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OPINION MAY 29, 2014
You have found your first CPA partner … Now what?

Now that you've made the decision to form a revenue-sharing relationship with an accountant, attorney, a P&C firm, or a bank/credit union professional partner, you are undoubtedly thinking about the first steps you should take in establishing this new relationship.

By Paul Saganey
OPINION MAY 29, 2014
How to use CPAs to attract new business

Though the trend of CPAs seeking financial advisory licenses does exist, many successful CPAs believe partnering with top financial advisers is their best way to bring optimum services to their clients.

By Paul Saganey
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
MFS Names $438 billion investment chief Roberge as co-CEO

Will continue to serve as chief investment officer while joining with Manning in top spot.

By Bloomberg
RIAS MAY 28, 2014
To compete with robo-advisers, Nally proposes charging clients for all services

The head of TD Ameritrade's RIA custodian says advisers should consider fee linked to wealth beyond stocks and bonds

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
Spot the risks in your local housing market

How much of your net worth should be tied up in your home? Experts recommend a surprisingly cautious approach.

By Ben Steverman
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
Who are the fee-only RIAs on the rise?

We've ranked the 15 fastest-growing fee-only RIAs. See which RIA giants are on the way up.

By Andrew Leigh
Financial wellness trend gives advisers an opening
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 28, 2014
Financial wellness trend gives advisers an opening

Advisers play an important role in helping plan sponsors, clients make smarter benefits choices.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES MAY 28, 2014
Boomers cash in as bull market aids exodus from workforce

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
FINTECH MAY 28, 2014
SEC warns investors about pitfalls of Bitcoin

Checkered history, lack of regulation among reasons to be wary of virtual currency, agency says.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 28, 2014
SEC charges Ohio adviser with custody violations, lying about client assets

A judge has frozen client assets managed by Professional Investment Management.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 28, 2014
Deeper broker background checks are necessary

Implementing a rule that would require mandatory background checks on new brokers could help uncover crucial information

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 28, 2014
Couple awarded $2.5 million in Ponzi case run by rogue broker

Arbitration panel orders Golden Beneficial Securities to pay for failure to supervise

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
The Fed takes a long-term view of its record $4.3 trillion balance sheet

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Janet Yellen's Fed will sit on its record $4.3T balance sheet as the QE experiment continues. Plus: A top economist wants the Fed to raise rates now, stock buybacks push markets to the sky, beating short-sellers at their own game, and how not to get burned by pot stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team

Trio previously worked at J.P. Morgan Private Client Service Group.

By Alessandra Malito
EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
Outcomes making fund management a hard-knock life

In this Take Five interview, Columbia Management's global CIO says outcomes are more than a buzzword and investors expect more than performance.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2014
Older investors turn to technology to manage their finances

Finding in-person meetings more of an onus than a bonus, more investors over 50 are firing their advisers and managing their own finances through online platforms.

By Joyce Hanson
How advisers are leveraging the bank channel
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2014
How advisers are leveraging the bank channel

While at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit last week, our team spoke with a wide variety of advisors from all areas of the industry.

By Tom Daley
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 27, 2014
Stocks popping up in more bond portfolios as managers seek returns

At least 70 mutual funds across various fixed-income categories have more than 4% allocated to stocks, according to Morningstar. On the extreme end, almost half of those bond funds have equity weightings of between 10% and 63%.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
When searching for investment advice, consumers are drawn to the alphabet soup of credentials

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Consumers drawn by alphabet soup of adviser credentials. Plus: Job cuts continue at Barclays, pushing for nationwide fracking, a big retirement risk, commodity hedge funds take a beating, and another smidgen of bad news for the IRS.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 27, 2014
From Pimco to BlackRock, financial giants protest expansion of too-big-to-fail rules

Global regulators face a backlash from some of the world's largest asset managers including Pacific Investment Management Co., Fidelity Investments, and BlackRock Inc. over plans that could single them out for tougher regulation.

By Matt Ackermann