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FINTECH MAY 16, 2013
Cloud cover: Hosted version of Schwab's PortfolioCenter now available

Advisers using the portfolio management application can now have SPT host and maintain it for them

By Janowski Davis
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2013
Retirement Income Summit 2013 - Mary Beth Franklin: Home schooling long-term care

Dr. Carolyn McClanahan shares her personal vision of aging in place

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2013
Personalizing estimates of health care costs

Individual profiles are key to garnering more-accurate spending figures

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2013
Franken, Dems tell SEC to ban mandatory arbitration

Suddenly, mandatory arbitration is a hot topic. The latest sign: Sen. Al Franken and 36 Democratic lawmakers have called on the SEC to ban the agreements.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2013
SEC commissioner: Mandatory arbitration must go

In a speech this week, SEC commissioner Luis Aguilar railed against mandatory arbitration agreements. Expect industry advocates to fire back.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2013
Walter says SEC request for more examiners not enough

OK with bigger budget, fees or SRO but says oversight 'problem' needs to be fixed.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2013
GAO: Workers hurt when rolling over 401(k) plans to IRAs

Workers are being encouraged to roll their 401(k)s into IRAs, but that might not be the best plan of action, the GAO says. Solution? Use plain English, for one thing.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2013
SRO fight creates strange bedfellows

For the moment, liberal representative Maxine Waters's view on RIA oversight is making her a favorite of advisers. But the feeling isn't likely to last.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Securities America is back on track
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 16, 2013
Securities America is back on track

B-D adds 'superbranch' but with thin annual production levels.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH MAY 15, 2013
Need expert — but cheap — advice on social networking? Talk to your intern

Vast storehouse of Twitter and Facebook knowledge on tap; 'it's the world young people live in'

By AOSTERLAND
FINTECH MAY 15, 2013
Financial services using LinkedIn for content more than jobs

Cogent study finds mass affluent wants info on products, services, markets via social media.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2013
Advisers stung by 'Frontline' attack

Advisers' reaction to the PBS documentary slamming advisers was ... well ... hardly surprising.

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 15, 2013
Could SEC's fidicuary plan spell the end of fiduciary duty?

Fiduciary advocate claims commission's assumptions in cost-benefit analysis undermine potential rule

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 15, 2013
SEC names co-directors of enforcement

Canellos, Ceresney have earlier ties to new SEC boss White

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH MAY 14, 2013
NetDocuments launches an Apps Marketplace

Release of new content management and collaboration service accompanied by centralized location for third-party software development.

By Janowski Davis
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2013
Retirement Income Summit 2013 - Income is the missing piece in retirement income planning

Clients often unaware how much savings are needed to generate sufficient cash

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2013
<font color=red>Retirement Income Summit 2013</font> Why the 4 percent rule shouldn't be a rule

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2013
Top tweets from IN's Retirement Income Summit 2013

InvestmentNews' Retirement Income Summit 2013 is under way in Chicago. We've pulled together the most intriguing tweets from Day 1.

By Andrew Leigh
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 14, 2013
Finra fines three firms $900,000 for failing to stop money laundering

Suspicious trading, lack of supervision cited by regulator.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS MAY 14, 2013
Legal fallout, competition dog NFP as it seeks to go private

Start-up Lion Street in position to poach NFP reps and advisers.

By Bruce Kelly