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FINTECH AUG 03, 2014
Wells Fargo Advisors names mobile and online chief

American Express and J.P. Morgan Asset Management vet McConnell tapped to lead new position at WFA Digital.

By Joyce Hanson
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2014
Beware of the blind side

If your clients think Medicare will cover most, if not all, of their health care costs in retirement, they are sorely mistaken.

By InvestmentNews
OPINION AUG 03, 2014
A topic even more delicate than death

By MFXFeeder
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 01, 2014
Inherited books of business come with a catch

Firms use succession agreements to keep brokers from taking their assets with them when they jump ship.

By Mason Braswell
FINTECH AUG 01, 2014
How technology is transforming financial advice: Schwab's Hathi

Mobile lifestyles, evolving models and new competition for the delivery of advice are driving big changes in the RIA business.

By Neesha Hathi
FINTECH AUG 01, 2014
Schwab preps robo offering

CEO Walt Bettinger says his firm is working on a “groundbreaking” online advice platform, though details and a timeframe remain unclear.

By Mason Braswell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 01, 2014
Securities America buying insurance-based B-D

Sunset Financial Services has 268 affiliated reps and $2.4 billion in client assets.

By Bruce Kelly
WIREHOUSES AUG 01, 2014
Wells Fargo Advisors' profit soars

Wirehouse raked in $544 million, up 25% from the year-earlier quarter.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 31, 2014
Zurich restricts contributions to popular variable annuity contract

Zurich restricts contributions to popular variable annuity contract. Maximum total purchase payments reduced from previous limit of $1 million to just $10,000.

By Darla Mercado
Citibank knocks LPL Financial down a peg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 31, 2014
Citibank knocks LPL Financial down a peg

Analysts highlight the leading IBD's string of regulatory issues

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2014
Broker in alleged penny stock scheme already focus of customer complaints

Matthew Bell has checkered history in securities industry.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2014
Brokers dodge customer complaints with bankruptcy

A former John Thomas Financial broker's bankruptcy filing highlights an enforcement challenge: dodging customer complaints. <b><i>Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140527/FREE/140529939&quot;>More advisers succumb to personal bankruptcies</a></b></i>

By Mason Braswell
OPINION JUL 30, 2014
How to create a culture of success at your firm

Successful firms intentionally cultivate a culture that provides support and opportunities for their employees to thrive, their businesses to grow, and for their clients to become advocates.

By Adam Birenbaum and Michael Nathanson
EQUITIES JUL 30, 2014
Argentina fails to negotiate its way out of default

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Argentina defaults. Plus: Fund managers deal with Argentina bond exposure; the Fed's-eye view of unemployment; fallout from Russian sanctions; San Bernardino goes to pot; and a cannabis stock rally adds a new twist to buying high.

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH JUL 30, 2014
Top 25 technology products used by advisers

By Gregory Crawford
FINTECH JUL 30, 2014
Biting the tech bullet

Despite scarce resources, advisers are increasingly boning up on technology, or hiring young employees more comfortable with it.

By Joyce Hanson
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 29, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman and five big myths about trusts

Do trusts lead to spoiled children? Here's what experts say.

By by Danielle and Andy Mayoras
WIREHOUSES JUL 29, 2014
UBS seeks to raise fees amid mutual fund conversion

Losing revenue from 12(b)-1 fees, the firm is asking its advisers to raise minimum fees to help make up for lost revenue.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 29, 2014
Ameriprise ordered to deliver Columbia funds chief's journals to ex-staff

In Ameriprise case, federal judge rules chief executive of the firm's mutual fund unit must hand over documents in lawsuit over retirement plan's use of proprietary funds.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ALTERNATIVES JUL 29, 2014
Are nontraded REIT commissions headed for a fall?

New rules proposed by Finra will make fees more transparent, but could result in lower upfront commissions for brokers, Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly