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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
OPINION MAY 14, 2013
Dispelling dollar doubts

Will the U.S. dollar, almighty no longer, be supplanted as the world's reserve currency? Not anytime soon, Lord Abbett's Ezrati says.

By Milton Ezrati
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2013
IPA sets valuation guidelines

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH MAY 14, 2013
Power to the people: Thematic investing comes to life

Firm launches beta program of features tailored specifically for those who want to build their own motifs

By Janowski Davis
ALTERNATIVES MAY 14, 2013
Theme park? New offering lets advisers build portfolios around motifs

Online broker Motif Investing launches features that empower users to formulate their own mix of securities.

By Janowski Davis
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2013
The magic withdrawal number in a low-interest-rate retirement? You'll be surprised

2.8% the magic number, new study finds

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2013
Nontraded REIT rules roiled by appraisal issue

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2013
EBRI's Fronstin: The real cost of retiree health care

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2013
Life insurance as income tool

Policies with built-up cash value are popular vehicles for covering expenses in retirement

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2013
Sometimes, cash now is better than more cash later

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH MAY 13, 2013
Schwab website still on the fritz

Denial-of-service attack did not impact customer accounts or data, firm says.

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2013
Tackling online accounts for Social Security a pain

The Social Security Administration last year stopped mailing annual estimated-benefit statements to workers 25 and older, a service it began in 1999

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2013
In Washington, policy proposals target retirement plans

Rethinking incentives for saving in tax-deferred accounts

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH MAY 12, 2013
Savant Capital takes its advice online

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES MAY 12, 2013
Two diverging paths to income

Two advisers, two approaches to building wealth while preserving the nest egg

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH MAY 12, 2013
Need a social-media maven? Try your intern

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 12, 2013
Deal to go private knotted for NFP

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2013
Tax risk: Trust gains have additional levy

Experts are just getting their arms around a little-publicized wrinkle in the 2012 law.

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH MAY 12, 2013
A random — but valuable — chat

A random meeting at the Envestnet | Tamarac confab leads to an interesting discussion about investing, trading and being proactive. Davis D. Janowski explains.

By Janowski Davis