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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2017
Tips for managing clients' health care expenses in retirement

Financial advisers should incorporate health care planning into their practices.

By Jamie Hopkins
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2017
Change in Washington shouldn't include cutting tax deferrals

Removing the tax savings element of workplace retirement plans would surely make saving less appealing.

By crain-api
RIA NEWS MAR 24, 2017
Broker, RIA found guilty of $15 million stock fraud

Duo scammed 100 investors in pump-and-dump scheme.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2017
How taxpayers hurt themselves with nondeductible IRA contributions

There's only one way to ensure you get the full tax benefit of those contributions.

By Tim Steffen
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2017
Act fast to Trump-proof your retirement strategy

History shows that tax cuts often don't stick.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2017
Morgan Stanley eliminating commissions, finder's fees in 401(k) plans

By Greg Iacurci
ALTERNATIVES MAR 24, 2017
Resolving Nick Schorsch's legal problems taking a long time

Criminal trial for an associate is slated to start in June, but little has been resolved on civil side.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH MAR 24, 2017
Remember the tech wreck? For some, the hurting hasn't stopped

Seventeen years later, some funds are still showing losses.

By John Waggoner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2017
Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley: A tale of two fiduciary 401(k) business models

Each firm uses an approach that mitigates risk, but some observers say they're more for show than potential problem solving

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2017
Could you be saving too much for retirement?

A new book cautions against paying down debt too aggressively, telling readers to build up their rainy day savings instead.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2017
Trumpcare may put a stop to your plans for early retirement

The health-care overhaul will likely make it more expensive for Americans to retire before they're eligible for Medicare.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2017
Merrill Lynch woos $343 million Morgan Stanley team

Five-person group is based in Glen Rock, N.J.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAR 23, 2017
Should your firm offer a robo-advice platform? Here's what your peers are doing

For some firms, there is good cause to adopt a robo-advice offering.

By Matt Sirinides
eMoney Advisor targets large RIAs, B-Ds and banks
FINTECH MAR 23, 2017
eMoney Advisor targets large RIAs, B-Ds and banks

eMoney Advisor is launching eMoney for Enterprise, a division it hopes will increase the financial-planning software company's penetration of large RIA firms, banks and broker-dealers.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 23, 2017
SEC chairman nominee Clayton not asked about key adviser issues, reveals no specific plans

Jay Clayton spent most of his confirmation hearing fending off questions about conflicts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 23, 2017
SEC moving to bar former broker from Financial Network Investment Corp.

William Bucci, who has already been barred by Finra, pled guilty to charges of securities fraud last June.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 23, 2017
Community bank B-D fined for selling seniors unsuitable investments

Massachusetts orders Investment Professionals Inc. to pay $100,000 fine.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2017
Finra launches '360' initiative to review operations, 'look at ourselves from all perspectives,' says CEO Robert Cook

CEO Robert Cook said self-regulator is seeking ways to improve its interactions with brokerage firms.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2017
Bipartisan bill seeks to ease hurdle for small-business retirement plans

Measure directs Labor and Treasury Departments to allow employers and sole-proprietors participating in similar retirement plans to file a single aggregated Form 5500.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2017
Labor Secretary nominee Alexander Acosta says little about DOL fiduciary rule

During confirmation hearing, he talks mostly about overtime and minimum wage issues, although he's noncommital about his positions on those matters.

By Bloomberg