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FINTECH APR 22, 2015
The challenge of becoming paperless

A tale of finding a solution to the yellow pad.

By Sheryl Rowling
Lessons to learn from the last Nasdaq bubble
EQUITIES APR 22, 2015
Lessons to learn from the last Nasdaq bubble

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Nasdaq is back to 2000 levels, but everything else is different.

By Jeff Benjamin
LPL cuts cash bonuses for top three executives in 2014
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 22, 2015
LPL cuts cash bonuses for top three executives in 2014

CEO Mark Casady takes biggest hit; $1.5M bonus is down 41% from previous year

By Bruce Kelly
Mario Gabelli signs on to Eaton Vance's NextShares
ETFS APR 22, 2015
Mario Gabelli signs on to Eaton Vance's NextShares

$47 billion money manager takes first move in burgeoning exchange-traded product world

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Going paperless: Advice industry takes on challenge
FINTECH APR 22, 2015
Going paperless: Advice industry takes on challenge

In an industry notorious for documents and signatures, firms welcome chance to automate

By Joyce Hanson
More workers feel confident about retirement: EBRI
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 21, 2015
More workers feel confident about retirement: EBRI

New report also finds more people expect to retire after 65 but the median retirement age remains stuck at 62.

By Bloomberg
More workers feel confident about their retirement: EBRI
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 21, 2015
More workers feel confident about their retirement: EBRI

New report also finds more people expect to retire after 65 but the median retirement age remains stuck at 62.

By Bloomberg
The 3 surprises billionaire investor Stan Druckenmiller is expecting
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2015
The 3 surprises billionaire investor Stan Druckenmiller is expecting

Former hedge fund manager, with one of the best long-term track records, thinks a rate hike is still a long way off.

By Bloomberg
Millennials to financial advisers: #DoingitWrong
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2015
Millennials to financial advisers: #DoingitWrong

A millennial working in financial services says advisers need to 'comprehensively' change their business models and practices to gain that generation as clients.

By Jessica Lynn Rabe
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 21, 2015
Schorsch shows he's a major player in the independent broker-dealer industry

Nick Schorsch, who over the past five years grew to dominate the nontraded REIT business, this week put the independent broker-dealer industry on notice that he is a force to be reckoned with in that industry as well, with two deals in two days that would put his network second to LPL in rep headcount.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 20, 2015
Mutual of Omaha jumps into hot indexed universal life insurance market

IUL now makes up the majority of all universal life insurance sales, and more insurers are looking to take advantage of the rising popularity.

By Greg Iacurci
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 20, 2015
Allianz refreshes fixed-index universal life insurance lineup

Insurer will update an index and add a bonus in the eleventh year.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH APR 20, 2015
Question for advisers: Why did Verizon buy dial-up dinosaur AOL?

Because the company has its sights on mobile, and so should you.

By Alessandra Malito
FINTECH APR 20, 2015
Where are people searching for financial advisers, planners and brokers?

By Ellie Zhu
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 20, 2015
Keep clients for the long haul by bolstering risk assessment procedures

Firms without adequate client risk assessment systems will have a hard time keeping business when the market goes south

By Paul Resnik
'Holy Child Girls' are a microcosm of baby boomers on verge of retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2015
'Holy Child Girls' are a microcosm of baby boomers on verge of retirement

The future looks golden in an author's informal survey

By Mary Beth Franklin
Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Carlyle Group misses the mark with liquid alts

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Carlyle Group is shutting down two liquid alternative mutual funds it launched last year.

By Jeff Benjamin
BlackRock's Larry Fink gets $23.9 million payday for 2014
RIA NEWS APR 20, 2015
BlackRock's Larry Fink gets $23.9 million payday for 2014

Package includes $900,000 base salary, $9.1 million cash bonus, $13.6 million stock compensation.

By Timothy Pollard
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds
ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2015
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bond bulls continue to shrug off logic, claiming it's different this time, even despite negative yields.

By Jeff Benjamin
Northern Trust: Managers remain optimistic on U.S. economy
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Northern Trust: Managers remain optimistic on U.S. economy

Outlook on eurozone is somewhat upbeat, survey shows.

By Rob Kozlowski