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MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 02, 2014
Schwab signs Morningstar to provide equity research, ratings

Deal will give advisers access to sector reports and pick lists, as well as daily, weekly and quarterly outlook reports.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME NOV 01, 2014
Satisfied with Legg Mason turnaround, activist investor Nelson Peltz leaves board

Stock price of money manager more than doubled since 2012 with new CEO and cost cuts as inflows return

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 01, 2014
Bond Cover

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 01, 2014
BlackRock, Loomis Sayles replace Pimco at $6B Prudential fund

Move comes on heels of record withdrawals from Pimco Total Return after Gross exit

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME OCT 31, 2014
Gross calls deflation a 'growing possibility' threatening wealth

Central banks' efforts to fuel inflation have pushed up financial assets, rather than prices in the real economy.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
In an electronic age, why are banks so slow?

The fix that could speed your deposits

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 31, 2014
National Planning Holdings puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales

After Nicholas Schorsch's giant traded REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029916&quot;>revealed a big accounting debacle</a>, one large broker-dealer network temporarily put a stop to sales of one of Mr. Schorsch's nontraded REITs.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
New rules for annuities and target date funds inspire products race

Firms are at the drawing board designing retirement products, thanks to new guidance issued last week by the Treasury and Labor departments

By Darla Mercado
Aberdeen's head of the Americas resigns
RIA NEWS OCT 31, 2014
Aberdeen's head of the Americas resigns

Exec leaving for 'family reasons' but will continue to advise the money manager.

By Christine Williamson
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 30, 2014
Finra fines Pershing $3 million for customer protection rule violations

Regulator says the clearing and custody firm violated the customer protection rule, which requires that a certain level of funds be set aside to protect against broker-dealer misuse or insolvency.

By Mason Braswell
ALTERNATIVES OCT 30, 2014
Will missteps menace Schorsch's empire?

The revelation of accounting errors at Nick Schorsch's flagship REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, could not have come at a worse time. Here's why. <i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141030/FREE/141039985/national-planning-holdings-puts-kibosh-on-arc-nontraded-reit-sales&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>BD puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales</a>)</i>

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
BlackRock names Castille as chief retirement strategist

Former head of firm's defined contribution unit will focus on target date business, retirement indexes, create research platform.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2014
A 78-year-old former executive flips burgers for $7.98

A cautionary tale about the financial pressures of limited savings

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES OCT 30, 2014
The bitter economic costs of cheap oil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bitter economic costs of cheap oil, plus notes on taking advantage of the rising dollar, avoiding bond funds like the plague, and running toward market volatility.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2014
Selling away claims behind LPL's termination of James "Jeb" Bashaw

Selling away is just one of the allegations that felled James &#8220;Jeb&#8221; Bashaw, LPL's former Houston branch manager.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS OCT 29, 2014
Mariner picks up $1 billion RIA

Acquisition of Vantage Investment Advisors bolsters fast-growing Mariner Wealth Advisors' presence in the Northeast.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2014
75% of Americans don't know this basic retirement rule

How do you draw down income in your golden years?

By Bianca Flowers
ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2014
Schorsch's B-D network won't sell some of his REITs

Nicholas Schorsch's own broker-dealer joined the wave of B-Ds bailing out of the REIT czar's products.<i>(Also: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141105/FREE/141109966/with-stock-off-sharply-schorschs-rcs-capital-says-were-not-arcp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Schorsch's RCAP to investors: 'We're not ARCP.'</a>)</i>

By Mason Braswell
RIA NEWS OCT 29, 2014
Robos using tax alpha to distinguish themselves

Betterment offers new feature to highlight tax impact before trades conducted.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES OCT 29, 2014
Japan's stimulus news pushes stocks higher

Bank of Japan unexpectedly boosts monetary expansion and equity investors cheer; yen drops sharply.

By Bloomberg