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NextGen investors require advisers adopt new classifications
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 06, 2015
NextGen investors require advisers adopt new classifications

Client categories like DIYs, validators and delegators don't fit younger investors.

By Sheryl Rowling
Is it time to jump into energy stocks?
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS AUG 06, 2015
Is it time to jump into energy stocks?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If 13 weeks of falling energy-stock prices has you looking for an entry point, hold your fire: The sector is still very pricey.

By Jeff Benjamin
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 06, 2015
4 ways advisers can become more actively engaged with female investors

Women want the same things as men when it comes to investing, but their perceptions and approaches differ

By Nicole Johnson
Adviser's goals: Keep clients happy and profit growing
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 06, 2015
Adviser's goals: Keep clients happy and profit growing

Sheryl Rowling cares about where her firm stands in terms of assets under management, but it's the bottom line she wants to improve at Rowling &amp; Associates.

By Liz Skinner
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 06, 2015
CFP Board hires new general counsel to oversee ethics, designation enforcement

Leo G. Rydzewski has been lead counsel in compensation-description litigation for the board, and in part replaces Michael Shaw, who left Dec. 12.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS AUG 05, 2015
LPL and $775 million adviser part ways amid investigation

The broker-dealer and its top adviser in Louisiana cut ties after the adviser received a Wells notice announcing a Finra investigation. Adviser says the separation is unrelated.

By Mason Braswell
Prepare clients now for an extended period of abnormally low portfolio returns
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2015
Prepare clients now for an extended period of abnormally low portfolio returns

The expectations many investors have baked into their financial plans for the future are based upon recent or historic gains.

By Blaine F. Aikin
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 05, 2015
How advisers can take advantage of new financial opportunities with LGBT clients

Legal recognition of same-sex couples means fewer complications and new options for investing.

By Peter Waterloo
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 04, 2015
Lynn Tilton, Patriarch Partners lose round in battle against SEC's in-house judges

&quot;Wonder Woman of Wall Street&quot; plans to appeal decision, seek expedited review.

By Hazel Bradford
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2015
The critical retirement cost many advisers aren't discussing with clients

Transportation is one of the highest expenditures for older Americans, yet many advisers aren't pushing the mobility conversation with clients.

By Greg Iacurci
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 31, 2015
Hennessy releases an exclusive blend as the brand turns 250 years old

Customers can pick up bottles at their local liquor stores or get it by the glass in certain top bars.

By Bloomberg
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 30, 2015
Luxury travelers shell out $32,000 for posh three-room flying suite

The Residence, as one airline calls its over-the-top ultra-luxe offering, will be available on New York-Abu Dhabi flights starting in December.

By Bloomberg
Openness, transparency drawing investors to robo-advisers over Wall Street banks
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 30, 2015
Openness, transparency drawing investors to robo-advisers over Wall Street banks

CEO of Personal Capital sees investors choosing new options over the old due to fee transparency, focus on customer's best interests

By Bill Harris
It's time to take a close look at your bond portfolio
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 29, 2015
It's time to take a close look at your bond portfolio

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> We all know a rate hike is coming, and ignoring it is not a plan &amp;mdash; so the time is now to look at bond allocations.

By Jeff Benjamin
LPL Financial CEO Mark Casady says firm close to finish line with fines and settlements
YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS JUL 29, 2015
LPL Financial CEO Mark Casady says firm close to finish line with fines and settlements

Chief executive Mark Casady says the firm has &quot;couple things left to go&quot; before enforcement actions resolved.

By Bruce Kelly
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2015
Let the client decide how to communicate

If your firm doesn't offer alternatives to face-to-face meetings, now is the time to draw up a game plan.

By MFXFeeder
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2015
Liquidity restrictions haunt money-market funds

As investors hunt for yield and security, money-market fund managers detail their changes.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Under regulatory pressure, Voya restricts sales of more variable annuities
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2015
Under regulatory pressure, Voya restricts sales of more variable annuities

Voya Financial Advisors has restricted sales of variable annuities for the second time in two months, as the brokerage firm faces increased pressure from regulators questioning the suitability of the products for retirement savers.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Morgan Stanley ordered to pay $2.4M arbitration award over former broker's trades
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 28, 2015
Morgan Stanley ordered to pay $2.4M arbitration award over former broker's trades

Broker Steven Mark Wyatt was accused of unauthorized and excessive stock-market trading during and after the 2008 financial crisis.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Camardas consider an appeal of dismissed CFP Board case
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 28, 2015
Camardas consider an appeal of dismissed CFP Board case

Other advisers dinged by fee-only compensation definition weigh in on judge's decision.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.