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6 best practices for running your firm
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 02, 2019
6 best practices for running your firm

Small business owners nowadays must wear many hats, so here are some items to include in your to-do list

By Joni Youngwirth
Ask these cybersecurity questions
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 01, 2019
Ask these cybersecurity questions

They should hold every type of software they use to the highest security and data privacy standards.

By Ryan W. Neal
How 'high beam thinking' can help advisers adapt to a changing future
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 28, 2019
How 'high beam thinking' can help advisers adapt to a changing future

Advisers need to accept that dinners and golfing won't cut it for business development in the future.

By Ryan W. Neal
Increase diversity or die, Pershing CEO Tibergien tells RIAs
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JUN 27, 2019
Increase diversity or die, Pershing CEO Tibergien tells RIAs

If firms want to keep pace with changing investor demographics, they have to hire more diverse viewpoints.

By Ryan W. Neal
Reflections on pride
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 27, 2019
Reflections on pride

Powerful symbols require day-to-day actions by leaders to make firms more inclusive.

By James Spiegelhoff
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 26, 2019
Advisers have their sights set on these fintech tools

Where are the tools to help predict client moves?

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
3 things to consider when advising blended families
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2019
3 things to consider when advising blended families

Not addressing important financial issues before deciding to combine two households can lead to a disaster.

By John J. Vento
Milestone planning helps clients and advisers
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2019
Milestone planning helps clients and advisers

There are many benefits to milestone planning. Here is what you need to know

By Jonathan Russell
Galvin smacks LPL with $1.1 million fine
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2019
Galvin smacks LPL with $1.1 million fine

LPL's latest penalty from Massachusetts derives from not properly registering brokers.

By Bruce Kelly
Advice industry leaders focused on improving the digital client experience
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 26, 2019
Advice industry leaders focused on improving the digital client experience

Top custodians, broker-dealers and RIAs addressed the challenges of building an Uber-like platform for clients.

By Ryan W. Neal
5 important pieces of social media news
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 25, 2019
5 important pieces of social media news

Changes happen all the time on your favorite platforms — here's what you may have missed.

By Scott Kleinberg
Advisers step up efforts to help clients manage student loan debt
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JUN 25, 2019
Advisers step up efforts to help clients manage student loan debt

As some Democrats campaign to wipe the slate clean, financial planners focus on limiting the amount students borrow.

By Jeff Benjamin
Advisers who pick stocks are hurting clients — and the value of their firms
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 25, 2019
Advisers who pick stocks are hurting clients — and the value of their firms

Too many advisers spend too much time each week watching CNBC and Bloomberg, and imagining they can outsmart the market.

By Scott Hanson
Fixed-income solutions for breakaways entering the RIA space
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION JUN 25, 2019
Fixed-income solutions for breakaways entering the RIA space

Wirehouse advisers fear that they'll have less access to fixed-income investments in the independent space, but the opposite is true.

By Matt Sonnen
Finra fines, suspends ex-Merrill Lynch broker over loans from clients
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 25, 2019
Finra fines, suspends ex-Merrill Lynch broker over loans from clients

Fred Brown also failed to change his employment record to disclose two tax liens and three civil judgments.

By Bruce Kelly
LPL Financial push for employee model attempt to tap into $11 trillion market
YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS JUN 25, 2019
LPL Financial push for employee model attempt to tap into $11 trillion market

Advisers working for wirehouses and regional firms control vast amounts of assets that LPL would like to bring under its umbrella.

By Bruce Kelly
GPB paid B-Ds and reps steep commissions to sell troubled private placements
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES JUN 24, 2019
GPB paid B-Ds and reps steep commissions to sell troubled private placements

GPB paid commissions of 9.3%, or $167 million altogether, on the firm's private placements.

By Bruce Kelly
SEC advice rule brings tech focus back to compliance
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 21, 2019
SEC advice rule brings tech focus back to compliance

After turning attention toward next-gen platforms and client experience, broker-dealers may have to rethink technology to comply with a best interest standard.

By Ryan W. Neal
Finra dings Edward Jones for underreporting alleged damages in customer complaints
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 20, 2019
Finra dings Edward Jones for underreporting alleged damages in customer complaints

The broker-dealer was censured and fined $40,000 for the infractions.

By Bruce Kelly
Senate confirms Allison Lee to SEC
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 20, 2019
Senate confirms Allison Lee to SEC

Former SEC enforcement attorney will fill Democratic seat vacated by Kara Stein.

By InvestmentNews