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FINTECH JAN 25, 2015
Financial services apps for Apple Watch

With Apple set to release its much-ballyhooed Apple Watch on April 24, financial services companies are scrambling to be part of the big event.

By Alessandra Malito
TD Ameritrade Institutional launching Veo One dashboard for advisers
RIA NEWS JAN 25, 2015
TD Ameritrade Institutional launching Veo One dashboard for advisers

Platform allows immediate connection to applications such as DocuSign, Laser App Anywhere, MoneyGuidePro, Orion Advisor Services and Redtail.

By Liz Skinner
Are you a gadget junkie?
FINTECH JAN 25, 2015
Are you a gadget junkie?

Adviser Sheryl Rowling is and is trying to decide about going further with technology.

By Sheryl Rowling
Client demand for simpler technology challenges independent broker-dealers
RIA NEWS JAN 25, 2015
Client demand for simpler technology challenges independent broker-dealers

Smart devices and programs are giving way to demand for simplicity.

By Sarah O'Brien
FINTECH JAN 25, 2015
What's next for financial advice?

We ask the experts to share what parts of the advice business they think need innovation

By InvestmentNews Staff
Finra hawks fiduciary in its regulatory priorities for 2015
RIA NEWS JAN 23, 2015
Finra hawks fiduciary in its regulatory priorities for 2015

Finra's just-released regulatory and exam priorities for the new year include an unusual directive that brokers act in the best interests of clients regardless of current rules.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 23, 2015
Midwest financial adviser team with $463M in assets joins Wells Fargo

Madison Street Financial Group specializes in corporate retirement plans and high-net-worth families.

By Bianca Flowers
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 23, 2015
SEC to examine mutual fund distribution fees starting next week

After decade of industry evolution, agency hopes to get up to speed.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2015
Optimism abounds for financial advice industry in 2015

Vast majority of advisers expect the U.S. economy — and their own businesses — to keep on humming.

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH JAN 22, 2015
The risky business of compliance

New archiving solutions take the headaches out meeting SEC link capture regulations.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2015
One of industry's last holdouts, NAIFA elects its first female president

With women representing only 11.5% of advisers, trade group plans to highlight women in industry.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2015
A recruiting war for recruiters

As competition for advisers intensifies, advisory firms are raiding each other for internal recruiting talent in an effort to get a leg up in the hiring game.

By Mason Braswell
TurboTax raises prices and the tax-prep software battle is on
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2015
TurboTax raises prices and the tax-prep software battle is on

But comparing the three market leaders — TurboTax, TaxACT and H&R Block — isn't easy.

By Bloomberg
TurboTax raises prices and the tax-prep software battle is on
FINTECH JAN 21, 2015
TurboTax raises prices and the tax-prep software battle is on

But comparing the three market leaders — TurboTax, TaxACT and H&R Block — isn't easy.

By Bloomberg
Good looks aren't everything, but it might help you attract more assets
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2015
Good looks aren't everything, but it might help you attract more assets

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjmain</i>, looks might help money managers land more assets, but they also tend to underperform. Plus: Darryl Strawberry's contract balance goes to the highest bidder, Florida investment manager charged with bilking $17M from clients, and a hedge fund manager uses proper etiquette after losing his clients' money.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2015
Obama's college savings plan would cut tax breaks for 529s

Fewer than 3% of families use the plans, and those who do tend to be wealthy. The President proposes giving tax credits to familes making under $180,000 instead.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JAN 21, 2015
Nicholas Schorsch down, not out after resigning again

Though the real estate czar stepped down from two more publicly traded companies last week, as well as from a host of other nontraded REITs, he still remains entrenched at other firms he created and is the largest shareholder at several others.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2015
Fund board severs ties with Thibeault after arrest

The small financial services empire of Daniel Thibeault, a well-known asset manager arrested earlier this month on charges of securities fraud, continues to unravel as the board of trustees of his fund moved to distance itself from him.

By Mason Braswell
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2015
Former Edward Jones rep accused of stealing from a disabled client

Plus the rest of Tuesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Daniel Thibeault's missteps make the case for due diligence, U.S. economy magically defies gravity among global economies, and tax strategies that it isn't too late to employ

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES JAN 21, 2015
Alts fund manager Daniel Thibeault arrested in securities fraud

The FBI accused GL Capital Partners CEO Daniel Thibeault of creating fictitious loans to divert millions in assets to business accounts.

By Mason Braswell