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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 19, 2016
Recognize what makes female clients different

Women's financial concerns and goals vary widely, depending on factors such as age, professional standing and marital status.

By Liz Skinner
Team building 101: Determine distinct roles and who can best perform them
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 17, 2016
Team building 101: Determine distinct roles and who can best perform them

It's not about aligning the right personalities — effective teams require maximizing individual strengths and building trust.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Collective investment trusts rise in popularity as attractive alternatives to mutual funds

Fiduciaries need to be well versed in these low-cost investment vehicles and how to assess them.

By Blaine F. Aikin
DOL must keep dialogue open on fiduciary rule
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 16, 2016
DOL must keep dialogue open on fiduciary rule

Sudden withdrawal of DOL's Timothy Hauser from a panel at the Insured Retirement Institute conference was a blunder.

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 16, 2016
Choosing default investment alternatives for 401(k)s requires close due diligence

Maximizing the potential for positive participant outcomes, and minimizing regulatory and litigation risks, requires close analysis of QDIAs.

By Blaine F. Aikin
RIAs weigh in on the best financial advice they received from their dads
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 15, 2016
RIAs weigh in on the best financial advice they received from their dads

Advisers share what they learned from their fathers — and what they are eager to impress upon their kids.

By Skip Schweiss
Do this before you apply the science of investing
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 14, 2016
Do this before you apply the science of investing

Financial advisers have both the blessing and obligation to help people cope with their money anxiety.

By Carl Richards
Pull clients back from obsessing over the markets
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 14, 2016
Pull clients back from obsessing over the markets

You can't begin to help them avoid falling into this trap until you empathize with them.

By crichards
As the industry evolves, how will you use your time?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 13, 2016
As the industry evolves, how will you use your time?

Financial advisers may function more as coaches or marriage counselors as robos increasingly handle investment management for clients at all asset levels.

By Bloomberg
Get the most out of your next staff retreat
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 13, 2016
Get the most out of your next staff retreat

Advisers discuss the structure of their annual meetings away from the office, which often include the top brass and mix a little social time with business.

By Liz Skinner
An original critic, Finra's Ketchum praises improvements in final DOL fiduciary rule
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 13, 2016
An original critic, Finra's Ketchum praises improvements in final DOL fiduciary rule

Finra's CEO was one of the sharpest critics of the proposed rule, but now he's praising the Labor Department. <i><b>(More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Coverage of the DOL rule from every angle</a>)</i></b>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Firms on the hook for hiring bad brokers
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 12, 2016
Firms on the hook for hiring bad brokers

Sweep reminds broker-dealers they're going to be held accountable for hiring brokers who prove not fit to work in the industry.

By Andrew Leigh
Advisers to start recommending ABLE plans to clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2016
Advisers to start recommending ABLE plans to clients

Four states introduce accounts that help families save for special needs children

By Liz Skinner
Registered investment adviser with $300M in assets joins HighTower
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 09, 2016
Registered investment adviser with $300M in assets joins HighTower

J.M. Egan Wealth Advisors will move into HighTower's New York headquarters, while maintaining offices in Madison and Sea Girt, N.J.

By Tanvi Acharya
RIA NEWS JUN 09, 2016
The DOL fiduciary rule will forever change financial advice, and the industry has to adapt

The DOL fiduciary rule will forever change financial advice, and the industry now faces the challenge of adapting to the new regulation.

By Liz Skinner
With mergers poised to increase, are you ready for the next step?
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 09, 2016
With mergers poised to increase, are you ready for the next step?

The mergers we may see as a by-product of the DOL rule are likely to be trickier &amp;mdash; and more permanent &amp;mdash; affiliations, and advisers will need to do their homework.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2016
Our legal challenge to the DOL: Making our voices heard in court

The Labor Department's determination to move ahead with the fiduciary rule in spite of others' grave misgivings has left us with no other choice than to bring this issue before a court of law.

By Dale Brown
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2016
DOL official cancels appearance at IRI following industry lawsuit

Deputy Assistant Secretary Timothy Hauser was scheduled to participate but abruptly backed out late last week, after the Insured Retirement Institute joined a lawsuit seeking to vacate the rule.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH JUN 07, 2016
How software can help smooth the transition to fiduciary-rule compliance

If a firm's transition to the Best Interest Contract Exemption is done using paper contracts and disclosure forms, it could be costly, difficult and risky to manage.

By Carlos Guillen
Finra orders Oppenheimer & Co. to pay $2.9M for unsuitable sales of nontraditional ETFs
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 07, 2016
Finra orders Oppenheimer & Co. to pay $2.9M for unsuitable sales of nontraditional ETFs

More than 30,000 non-traditional ETF transactions, totaling approximately $1.7 billion, were carried out by Oppenheimer representatives, according to the regulator.

By Tanvi Acharya