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New adviser course will target clients' behavioral finance issues
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 10, 2015
New adviser course will target clients' behavioral finance issues

As market volatility ramps up, the timing of IMCA's certificate program kicking off next month is ideal.

By Liz Skinner
The futures market still isn't buying into a Fed rate hike
EQUITIES SEP 10, 2015
The futures market still isn't buying into a Fed rate hike

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Economists are leaning toward a rate hike, but the futures market begs to differ.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 10, 2015
Four steps advisers should take to serve professional athletes

Few advisers find success in this space because the needs of pro athletes are so much more complex, dynamic and idiosyncratic than other niches. Here's how to make it happen.

By Pete Bush
RIA NEWS SEP 10, 2015
AMG subsidiary acquires $7 billion RIA focused on high-net-worth clientele

Philadelphia-based myCIO Wealth Partners is latest deal in year of sky-high valuations for wealth managers.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Daily fantasy football getting better at separating players from their money
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2015
Daily fantasy football getting better at separating players from their money

September has become the biggest month for new fans trying the game, which combines the stats-jockeying of traditional fantasy contests with the thrills of old-fashioned sports betting.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2015
Which law schools offer the biggest tuition discounts?

One way to attract students is to throw money at them.

By Bloomberg
Dynasty trust planning: A tax-efficient way to manage wealthy families' assets
OPINION SEP 09, 2015
Dynasty trust planning: A tax-efficient way to manage wealthy families' assets

It is an estate-planning tool through which a parent's or grandparent's assets can continue to grow indefinitely for future generations without being subject to gift, estate or generation-skipping transfer taxes.

By Michelle Canerday and Robert Gerber
More advisers simulating SEC exams to expose gaps before regulators come knocking
RIA NEWS SEP 09, 2015
More advisers simulating SEC exams to expose gaps before regulators come knocking

More advisers are turning to practice exams to help evaluate compliance risks and identify oversight gaps before the SEC comes knocking.

By Liz Skinner
Succession planning through the eyes of a client
OPINION SEP 08, 2015
Succession planning through the eyes of a client

Some simple math suggests that just 17% of all clients were proactively approached by their adviser to discuss a succession plan

By Julie Littlechild
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2015
The case for ignoring all the e-mails you miss on vacation

You now have permission to open your inbox, select all and archive on your first day back at work.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2015
5 ways to make sure family runs your company in the future

How business owners can prepare themselves now for eventually handing over the reins to their successors.

By Steve Faulkner
Advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements
EQUITIES SEP 08, 2015
Advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements

As stocks continue to slide, advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2015
CFA Institute reveals pass rate for June Level III exam sank to 53%

More than 125,000 people sat for all three parts of the test, and the institute saw a 10% increase in the number of new Level I candidates.

By Bloomberg
I took the test, I talked the talk. Now you can call me a CFP!
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2015
I took the test, I talked the talk. Now you can call me a CFP!

Broader work experience definition allows columnist to use designation.

By Mary Beth Franklin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 06, 2015
We must reform ourselves before the regulators do it for us

To thrive as a profession, we need to better demonstrate what it means to be a profession by putting our clients' interests before our own

By Paul Smith
Pimco minus Bill Gross equals outflows
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2015
Pimco minus Bill Gross equals outflows

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Pimco finds itself in choppy waters without Bill Gross at the helm.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 04, 2015
Would you pay $22,000 for a top-of-the-line espresso machine?

The Slayer is one of several five-figure espresso machines at the final frontier of coffee elitism.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2015
Ohio firm's secret – go where the clients are

Ohio firm Carnegie Investment Counsel's move to the suburbs increased productivity and convenience for clients, according to Gary P. Wagner, a principal of the firm and its chief operating officer.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Massachusetts' Galvin to investigate alternative fund sales by advisers
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2015
Massachusetts' Galvin to investigate alternative fund sales by advisers

Sales of 25 top 'liquid alts' mutual funds will come under greater scrutiny from the state regulator.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIA NEWS SEP 03, 2015
Investment manager who bilked $43 million from ex-Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov convicted

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Investment manager Joseph Zada could face 20 years in prison after being convicted for bilking ex-Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov (pictured) out of $43 million.

By Jeff Benjamin