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Boost Social Security benefits with these 4 ideas
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2015
Boost Social Security benefits with these 4 ideas

Consider key details about your age, spouse and work history.

By Srividya Kalyanaraman
IRA incentives help savers, but they need to keep a close eye on fees
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2015
IRA incentives help savers, but they need to keep a close eye on fees

The programs, including one launched last week by Fidelity, won't make everyday investors millionaires, but they help

By Darla Mercado
Four strategies to boost Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2015
Four strategies to boost Social Security benefits

Financial advisers can help clients make the most of their benefits by considering key details about their age, marital status and work history.

By Srividya Kalyanaraman
Stop guesstimating, or worse, ignoring, your clients' health care costs in retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2015
Stop guesstimating, or worse, ignoring, your clients' health care costs in retirement

Software is available that gives advisers a fighting chance of determining long-term care costs and the need for insurance.

By Mary Beth Franklin
SEC audit of Girard Securities focusing on supervision of branch offices
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 19, 2015
SEC audit of Girard Securities focusing on supervision of branch offices

Girard Secuirities is being audited by the SEC, which is focusing on the firm's supervision of branch offices. CEO suggests move is part of larger investigation.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 18, 2015
House panel seeks to freeze SEC budget

Subcommittee set to vote on funding as adviser group hits Capitol Hill to lobby for more

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH MAR 18, 2015
Is free too expensive?

When a custodian offers you free technology, that's a good thing, right? Maybe not.

By Sheryl Rowling
FINTECH MAR 18, 2015
Why lease when you can own your website?

Template-based web design systems might make things easy, but most of them have major drawbacks.

By Christopher Norton
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2015
Consider these tax consequences when splitting assets in a divorce

With divorce filings high at the start of a new year, brush up on tax and other implications of marriage dissolution.

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS MAR 18, 2015
SEC's White defends coverage of investment advisers

Chairwoman says agency is considering augmenting adviser exams with third-party audits.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2015
Home office investment performance beats advisers': study

Cerulli study suggests quantitative manager selection and staying invested during downturns helps home offices outperform advisers.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2015
SEC panel calls for a single database to run background checks on all financial professionals

The agency's Investor Advisory Committee recommends making it easier for investors to track securities violations by advisers and brokers, regardless of who regulates them.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
OPINION MAR 17, 2015
Money Milestone: Five questions to ask before buying a vacation home

More families are buying second houses as escapes, not as investments. One important question: Will the house still be a pleasure as you age?

By Kimberly Clouse
Alternatives make push for retirement accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2015
Alternatives make push for retirement accounts

Being used in target date funds, but higher fees may prevent widespread use

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Fiduciary duty becoming a more partisan issue, with Republicans standing alone against it
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2015
Fiduciary duty becoming a more partisan issue, with Republicans standing alone against it

Republicans stand alone as a barrage of letters flood Capitol Hill aimed at stalling the pending rule – at least, for now.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Merrill Lynch tells its advisers to get some water
EQUITIES MAR 17, 2015
Merrill Lynch tells its advisers to get some water

Nontraditional investment could benefit from long-term trends, values-based investing: CIO Bartels.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Charitable IRA rollovers and what you're missing, thanks to Congress
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2015
Charitable IRA rollovers and what you're missing, thanks to Congress

Every two years since 2006, Congress has renewed the charitable IRA rollover, a valuable tax planning tool, but financial advisers and donors are never sure if it will happen.

By Andrew Hibel
WIREHOUSES MAR 16, 2015
Widow of Home Shopping founder sues Morgan Stanley for $400M

Lynnda Speer, widow of a Home Shopping Network co-founder, alleges excessive trading and negligent supervision by Morgan Stanley in an arbitration claim.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2015
One often-overlooked strategy to save on Medicare

You could pay less for Parts A and D by recognizing if you qualify and following these steps to file

By Katy Votava
Forget personality tests, Edward Jones uses job simulation to assess potential hires
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 16, 2015
Forget personality tests, Edward Jones uses job simulation to assess potential hires

Firm finds virtual assessments in which candidates perform key duties are better at determining retention.

By Liz Skinner