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Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets
OPINION JUN 04, 2014
Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets

Advisers don't have to be divorce experts to help clients take these necessary steps

By Rose Watson
OPINION JUN 04, 2014
How to respond to the unexpected call from a recently widowed client

Follow these six steps to make sure you adequately address the needs of grieving clients

By Amy Florian
FINTECH JUN 04, 2014
Cybersecurity gets the SEC's attention as agency plans to query advisers on safeguards

In risk alert, regulator provides advisers with a detailed checklist of what it expects firms to provide for cybersecurity protection.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Morgan Stanley CFO calls too few women leading U.S. companies an 'embarrassment'

Morgan Stanley chief financial officer Ruth Porat called the low number of women running U.S. companies an “embarrassment” that shows the need for new laws.

By Matt Ackermann
ALTERNATIVES JUN 04, 2014
LPL hit with Finra fine for alternative investment sales

Products include nontraded REITs, oil and gas partnerships, BDCs, hedge funds and managed futures.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 04, 2014
Closed doors at Finra hide the whole industry's shame

One way to address the lack of minorities is to be open about it

By Mason Braswell
WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Krawcheck: Women on Wall Street have 'gone backwards'

Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. executive, said women lost ground on Wall Street after the financial crisis because executives and boards hired people who looked like them.

By Matt Ackermann
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2014
Demand forces Jackson National to halt VA exchanges temporarily

Seven-week block applies only to products with guaranteed living benefits, not fixed and indexed annuities.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES JUN 04, 2014
TIC awards show brokers still grappling with real estate bubble fallout

Arbitration awards have been flat for two years but two big ones looming on the horizon show brokers still grappling with real estate bubble fallout.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Pershing updates technology platforms – all at once

NetX360 revised with new interfaces and flexibility for users.

By twelsh
EQUITIES JUN 03, 2014
Prepare for a rocky week in the markets

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: The next four days are going to be big for the markets. Plus: One way to hedge against a correction; bad news keeps coming for Bill Gross; don't wait to collect Social Security; Nick Schorsch's shareholders speak; and digital luggage tags.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 03, 2014
Exam scores and failures belong on BrokerCheck

Brokers' exam scores, exam failures, terminations and other details that are currently omitted are already public information.

By Ben Edwards
RIA NEWS JUN 03, 2014
A new planning tool for advisers challenges clients to win a game

Using gamification can help further conversations.

By Joyce Hanson
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 03, 2014
LPL weathers flat quarter on higher revenue

Revenue was up almost 12%, but profit declined on higher expenses.

By Mason Braswell
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Is there a popup opt-in revolution under way?

More sites are finding value in using popups to increase the reach of opt-in e-mail lists.

By Blane Warrene
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Make your world small on social media

Overwhelming. That is frequent feedback when discussing the first six months of a financial adviser's initial effort using social media in his or her business. Part of the challenge is learning techniques to use on social networks to filter and manage the fire hose of content that comes in the social stream.

By Blane Warrene
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Small advisory firm walks tall in putting technology to use

No small chore to put together technology to deliver top-notch client reports.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Google+: Ghost town or essential tool?

Depending upon whom you speak with, Google+ can be a ghost town or a key step in the evolution of social media. However, based on a number of shrewd moves in building Google+, the search giant is surging in the field seeking your social attention.

By Blane Warrene
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
LPL upgrades mobile application

Adviser feedback results in improvements to the app, including secure messaging.

By Joyce Hanson
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
How to use your CRM to increase productivity

How do you gauge your firm's productivity? Don't underestimate the power of leveraging your CRM solution to help gather key performance metrics such as time spent per client, client turnover and more.

By gfriedman