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How to replicate a stretch IRA
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 28, 2019
How to replicate a stretch IRA

Stretch IRA is no longer a retirement planning strategy when the SECURE Act was passed in 2019. There are still other options – find out what they are

By Ramon Berenguer
SEC to tackle thorny topic: How much advice brokers can give without being an adviser
RIAS MAY 28, 2019
SEC to tackle thorny topic: How much advice brokers can give without being an adviser

Language in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 exempts brokers from registering as investment advisers — and being fiduciaries — if their advice is "solely incidental" to their work.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Finra bars former Commonwealth rep for non-cooperation
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 28, 2019
Finra bars former Commonwealth rep for non-cooperation

Benjamin Bourgeois Jr. failed to give regulator information for its investigation.

By InvestmentNews
What to do when your marketing campaign isn't really a campaign
OPINION MAY 28, 2019
What to do when your marketing campaign isn't really a campaign

A campaign is not a one-time sales email with no follow-up or a landing page that sits all alone on the web where no one will ever find it.

By Angel Gonzalez
Factor investing another step in the evolution of the adviser's role
OPINION MAY 25, 2019
Factor investing another step in the evolution of the adviser's role

As advisers step farther away from stock-picking, their work guiding clients on the bigger financial picture becomes more important and their value potentially greater.

By crain-api
How to battle sequence-of-returns risk
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2019
How to battle sequence-of-returns risk

Retiring during the longest-running bull market in history can be scary, as some begin to wonder when the good times will end.

By Mary Beth Franklin
SEC, NASAA and Finra issue Senior Safe Act fact sheet
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 24, 2019
SEC, NASAA and Finra issue Senior Safe Act fact sheet

Information is intended to help promote greater reporting of suspected financial exploitation.

By InvestmentNews
Reverse mortgage lenders pivot as sales falter
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 24, 2019
Reverse mortgage lenders pivot as sales falter

HECMs are seeing heavy competition from proprietary products for the first time in a decade.

By Greg Iacurci
Tony Robbins loses role with RIA amid charges of sexual misconduct
RIAS MAY 24, 2019
Tony Robbins loses role with RIA amid charges of sexual misconduct

Creative Planning had hired the self-help guru three years ago as chief of investor psychology.

By Jeff Benjamin
Legg Mason cuts 12% of staff in revamp as investor Peltz joins board
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2019
Legg Mason cuts 12% of staff in revamp as investor Peltz joins board

Most of the 120 employees being let go are in the United States.

By Bloomberg
DOL sets date to propose new fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2019
DOL sets date to propose new fiduciary rule

The regulation, expected in December, likely will be contoured to the SEC's new advice standards.

By Greg Iacurci
SEC files amended complaint in Woodbridge Ponzi scheme case
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2019
SEC files amended complaint in Woodbridge Ponzi scheme case

Adds names of 16 "advisers" and unlicensed financial firms to civil suit.

By InvestmentNews
Team managing $100 million at Merrill Lynch goes indie with LPL
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 23, 2019
Team managing $100 million at Merrill Lynch goes indie with LPL

Father-and-son duo in Lufkin, Texas, affiliates with B-D and uses RIA platform.

By InvestmentNews
Auditor: Future of broker-dealer with history of problems is in doubt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2019
Auditor: Future of broker-dealer with history of problems is in doubt

Newbridge Securities faces large deficit and negative cash flows.

By Bruce Kelly
House passes SECURE retirement bill with massive bipartisan support
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2019
House passes SECURE retirement bill with massive bipartisan support

The measure allows small employers to band together to offer plans and raises the RMD age. Another provision eases use of annuities in 401(k)s, which critics say goes too far

By Greg Iacurci
Morgan Stanley team managing $520 million goes indie with Raymond James
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 23, 2019
Morgan Stanley team managing $520 million goes indie with Raymond James

Three-adviser team creates IronRidge Wealth Management in Basking Ridge, N.J.

By InvestmentNews
Dealing with widows requires empathy and patience
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2019
Dealing with widows requires empathy and patience

Advisers can help with financial triage and encourage clients to avoid rushing into nonurgent decisions.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Attempt to ban SALT weakened by strong data
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2019
Attempt to ban SALT weakened by strong data

Northeastern states argue cap will cause devastation, but recent tax filings show revenue increases in New York and New Jersey.

By Bloomberg
SEC sets June 5 date for vote on Regulation Best Interest
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2019
SEC sets June 5 date for vote on Regulation Best Interest

Commission adds new item to agenda: Interpretation of broker guidance that qualifies as advice

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
5 CRM functions advisers ignore at their peril
RIAS MAY 22, 2019
5 CRM functions advisers ignore at their peril

These tools could help advisers improve ROI.

By Ryan W. Neal