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FINTECH MAY 11, 2017
Most estate plans aren't dealing with digital assets properly

Advisers need to help ensure that their clients' digital assets are properly managed and dispersed upon incompetency or death.

By Jamie Hopkins
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2017
Private equity adds fuel to 401(k) record-keeper consolidation

Private-equity firms have snapped up a bunch of record keepers, perhaps motivated by access to millions of participants to whom they can sell a variety of financial product

By Fred Barstein
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 10, 2017
Barclays will refund $97 million to advisory, brokerage clients

Firm agrees to settle three sets of SEC violations concerning overcharges.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 10, 2017
Wall Street sounds off on Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey

Some believe it will curtail momentum the president had established on health care bill and tax reform.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 10, 2017
What's really behind the opposition to state auto-IRAs?

Some arguments against the programs appear flimsy when examined closer.

By Greg Iacurci
FINTECH MAY 10, 2017
MLB managers can coach advisers through the robo-revolution

The most successful MLB managers gladly give up tedious tasks to technology to spend more time fostering relationships and building trust with players.

By Michael Conway and Zachary Conway
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 09, 2017
9 more firms adopt fee disclosure template for clients

The fee schedule, developed by state regulators and other groups, details account maintenance and cash management charges.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH MAY 09, 2017
Envestnet's Jud Bergman on helping advisers across the digital divide

Technology will actually enhance an adviser's human abilities.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2017
Social Security blocks clients' claiming strategies

Sometimes it is possible to reverse unintended claims.

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 09, 2017
Former SEC accountant pleads guilty to illegal securities trading — and then lying about it

David R. Humphrey also settled parallel civil charges with the SEC and will pay more than $108,000 in penalties.

By InvestmentNews
FINTECH MAY 09, 2017
Be a LinkedIn pro with these 9 tips

Anyone can use LinkedIn, but not everyone knows how to use it correctly. Follow these tips to stand out from the crowd.

By Scott Kleinberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2017
The conundrum of state-run retirement plans

Some opposed to state-run retirement plans argue that these types of plans should be handled by the private sector rather than the government.

By Terry Dunne
WIREHOUSES MAY 08, 2017
Morgan Stanley's decision to cut Vanguard funds likely due to DOL fiduciary rule

Because of the fiduciary rule, broker-dealers are looking to have level compensation across their platforms.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 08, 2017
Why Congress is making it tougher to retire

The new health care bill and a move to limit retirement savings will both hurt those trying to prepare for retirement

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 08, 2017
Opponents of DOL fiduciary rule want SEC to modify suitability standard

ICI chief executive Paul Schott Stevens is the latest to telegraph the route the financial industry wants the agency to take.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 07, 2017
New tax plan is a work in progress that needs advisers' input

President Donald J. Trump plans to host a series of listening sessions on the tax plan.

By crain-api
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 07, 2017
Independent broker-dealer Triad Advisors sues former advisers

Firm takes action against former advisers for allegedly violating terms of promissory note

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 06, 2017
Forget bingo! More Americans are working part-time in retirement

Whether it's for financial, social or mental health reasons, Americans are opting to work part-time in retirement and advisers are helping them figure out how to do it.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 05, 2017
Health care now moves to a slow track in Senate

Senators seem intent on writing their own bill, a process that could delay a final law until the end of the year.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2017
Milestone birthday triggers crucial financial decisions

In latest dispatch from the retirement front, InvestmentNews' contributing editor mulls health insurance, estate planning choices.

By Mary Beth Franklin