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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 12, 2013
Gifted at giving: Advisers honored at Community Leadership Awards

Charitable work recognized during annual ceremony in New York

By Liz Skinner
RIAS JUN 12, 2013
Seniors can't make head or tails of alphabet soup

America's oldest citizens don't have an effective way to choose a financial adviser they can trust, and are confused by the alphabet soup of certifications that claim to be focused on seniors.

By Liz Skinner
Survey reveals alarming rise in financial abuse of the elderly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2013
Survey reveals alarming rise in financial abuse of the elderly

Seen as bigger problem than in the past; 'much worse'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS JUN 11, 2013
G. Moffett Cochran, Silvercrest Asset Management CEO, dies at 63

Chairman and CEO of Silvercrest Asset Management, which advises families, endowments, foundations and other institutional investors and had $14.6 billion under management, had raised more than $1 million for the Robert L. Fine Cancer Research Laboratory Foundation.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2013
Under new structure, fewer MetLife advisers pushed to produce more

Restructuring puts two MetLife B-Ds under one roof, ups pressure to sell proprietary products.

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 11, 2013
Is volatility dead? Hardly

Though it has been declining across many asset classes, it is creeping into several that may have escaped attention

By By Paresh Upadhyaya and Michael Temple
BROKER DEALERS JUN 11, 2013
LPL hit with largest Finra fine ever for e-mail case

Finra on Tuesday slapped LPL with a $7.5M fine, its largest ever for an email-related case. The brokerage allegedly failed to adequately oversee 28 million electronic messages over a four-year period.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2013
AIternative alterations

In regulatory cross hairs, broker-dealers are putting limits on products and revising policies.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS JUN 11, 2013
An adviser's adviser invigorates UBS

Robert Mulholland has breathed new life into the adviser ranks of UBS since the wirehouse's low point in 2009. It hasn't been easy. | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20130509/FREE/509009998/PH>How does UBS rate with customers?</a>

By AOSTERLAND
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 11, 2013
Schwab drops class action ban temporarily

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 11, 2013
Cetera to buy two of MetLife's indie B-Ds

After weeks of speculation, Cetera CEO Valerie Brown on Friday announced the company is buying two of MetLife's broker dealers. Bruce Kelly supplies the details.

By Bruce Kelly
Genworth sale short list would be long list
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2013
Genworth sale short list would be long list

A number of firms would likely be interested in buying Genworth's wealth management business &#8212; if it's on the block, that is.

By Andrew Osterland
The Hartford retiring from retirement plan business in $400M sale
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2013
The Hartford retiring from retirement plan business in $400M sale

MassMutual getting $54B in AUM in proposed deal, doubling plan participants

By JKEPHART
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 10, 2013
Fool's game? Why art isn't always a wise investment

Using art for college or retirement is no winning strategy, experts say.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 10, 2013
Game-changers

In celebration of IN's 15th anniversary, we're taking a look back during June at advisers who've changed the industry. Today: A behavioral finance visionary.

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 10, 2013
Futurama

Who is the investor of the future? Research points to crucial demographic shifts toward the modern family with 'younger demographics' that advisers need to get ahead of. Or get left behind.

By Gregory Crawford
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 10, 2013
The Takeaway: Wall Street loses its mind again

By Joshua Brown
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2013
Gaining Social Security expertise can make advisers clients' allies

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 10, 2013
N.M. offers alternatives in 529 plan

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 09, 2013
B-D chief in $1.5M settlement with SEC over claims of misleading comp disclosure

Head of Commonwealth Capital Securities reaches $1.5M settlement with the SEC over claims of misleading compensation disclosure. And this comes five months after a Finra complaint over misuse of investor cash.

By Bruce Kelly