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From Timex to Droid: How to relate to — and retain — clients' heirs
RIA NEWS JUL 18, 2012
From Timex to Droid: How to relate to — and retain — clients' heirs

Identifying key items with different age groups can help advisers close the generation gap, Wells Fargo exec says

By LKUYKENDALL
WIREHOUSES JUL 18, 2012
Branding: Merrill revives the bull

Wirehouse revives advertising icon in new TV campaign; 'symbol of strength and optimism'

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 17, 2012
John Sykes' JHS Capital Advisors challenged by annual losses, handful of Finra arbitration claims

John Sykes' first broker-dealer holding company, GunnAllen Holdings, is out of business and his second, JHS Capital, has sustained significant losses and faces a handful of Finra arbitration claims. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS JUL 17, 2012
Individual investor biz lags at Schwab, TD Ameritrade

The individual investor businesses at Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. remain in the doldrums, with low trading volumes and interest rates.

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUL 17, 2012
Uncertainty scarier than precipice itself

By JKEPHART
ALTERNATIVES JUL 17, 2012
Debacle at PFGBest is worst nightmare for client

By AOSTERLAND
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 17, 2012
Navigating the 2013 investment taxes

By MFXFeeder
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 17, 2012
Cost stance at Vanguard lures cash

By JKEPHART
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 17, 2012
No sure thing, but these strategies offer healthy yields

By Jeff Benjamin
Romney-style plan would sharply limit tax breaks, study says
RIA NEWS JUL 16, 2012
Romney-style plan would sharply limit tax breaks, study says

A Tax Policy Center study has estimated that in 2015, Romney would need to eliminate $320 billion in tax breaks, or 30% of the total, to pay for his proposed 20% reduction in tax rates.

By Doug Cubberley
RIA NEWS JUL 16, 2012
Peter Schiff: The real fiscal cliff

By Peter Schiff
Hercules needed to repair damage from Libor scandal
RIA NEWS JUL 16, 2012
Hercules needed to repair damage from Libor scandal

It's hard to suss out what happened with the rigging of Libor -- or estimate eventual monetary damages, if any, to U.S. banks being probed by regulators. But one attorney says the scandal may be the 'mother lode' of civil litigation. As for reputational damage to the banks' wirehouses? The sky's the limit.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2012
SEC official warns insurers about VA benefit exchanges

Variable annuities aren't the great deal they used to be, what with insurers pulling back on generous benefits and offering to exchange onerous payouts for a bump up in account values. But now, an SEC official has fired off a warning shot about such practices

By Darla Mercado
Finra: brokers must update client info even if they keep their VA
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2012
Finra: brokers must update client info even if they keep their VA

Will require that brokers perform reasonable due diligence to understand the nature of the recommended strategy or securities product and whether it's suitable

By Darla Mercado
Romney defeat could be big loss for capital gains
RIA NEWS JUL 16, 2012
Romney defeat could be big loss for capital gains

Election could be big loss for those with capital gains

By John Goff
FINTECH JUL 15, 2012
Custodians add online services

By Janowski Davis
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2012
A lack of interest

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS JUL 15, 2012
Making way for breakaways

By DJAMIESON
EMERGING MARKETS JUL 15, 2012
Go global, young man

By AOSTERLAND
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUL 15, 2012
Suitability rule seen unsuitable for 'hold' orders

By Darla Mercado