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RIA NEWS APR 10, 2014
Fidelity wants to get advisers into the 401(k) game

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services wants to help them make a concerted push into plan advising

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2014
Small retirement plan fiduciaries drowning in new fee disclosures

Documents are way too long, information is split up among multiple documents, and the legalese is mystifying

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2014
Investment adviser lobbyist: Finra will renew effort to become adviser SRO

Regulator is 'playing the long game,' sees advisers as regulatory and revenue opportunity, IAA's Neil Simon says.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS APR 10, 2014
Hearsay Social adds RBC to its client list

Startup is collaborating with LinkedIn to help firms' social-media presence

By Trevor Hunnicutt
WIREHOUSES APR 10, 2014
Merrill aims for 30% profit margins, but at what cost?

Bank of America Merrill Lynch should be able to top 30% pretax profit margins as retirement demographics and other tail winds help boost the business. But how it will team its brokerage and banking operations is an open question.

By Gregory Crawford
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 10, 2014
Wealth management is ripe for reinvention

Across the industry, executives share concerns: generational shifts, regulation and how to update legacy platforms.

By Marion Asnes
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2014
Congress stiffs SEC on funding request

Without the additional $324 million it requested, the SEC won't be able to hire additional personnel to expand RIA examinations. What does this mean for advisers?

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS APR 10, 2014
Southwest Securities could be sold to big shareholder

The parent company of Southwest Securities, SWS Group, received $7-a-share offer from Hilltop Holdings. The offer was a 16% premium to the stock's closing price on Thursday. Bruce Kelly has the story.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2014
Consumer, investment adviser groups push lawmakers to support bill to boost adviser exams

Seven lobby groups representing investment advisers and consumers are urging lawmakers to sign on to legislation that would charge advisers a user fee to fund more regulatory exams.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2014
SAC Capital's money-laundering settlement approved

Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors won partial approval of its $1.8 billion settlement with the U.S. as a federal judge signed off on an agreement to resolve a civil money-laundering case.

By Matt Ackermann
FINTECH APR 10, 2014
Are broker-dealers about to turn the tables on social media?

The tables are starting to turn. Recognizing the growing impact of (and interest in) social media for advisers, broker-dealer compliance departments have been relaxing their grip, according to Michael Kitces, and that could be bad news for RIAs.

By mkitces
FINTECH APR 10, 2014
Hearsay raises $30M in new funding

The social media management and compliance platform plans to accelerate product development

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH APR 09, 2014
Finally, some social-media ground rules

The SEC's move to define customer review ground rules is good but raises important and difficult questions.

By MFXFeeder
EQUITIES APR 09, 2014
Coming off yesterday's big bounce, futures do not look bright for today

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Backing off the big bounce. Plus: Bill Gross confesses, Bank of America pays for cheesy marketing tactics, investing in wind energy and an urgent reminder to change those passwords

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 09, 2014
NY's estate tax from hell

Albany reaches for more than 100% of taxable portion

By Thornton McEnery
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 09, 2014
Fear of federal taxes pushes state collections up

Investors also take profits after strong year in the market

By lkonish
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 09, 2014
Great-West Financial to acquire J.P. Morgan retirement unit

Robert Reynolds' Great-West Financial agreed to acquire J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services, boosting its profile as a retirement plan record keeper and putting it at No. 2 in the retirement services business by participants nationally.

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH APR 09, 2014
The new rules of Facebook marketing

If you want people to see your company's content, you'll have to pay.

By Kristen Luke
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 08, 2014
You've got mail from Social Security

The agency is returning to paper statements. Only 6% of workers had signed up for the online version since 2011.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION APR 08, 2014
Don't let high-frequency trading fear overtake clients

By MFXFeeder