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FINTECH DEC 03, 2013
3 ways to bring people to your blog

Josh Brown on how best to use social media to broadcast your content and make it easy for readers — and clients — to find you again and again.

By Joshua Brown
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 03, 2013
How long must you be married to collect Social Security on your spouse?

Rules differ for those currently married, widows/widowers and the divorced

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 03, 2013
After absorbing Morgan Keegan, Raymond James will focus on recruiting

Finished with its acquisition of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., Raymond James Financial Inc. plans to refocus on recruiting, which was depressed across the industry in the first half of 2013, chief executive Paul Reilly said Thursday, a day after the firm reported record profits.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 03, 2013
State regulators see uptick in actions against RIAs

State regulators see uptick in actions against RIAs but even though the increase is considered inevitable, it exposes compliance flaws. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2013
How to get clients to retire in (21st-century) style

Retirement has become a goal for the uninspired. When it comes to retirement planning, practice management expert Wayne Badorf and chief portfolio strategist Brian Jacobsen, both with Wells Fargo Asset Management, say it's time for the financial advice industry to wake up and smell the roses … and help their clients do the same.

By Wayne Badorf and Brian Jacobsen
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 02, 2013
SEC aims to cut information overload in filings

Chairman Mary Jo White said the agency will review corporate disclosure rules to root out requirements that may be causing “information overload” for investors.

By Matt Ackermann
FINTECH DEC 02, 2013
Spend more to make more

Expanding your bottom line by increasing your technology spend.

By Sheryl Rowling
NaviPlan gets a new look
FINTECH DEC 02, 2013
NaviPlan gets a new look

Features include insurance tool, cash-flow engine and 'modern' client reports.

By By Megan Durisin
FINTECH DEC 02, 2013
Mobile addition to Zywave's Advisor Briefcase

Marketing and client communication tool now an app for smartphones and tablets.

By Michael Shagrin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2013
Letters to the editor

By MFXFeeder
OPINION DEC 01, 2013
Mapping out next year's game plan

This year has been great for stocks — far better than most investment gurus predicted. In fact, if the S&P 500 finishes the year about where it's been recently, it could be among the top 15 years for performance since 1928. So what will 2014 bring? Time to talk with your clients.

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH DEC 01, 2013
How advisers can stand out in the sea of sameness

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH DEC 01, 2013
IN Voices

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH DEC 01, 2013
Innovation drives results

Record keeping, color coding and cloud computing help one firm add a personal touch to client relationships.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIA NEWS NOV 30, 2013
Gold's luster going from bad to worse

Plus: How-to for advisers going solo, global investors bail on Obama, deflating market bubble babble

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 30, 2013
Senators call for preservation of charitable deduction

The latest wrinkle in the fight to preserve existing tax advantages for charitable giving comes one month after a political standoff led to a 16-day government shutdown. Congress has restarted discussions about a long-term deal on debt.

By Matt Ackermann
ALTERNATIVES NOV 27, 2013
Bitcoin exchange hits pause button

A bitcoin exchange, citing banking and regulatory uncertainty, has suspended trading. But that's not the end of the story as the company sees a silver lining.

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2013
Self-employed sabotage their retirement

Business owners often eschew saving and count on their business for their retirement, which can backfire

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 26, 2013
SEC charges advisory firms and executives with not disclosing transactions

The Securities and Exchange Commission said representatives of two Houston-based advisory firms engineered thousands of so-called principal transactions between client accounts and their affiliated brokerage firms from 2009 to 2011, without obtaining clients' consent or making required disclosures.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES NOV 26, 2013
Markets brace for housing, consumer confidence data

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Markets brace for big economic data, insider selling at 30-year high, SEC tries to get tough, measuring Fed-speak, and how to behave at the company holiday party. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i>' senior columnist Jeff Benjamin

By Jeff Benjamin