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OPINION FEB 14, 2014
Helping clients in times of grief

Working with clients during these challenging times requires special sensitivity

By Robert Sofia
OPINION FEB 14, 2014
Adapt or die: 5 ways advisers must embrace change

Reasons for a company's failure are complex, but underlying them often is a basic refusal to embrace critical changes in technology and consumer preferences

By Robert Sofia
RIAS FEB 14, 2014
Schwab to give unhappy clients a fee refund

Certain clients will be entitled to get back a quarter's program fees.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 14, 2014
$1B cost to harmonize adviser-broker rules would land on clients, Schwab's Bernie Clark says

Harmonizing regulations that pertain to investment advisers and brokers would add $1 billion in expenses to registered investment advisers without any real benefit to clients, Schwab's Bernie Clark said at the Schwab Impact Conference in Washington D.C.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 13, 2014
Finra faces discrimination suit from fired manager

Jill Wile said she was retaliated against and terminated for making discrimination claims against her boss.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2014
He needed a script: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman left a legal mess behind

In leaving estate outright to his partner, star stuck her with a multimillion-dollar tax bill

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2014
Michael Jackson vs. IRS: Thriller battle over estate value

For the rich and famous, careful planning needed to keep the value of image out of Tax Man's clutches

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 13, 2014
Gen X needs advisers to help them ride the coming wave

Hit hard by recession, the population continues to lack confidence in investments.

By CODONNELL
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2014
Think cash flow, health care for your retirement

New book offers strategies to boost income and trim risk in the golden years

By CODONNELL
ALTERNATIVES FEB 13, 2014
Bad Apple: REITs fined $1.5 million for disclosure violations

CEO and COO also ordered to pay $175,000 in penalties .

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES FEB 13, 2014
Bill Gross compares Chinese economy to 'mystery meat'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>The Bond King: China's a big risk. Plus: JPMorgan goes on a settlement binge, finance industry tells investors to stay calm, Obama administration catches a CBO boomerang, and some healthy balance sheets for the New Year.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 13, 2014
Finra moves to allow arbitrators to call for enforcement midcase

Finra has proposed a rule that could give arbitrators more authority in referring cases for disciplinary action.

By Mason Braswell
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 13, 2014
Finra aims to prohibit brokers' demanding clean records as a condition of settlement

Practice may interfere with arbitrators' ability to determine appropriateness of expungement, Ketchum says.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS FEB 13, 2014
Raymond James net revenue for fiscal first quarter hits record, up 7% from a year earlier

Client assets under administration rose 15% to $447 billion; 'positive net flows and strong equity markets.'

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS FEB 13, 2014
Review marriage implications with same-sex couples – or be on the hook

Employee benefits and tax, retirement and estate planning must be discussed under Finra rule, compliance expert says.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS FEB 13, 2014
How advisers can overcome the success paradox

Many advisers have plateaued and now derive their growth from stock market performance and occasional referrals. Some are happily where they want to be, but more frequently, it has &#8220;just happened.&#8221; Why is it that these firms that once grew so fast have slowed down?

By Joe Duran
RIAS FEB 13, 2014
Advisers brave polar vortex's brutal cold

But only the temperatures are negative, as advisers shrug off nasty weather and get to work.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 13, 2014
Lessons in leadership from Nelson Mandela

Growing up in Southern Africa, Joe Duran writes that Nelson Mandela's name was always a catalyst to an argument. He was feared and demonized by white politicians, but he was also a hero.

By Joe Duran
FINTECH FEB 12, 2014
Surprises in store for advisers at T3 conference this week

Stay tuned to Twitter for attendees sharing tips, tricks and insights.

By Alessandra Malito
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 12, 2014
Franklin Templeton lifts Ukraine bet by over $250 million

Asset manager is the country's largest debtholder; growing violence spurs unprecedented losses.

By Gregory Crawford