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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2014
Morgan Stanley appoints wealth management exec to be chief marketing officer

Mandell Crawley's former responsibilities will be distributed to other personnel

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Bill Gross rides derivatives around Fed policy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Bond King levers up. Plus: There is nothing smooth about the Fed's next move, the first nail in hedge funds' coffin and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2014
Wells Fargo adds $830M Morgan Stanley duo

Team of William Peragine and John Biondo join as Wells Fargo continues summer recruiting spree.

By Mason Braswell
WIREHOUSES SEP 17, 2014
Legacy Smith Barney managed funds program closed

Not all brokers are happy, but Morgan Stanley says shutting the &#8220;wrap&#8221; accounts program to new investors will reduce complexity.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
A user's guide to this week's "Fedspeak"

On this morning's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a guide to the Fed's upcoming comments, Calpers sends hedge funds out to pasture, getting on the stock-split bandwagon, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Markets wait on the Fed's next move

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors are waiting for Janet Yellen and the Fed to pull the trigger on rates. Plus: Buying Alibaba via ETFs; S&amp;P and Nasdaq stocks start to separate; hedge funds ride the wave; and annuity product sales hitting double digits.

By Jeff Benjamin
IRA ALERT SEP 17, 2014
Sometimes the IRS loses in court

Engineer's rollover case points out the need for a good lawyer schooled in tax law.

By Ed Slott
FINTECH SEP 17, 2014
Will LPL's back-office technology set a new bar for adviser productivity?

Plus the latest on LPL's new collaboration with Redtail Technology, Laser App software sees continued growth and more.

By Bill Winterberg
BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
$450 million hybrid RIA network launches with LPL

Financial Advocacy Network, a collective of 13 advisers with $450 million in assets, is hoping to grow to $1 billion in five years

By Mason Braswell
BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
LPL losing another top member of investment management team

Scott Welch, co-founder and CIO of Fortigent, is latest to leave.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH SEP 17, 2014
Wealthfront deal with 49ers is a big marketing score

Deal with the NFL franchise enhances the cachet of the fast-growing online advice upstart.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Integration of Schorsch BD empire gets underway

By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.

By Bruce Kelly
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing
RIAS SEP 17, 2014
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing

By Megan Graf
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Fed decides to hold tight on rates, and advisers react

The Federal Reserve decides to hold tight on interest rates, and advisers are reacting accordingly.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS SEP 16, 2014
Advisers boost assets by 21%, helped by new clients, market gains

It's a good time to be an adviser, new <i>InvestmentNews</i> study shows, as assets, revenue, profit margins all climbed last year.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 16, 2014
Advisers weigh college costs for clients' children

Serving as objective third parties in college planning discussions for clients and their children is a new responsibility.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Central bankers are pushing the whole world into stocks

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Low rates around the world is pushing everyone into stocks. Plus: Where to work if you want a big fat 401(k); the German bund flirts with a negative yield; Australia becomes the new junk-bond haven; and how not to be a horrible boss.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Bob Doll: Bond yields are due for a comeback

By Robert C. Doll
EQUITIES SEP 15, 2014
The latest separately managed account data

SMAs across sectors, ranked by third-quarter returns.

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2014
Advisers help clients brace for health care surprises in retirement

Though a client's potential health crisis can't be anticipated long before it comes, a plan can be sketched out.

By Darla Mercado