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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 22, 2014
Ex-UBS adviser faces $5 million sexual harassment suit

Former intern claims she was offered Christian Louboutin shoes in exchange for sex; adviser and firm say she welcomed advances.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 21, 2014
Bridging the adviser generation gap to make succession planning work

Five ways to ensure successful business transitions between advisers old and young

By Gabriel Garcia
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 21, 2014
Revenue deflated in recent years, FPA says it's now on a growth trajectory

Association is promoting more stringent standards for brokers, promises to do more with less.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 21, 2014
Goodbye Cleavers, hello modern family

New family structures mean new opportunities for advisers to serve client needs.

By Liz Skinner
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 19, 2014
Regional broker-dealers need creativity to keep up in the recruiting arms race

With deep pockets aggressively recruiting assets tied to teams, advisers need to remember why they are paid bonuses in the first place.

By Gary Martino
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 19, 2014
Brokers charged by state securities officials see prison time rise

Enforcement actions by NASAA members resulted in one-third-longer sentences last year over 2012.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 19, 2014
State regulators on one-year deadline to revise broker-fee disclosures

NASAA working group not going to draw conclusions about whether fees are too high, just how to make them more transparent.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 19, 2014
Possible fee refunds for poor performance spur debate

By Andrew Leigh
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 19, 2014
Do Merrill Lynch's new business cards diss the brand?

A tweak to Merrill Lynch business cards earlier this year caused a stir among some of the firm's 13,700 advisers.

By Mason Braswell
RIA NEWS SEP 18, 2014
Technology's role in deepening adviser-client relationships

By Stuart DePina
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 18, 2014
Student loans imperil parents' retirement

Borrowing or cosigning for a child could mean debts too hard to get out from under

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Finra 'unfairly criticized' on REIT pricing rule change

Mark Goldberg of IPA praises regulator's action to extend clarity to investor statements.

By Mark M. Goldberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2014
Wells Fargo adds $830M Morgan Stanley duo

Team of William Peragine and John Biondo join as Wells Fargo continues summer recruiting spree.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2014
Morgan Stanley appoints wealth management exec to be chief marketing officer

Mandell Crawley's former responsibilities will be distributed to other personnel

By Mason Braswell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
$450 million hybrid RIA network launches with LPL

Financial Advocacy Network, a collective of 13 advisers with $450 million in assets, is hoping to grow to $1 billion in five years

By Mason Braswell
FINTECH SEP 17, 2014
Wealthfront deal with 49ers is a big marketing score

Deal with the NFL franchise enhances the cachet of the fast-growing online advice upstart.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing
RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2014
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing

By Megan Graf
RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2014
Advisers boost assets by 21%, helped by new clients, market gains

It's a good time to be an adviser, new <i>InvestmentNews</i> study shows, as assets, revenue, profit margins all climbed last year.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Central bankers are pushing the whole world into stocks

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Low rates around the world is pushing everyone into stocks. Plus: Where to work if you want a big fat 401(k); the German bund flirts with a negative yield; Australia becomes the new junk-bond haven; and how not to be a horrible boss.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

By Bruce Kelly