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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2017
Morgan Stanley dumps broker recruiting protocol

Brokers moving to a new firm would be forbidden for 12 months from contacting clients once they left.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2017
New Jersey smacks LPL with fine of nearly $1M over REIT, BDC sales

Settlement claimed firm let brokers sell excessive amounts of alternative investments as a percentage of their clients' total portfolios.

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION OCT 28, 2017
It's time to speak up about sexual harassment in the workplace

We are kidding ourselves if we think it doesn't happen in the financial advice profession, if we think we are somehow different from testosterone-driven Hollywood, the technology industry or even the broader financial services industry.

By crain-api
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Tax plan secrecy evokes frenzy of concern from lobbyists and lawmakers

President Trump has promised the middle class will be the biggest beneficiaries of the tax overhaul plan, to be released Nov. 1.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
LPL to pay $295,000 for Ponzi scheme probe in North Carolina

Broker-dealer must pay fine and reimburse the state over 'Robin Hood' case involving disgraced broker serving more than five years in jail for defrauding clients.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
UBS ordered to pay $3 million Finra fine for defamation

Long-running case centers on reasons firm gave for broker's discharge.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
Treasury encourages DOL to consider fiduciary-rule harm

Report reflects Trump administration's skepticism of investment-advice regulation for retirement accounts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
Tax plan secrecy evokes frenzy of concern from lobbyists and lawmakers

Sweeping bill to be released in just five days.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Taking the Medi-scare out of retiree health-care costs

Annual open enrollment season offers chance to defang drug expenses.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION OCT 27, 2017
Private placement life insurance: A primer

They may provide high-net-worth clients with tax-advantaged portfolio income, cash access, creditor protection under some state laws and a tax-free death benefit.

By Steven Zeiger and William Waxman
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Clients facing late-career job loss can tap 401(k)s early

The 'Age 55 rule' is a little-known strategy that provides income without the IRS penalty.

By Gina Bolvin and William Bernarduci
RIA NEWS OCT 26, 2017
SEC task force targets retail investor fraud at the adviser level

Task force will target widespread problems involving inadequate fee disclosure and unsuitable product recommendations.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
OPINION OCT 26, 2017
Coordinate couples' income needs ahead of time

Differences in how men and women view longevity can have big impacts on their finances during retirement

By Philip E. Caminiti
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2017
SEC and DOL should agree on tough fiduciary rules

Harmonizing between federal agencies and state regulators is a complex task in everyone's best interest.

By Blaine F. Aikin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 26, 2017
Finra awards 13 clients $5 million against rogue broker

Jason Charles Parker set about to 'ravage' clients' savings 'without remorse,' arbitrator states

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 25, 2017
Wedbush Securities, once again, in trouble with regulators

How do firms and brokers or executives continue to make the same sorts of mistakes while Finra and the SEC consistently miss the transgression?

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2017
Trump, House tax chief send mixed signals on 401(k) tax break

Despite the president's assurances that 401(k) plans would remain as they are, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady doesn't rule out changes to the retirement accounts.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 25, 2017
Senate's takedown of the CFPB's class-action rule may pave way for challenge to Finra policy

Investor advocates fear brokerage firms may seek to overturn Finra's rule banning class-action waivers in customer agreements.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 24, 2017
Clayton says SEC can't simply take over DOL fiduciary rule

'We have a process. They have a process. We have to respect those,' chairman tells SIFMA annual conference.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 24, 2017
SEC nominees Jackson and Peirce blast Finra's transparency during hearing

Hester Peirce and Robert Jackson Jr. believe the brokerage regulator's conduct in this area should be improved.

By Greg Iacurci