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RIA NEWS APR 15, 2011
Dynasty snags a Schwab big to head RIA business

Dynasty Financial Partners LLC has hired Loren Morris as director of RIA services.

By Dan Jamieson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 14, 2011
Insurer to tap athletes to fill its agent bench

Hoping to strengthen its agent force, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has paired with Career Athletes LLC to recruit students as interns and agents

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2011
A free, rudimentary estate tax calculator for advisers

While the 2010 Tax Act for now locks in the current marginal tax rates for all income levels, advisers thinking about the future need tools at their disposal now to help sort out a client's future options, especially when it comes to the estate tax.

By Davis Janowski
Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 12, 2011
Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry

Commission said to be addressing substantial risks in the market that have gone unchecked; 'there's going to be a lot of trouble ahead'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH APR 11, 2011
TechCheck: Archiving for QuickBooks gets quicker

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Home prices in big cities hit lowest level in five years

The latest data shows property values in 20 metropolitan areas dropped another 3.6% in March. And there's more where that came from: one expert says the foreclosure pipeline is 'full to bursting.'

By John Goff
ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2011
The real estate expert is in the house

Recognizing the critical role of real estate in clients' financial lives, advisers are finding different ways to incorporate real estate expertise into their practices.

By Deborah Nason
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
For advisers, being creative is essential, not an option

Every financial adviser needs to be creative

By Jay Nagdeman
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Cracking whip on Reg D sales

The fines imposed last week by Finra on broker-dealers and executives involved in the sale of failed private placements are likely the first of many to emerge from regulators' crackdown on the sale of the securities

By Bruce Kelly
Note to self: Think before you press 'send'
FINTECH APR 07, 2011
Note to self: Think before you press 'send'

Increasingly, e-mail blunders are coming back to bite financial advisers and the firms they work for

By Bloomberg
Advisers take dim view of BrightScope's controversial website
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2011
Advisers take dim view of BrightScope's controversial website

BrightScope's new website, which offers investors information about advisers, has the investment community up in arms. Some advisers claim their information is inaccurate or outdated -- but they don't want to pay to have it corrected. Said one: 'I feel like I am being held hostage.'

By Jessica Toonkel
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2011
Good, bad and downright ugly: Advisory partnerships revealed

Ralph Adamo knows what makes advisory firm partnerships successful — and what makes them fall apart

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Cyber crooks hacking small U.S. businesses, sending money to China
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 05, 2011
Cyber crooks hacking small U.S. businesses, sending money to China

Hackers are getting to the bank accounts of small-to-medium size businesses in the U.S. and sending unauthorized wire transfers to Chinese economic and trade companies, according to the FBI.

By Doug Cubberley
What clients hear when advisers talk: Blah blah blah
RIA NEWS APR 05, 2011
What clients hear when advisers talk: Blah blah blah

Investors say they want clearer explanations about strategies, losses; close to half do their own planning, survey shows

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Possible cure for advisers' social-networking anxiety
FINTECH APR 04, 2011
Possible cure for advisers' social-networking anxiety

New offering by Actiance Socialite allows brokerages, advisory firms to Tweet without fear

By Anya Khalamayzer
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 04, 2011
<font color=red>INTV:</font> Quick tips for advisers (still) tackling the ADV-2

Thousands of financial advisers are running late in meeting the SEC's March 31st deadline for submitting their ADV 2 forms, a post-Madoff rule requiring plain English disclosure of their business. Need some quick tips? <i>InvestmentNews'</i> Liz Skinner and others weigh in.

By Mark Bruno
Sallie Krawcheck: Bring on the indies
RIA NEWS APR 04, 2011
Sallie Krawcheck: Bring on the indies

The BofA-Merrill boss sounds set to take on recruiters, the threat of the rising RIA model, and anyone else who steps in her path

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS APR 03, 2011
Some states give a break on the deadline for filing ADVs

Although many federally registered advisers were scrambling last week to meet the March 31 filing date for the new ADV Part 2 forms, state-registered advisers in several states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas, were enjoying a bit of a reprieve

By Dan Jamieson
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 01, 2011
Advisory firm values slip; big buying small

For the first time in up to a decade, the average sale price of an advisory business fell last year, according to two separate studies.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 31, 2011
Are you looking to sell your firm? Here's what acquiring minds seek

While a growing number of financial advisers will put their firms on the market in the next few years, few know what buyers look for in a possible purchase. Here's what's on their list.

By Lavonne Kuykendall