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Fed decides to hold tight on rates, and advisers react

The Federal Reserve decides to hold tight on interest rates, and advisers are reacting accordingly.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS SEP 16, 2014
Advisers boost assets by 21%, helped by new clients, market gains

It's a good time to be an adviser, new <i>InvestmentNews</i> study shows, as assets, revenue, profit margins all climbed last year.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 16, 2014
Advisers weigh college costs for clients' children

Serving as objective third parties in college planning discussions for clients and their children is a new responsibility.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Central bankers are pushing the whole world into stocks

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Low rates around the world is pushing everyone into stocks. Plus: Where to work if you want a big fat 401(k); the German bund flirts with a negative yield; Australia becomes the new junk-bond haven; and how not to be a horrible boss.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Bob Doll: Bond yields are due for a comeback

By Robert C. Doll
EQUITIES SEP 15, 2014
The latest separately managed account data

SMAs across sectors, ranked by third-quarter returns.

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2014
Advisers help clients brace for health care surprises in retirement

Though a client's potential health crisis can't be anticipated long before it comes, a plan can be sketched out.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

By Bruce Kelly
BROKER DEALERS SEP 15, 2014
New broker working group aims for easy-to-read fee disclosure

NASAA report on hidden and complicated fee disclosures sparks drive for simple, uniform language.

By Joyce Hanson
EQUITIES SEP 15, 2014
Are you prepared to make an exit from the stock market?

By Axel Merk
FINTECH SEP 15, 2014
Redtail, Morningstar announce integration deal to bring research to CRM system

Popular customer relationship manager plans to launch a new user interface in the fourth quarter.

By Joyce Hanson
ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Advisers take stock as ETF portfolio manager F-Squared faces legal action

Wary advisers are taking a closer look at F-Squared Investments, the largest manager of exchange-traded-fund portfolios, which is under investigation for misrepresenting past returns.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH SEP 15, 2014
What to look for when pricing a CRM

Sophisticated advisers may need lots of bells and whistles, but those just starting out can get by with a bare-bones version.

By Joyce Hanson
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2014
Publication of Robin Williams' trusts highlights privacy concerns

As outdated documents related to the actor's estate hit the tabloids, experts weigh in on how to keep your clients' plans confidential.

By Darla Mercado
ETFS SEP 15, 2014
Are active ETFs finally growing in popularity?

The industry blames transparency concerns for a lack of active ETFs, but others aren't so sure

By Jeff Benjamin