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OPINION JUL 13, 2014
Long-term-care options have evolved

Much has changed in the past two decades when it comes to long-term-care options and how to fund them. Baby boomers and subsequent generations will need to plan for long-term care in a different way than their parents in light of factors such as longer life spans, the uncertain future of entitlement benefits and rapidly rising medical costs.

By Craig Brimhall
OPINION JUL 13, 2014
Advisers getting the tech message

By FGabriel
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 11, 2014
Congress poised to pass tax-extender extender, extending advisers' frustration

House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would extend retroactively for one year an assortment of individual and business tax breaks.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Popular tax breaks will get renewed this year, GOP says

Republican lawmakers see tax-extender approval going through before the end of 2014, keeping tax breaks favored by clients in place.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 11, 2014
Millennials defy their risk-averse label to invest in stocks

Convinced of Social Security's shakiness, those born from 1979 to 1996 participate in retirement plans at high rates, according to one study.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 11, 2014
Plan to ax estate tax gains momentum in House

Bringing bill to a floor vote expected for political gain: The issue may well play out in the Presidential election.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS JUL 11, 2014
Merrill Lynch team with $592M in assets moves to LPL

Chicago-based team has moved to LPL's hybrid RIA platform.

By Minda Smiley
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 11, 2014
Limits to stretch IRAs floated to pay for highway repairs

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
The top apps being embraced by NextGen advisers
FINTECH JUL 11, 2014
The top apps being embraced by NextGen advisers

By Bill Winterberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Insurance industry calls on DOL to allow propriety sales, revenue-sharing in fiduciary rule

Insurance industry calls on DOL to allow propriety sales, revenue-sharing in fiduciary rule; predicts business will “contract dramatically” if agency doesn't give it an exemption to higher advice standard

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 11, 2014
Advisers proceed with caution following inherited IRA ruling

Recent Supreme Court decision preventing bankruptcy protection for these assets calls for careful planning strategies.

By Darla Mercado
The new Apple iOS features most relevant to advisers
FINTECH JUL 11, 2014
The new Apple iOS features most relevant to advisers

From Bill Winterberg: Which features of Apple's latest operating system advisers need to know. Plus his highlights from Apple's 2014 World Wide Developers Conference.

By Bill Winterberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 11, 2014
Why did Sterne Agee fire its CEO?

Why did Sterne Agee <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140527/FREE/140529934&quot;>fire CEO James Holbrook Jr.?</a> Many want to know, especially since the firm and its former CEO were recently accused of all manner of professional hanky-panky.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS JUL 11, 2014
Stocks have biggest May in years but where's the excitement?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: Why there's no excitement for this stock rally. </i>Plus: Fee-only RIAs in the catbird seat but they can't relax; the active ETF world heating up; what QE has wrought; on Phil Mickelson and insider trading; and Apple's big day.

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH JUL 11, 2014
How to pick the best CRM system for your practice

Five tips can help you adopt a system that saves time through automated workflow efficiencies

By Joyce Hanson
RIA NEWS JUL 10, 2014
Alternatives offer money managers a profitable lifeline

Low-cost index funds capturing 25% of new assets but drive just 5% of revenue.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIA NEWS JUL 10, 2014
Powerful Wells Fargo division takes over firm's wealth management research functions

New unit will influence product selections for 15,000 advisers managing $1.6 trillion in assets.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES JUL 10, 2014
Carl Icahn advises caution in the equity markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Carl Icahn warns that stocks are on risky ground. Plus: Interest rates and volatility are raising red flags, one man's take on the Fed-fueled bubble, the SEC is watching for political-donation conflicts, gold gets no respect, and institutional money is chasing solar energy stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 10, 2014
SEC fines Missouri RIA for breach of fiduciary duty

SignalPoint Asset Management failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients, the SEC alleges.

By Joyce Hanson
FINTECH JUL 10, 2014
Now is the time for advisers to embrace social media

In a recent survey, more 50% of advisers said they are deterred from social media either by regulators or their own firms.

By Matt Sirinides