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RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 09, 2012
Bizarre life settlement drama in Texas nearing an end

Investors to get their money back — in ten years or so

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 09, 2012
Choli rollers: Aviva to settle charges in alleged church insurance scam

Insurer originally sought $2.1 million in case involving 131 parishioners; only two defendants left

By Darla Mercado
With VA bennies being jettisoned, customers hop on indexed annuities
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 09, 2012
With VA bennies being jettisoned, customers hop on indexed annuities

Search for guaranteed income boosts sales; rising stock market fails to lift VAs

By Darla Mercado
Estate tools in a low-interest climate: Use 'em or lose 'em
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2012
Estate tools in a low-interest climate: Use 'em or lose 'em

Different trusts benefit from puny rates, tax adviser says; 'lock those in now'

By Liz Skinner
First Republic Bank buys Luminous Capital
RIA NEWS NOV 08, 2012
First Republic Bank buys Luminous Capital

In the latest example of the feeding frenzy in the RIA space, First Republic buys a breakaway pioneer.

By AOSTERLAND
RIA NEWS NOV 08, 2012
Helping clients navigate a minefield

By Liz Skinner
Higher taxes = less retirement savings: IRI survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2012
Higher taxes = less retirement savings: IRI survey

Majority of boomers say a rise in marginal rates and FICA would crimp their ability to put money away

By Darla Mercado
What do advisers know that institutional investors don't?
RIA NEWS NOV 08, 2012
What do advisers know that institutional investors don't?

New surveys reveal rising optimism among financial advisers while large money managers circle the wagons

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2012
The $300,000 beneficiary form blunder

By MFXFeeder
Why advisers should root for small biz 401(k) reforms
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2012
Why advisers should root for small biz 401(k) reforms

Co-mingling assets in model plans would create scalable cost efficiencies

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 07, 2012
Advocate for small broker-dealers sells her small broker-dealer

Lisa Roth's Keystone Capital cops an offer from Fortune Financial principals

By DJAMIESON
RIA NEWS NOV 07, 2012
Referrals are really money in motion

Th recent <i>IN</i>/Moss Adams Performance Study of Advisory Firms shows that 67% of new clients and new revenue come from either a client or center of influence referral. Yet despite this tried-and-true fact in the advisory industry, less than a third of advisers have a formalized process for cultivating referrals, according to the same study.

By Timothy D. Welsh
At LPL this week, some come, some go
RIA NEWS NOV 07, 2012
At LPL this week, some come, some go

It's been an up and down recruiting week for LPL Financial LLC

By Gregory Crawford
RIA NEWS NOV 06, 2012
Josh Brown, The Reformed Broker, joins InvestmentNews' blog lineup

By John Goff
EQUITIES NOV 06, 2012
Chart of the day: How different industries will react to election results

LPL's Jeffrey Kleintop looks at sectors that will do favorably under Democrats or Republicans.

By Paul Menchaca
How Wall Street is voting
RIA NEWS NOV 06, 2012
How Wall Street is voting

The outcome of the elections will define the political context and leadership for policies that address the looming fiscal imbalances coming to a head in early 2013.

By Jeffrey Kleintop
How to short politicians: Investing when Congress is resting
EQUITIES NOV 06, 2012
How to short politicians: Investing when Congress is resting

A strategy for betting against Washington

By Jeff Benjamin
Mary Beth Franklin: Talk health care to clients — or lose them
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 06, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: Talk health care to clients — or lose them

New survey shows few advisers are confident discussing medical costs; big price for ignoring the topic

By Mary Beth Franklin
Life in the time of folderol makes advising clients tough
RIA NEWS NOV 06, 2012
Life in the time of folderol makes advising clients tough

Playing portfolio defense in the face of Washington's brinksmanship is no easy trick

By Jeff Benjamin
Halloween near but latest retirement study downright scary
RIA NEWS NOV 06, 2012
Halloween near but latest retirement study downright scary

A new study reveals that middle-class workers are not particularly spooked by their prospects for retirement. They should be.

By Mary Beth Franklin