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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
When slow Internet happens to fast people

Entrepreneur goes where life is slow and the Internet is slower.

By Sheryl Rowling
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
Jump-start succession planning by broadening advisers' perspectives

The advice business must work together to ensure advisers have the resources and information they need to develop and execute strong succession plans.

By Dale Brown
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 11, 2014
How to handle a scandal

Crisis triage easier when the brand is strong to begin with, experts say.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
Should your clients use prepaid college tuition plans?

As more schools sign on, guarantees and tuition cost savings attract account holders.

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2014
Tony Robbins gets advisers talking at the 2014 MarketCounsel Summit

Independent advisers get a dose of inspiration as Tony Robbins continues to champion their cause

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 10, 2014
Americans have a low retirement IQ

More than 75% are clueless when it comes to drawing down income in their golden years.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
What the SEC's enforcement numbers really tell us

Under Mary Jo White, agency is more prone to launch disciplinary action to correct violations than in the past

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2014
The ultimate payoff of advisers striking strategic partnerships

When advisers create more time to better engage their clients, they can build strong and rewarding businesses

By Charles Goldman
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2014
B-Ds taking it on the chin from regulators

With three retail firms in the past couple of weeks disclosing disappointing earnings related to compliance and regulatory issues, the question is: Where does this rash of regulatory actions come from?

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 09, 2014
Could more women traders cut volatility?

Experimental market sessions show more women traders = smaller and fewer bubbles

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 09, 2014
Mark Cuban blasts SEC focus on enforcement

In a strange combo, the 'Shark Tank' entrepreneur joined former chairman Christopher Cox in criticizing the agency for the way it handles enforcement actions.

By Mason Braswell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 08, 2014
From the C Suite with Raymond James' CEO Paul Reilly: Listen and learn. But in a crunch, be decisive

Exec honed his listening and peacemaking skills growing up as the third of eight children and those talents have come in handy.

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS DEC 08, 2014
Fidelity fined $350,000 in billing snafu

Finra said the firm overbilled more than 20,000 fee-based accounts in its RIA unit by $2.4 million over seven years and ordered it to pay a $350,000 fine.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES DEC 08, 2014
Pimco plucks two from Schroders for equities expansion effort

Giles Money joins as a money manager in global growth equity strategies and Lucrecia Tam as an equity analyst focused on industrials,

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 08, 2014
The insight that enabled Carl Icahn to become a corporate raider

How an activist closed-end fund investor became a greenmailer

By Tobias E. Carlisle
RIA NEWS DEC 08, 2014
Four Convergent veterans depart for Presidio

Decision by advisers, including an executive director of the ultrahigh-net-worth group, to leave the firm and join Presidio comes amid management changes.

By Mason Braswell
Clash of the titans: Bionic advisers vs. robo-advisers
RIA NEWS DEC 08, 2014
Clash of the titans: Bionic advisers vs. robo-advisers

Robos will force a change in the financial landscape, especially in pricing and democratization of knowledge, but they won't necessarily be the winners of the new era.

By Joe Duran
RIA NEWS DEC 08, 2014
Fidelity Institutional weighs own robo offering

Months after teaming with Betterment, Fidelity has added LearnVest to its platform, and may even one day launch its own automated advice platform.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 08, 2014
DOL still planning fiduciary proposal for January

Department's plan is to 'reduce harmful conflicts of interest' by amending regulatory definition of fiduciary.

By Hazel Bradford
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 07, 2014
Financial advisers need to check up on clients' medical debt

About 52% of the collections reported by credit agencies are owed to hospitals and other medical providers. Advisers must stand ready to help negotiate claims and make sure medical debt doesn't wreck client credit reports.

By Liz Skinner