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RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 10, 2013
Take Five: Carolyn McClanahan on health exchanges

The physician and financial planner on what advisers need to know about new health insurance choices

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 10, 2013
Web traffic slows access to health insurance exchanges

Open-enrollment for new state and federal insurance has begun, but many sites have long-loading times

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 10, 2013
Fidelity, Schwab, other big firms call for money fund reform rethink

Seek redefinition of 'retail,' exclusion of tax-exempt funds.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS DEC 10, 2013
Schwab pushing fee-based programs

Problem is, the move is pushing up compensation expenses.

By DJAMIESON
File-and-suspend strategy works for singles, too
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2013
File-and-suspend strategy works for singles, too

Social Security strategy normally reserved for couples allows unmarried to hedge their bets.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2013
Senators seek more retirement plan pop

Legislators looking for ways to boost Americans' savings for retirement and access to advice.

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH DEC 09, 2013
5 tech trends at indie B-Ds

From tech systems advisory firms plan to replace to what social networks indie brokers say they use the most, here are five big technology trends impacting independent broker-dealers.

By Matt Ackermann
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 09, 2013
Oppenheimer's head muni bond trader suspended

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. head municipal bond trader David Sirianni was fined $100,000 and suspended for 60 days by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. for overcharging customers.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2013
Julius Baer absorbs Merrill wealth units in Lebanon, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates

Julius Baer Group Ltd. takes over Merrill Lynch businesses and reiterates a target for adding assets it agreed to acquire from Bank of America Corp. last year.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 08, 2013
Doubling down on rehabilitating former convicts

Latest socially responsible investing plan gives investors opportunity to help; returns based on program's success

By Mason Braswell
WIREHOUSES DEC 08, 2013
Broker who took the bull by the horns

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES DEC 08, 2013
Paranormal markets: A stocks paradox

Considering hiring and employment reports, what's bad for the economy can be good for equities.

By Jeff Rosenberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 08, 2013
In financial services regulation, less is often much more

By Mark Hurley
OPINION DEC 08, 2013
Duty on company stock needs clarity

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2013
Is age 70 the new 65 for retirement?

Recent research shows that due to increases in Social Security's delayed-retirement credit, the real retirement age might now be 70.

By Mary Beth Franklin
WIREHOUSES DEC 08, 2013
3 wirehouses raise stakes to court rich

Three of the four wirehouses have announced tweaks to their adviser pay packages and incentives, with their sights set on courting the wealthiest clients.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
BROKER DEALERS DEC 06, 2013
Primerica B-D winning arbitrations on public pension plans

PFS Investments Inc. this year has batted away a handful of similar arbitrations stemming from brokers' mismanagement of public pension plans in Florida.

By Bruce Kelly
ETFS DEC 06, 2013
iShares plans interest-rate-hedged ETFs

For investors worried about rising interest rates, the new vehicles could be useful.

By MDURISIN
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 06, 2013
U.S. finally a growth economy again

How declines in unemployment have helped spur the economy, plus other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
EQUITIES DEC 06, 2013
'Tis the year without volatility

Investors have enjoyed an epic rally this year with little volatility, thanks at least in part to all the cash the Fed is pumping into the system. But advisers should be prepping clients now to get ready for some choppiness ahead. Jason Kephart reports.

By JKEPHART