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More retirement plan participant data, please
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
More retirement plan participant data, please

Advisers seek detailed client info to compete more effectively.

By Evan Cooper
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Factors that determine a retirement plan adviser's value

Why it's so hard to determine what a retirement plan business is worth?

By ecooper
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Retirement adviser aggregators want teams, not individuals

Tips to help small advisers looking to sell or join a specialist.

By ecooper
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2018
Consolidation of the defined-contribution market

Know your partnership options for growth.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 01, 2018
Heard of Chalice? It's being called Amazon Prime for financial advisers

'We're trying to build an online digital marketplace,' says founder Keith Gregg.

By Jeff Benjamin
Kara Murphy appointed chief investment officer at United Capital
RIAS RIA NEWS JUN 01, 2018
Kara Murphy appointed chief investment officer at United Capital

She joins the roster of the few female C-suite executives in the financial advice space

By Sarah Min
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 01, 2018
Why changes to the kiddie tax are a 'big deal'

The law uses the tax rates applying to trusts and estates, rather than parents' income, to determine the tax on children's investment income.

By Greg Iacurci
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 01, 2018
5th Circuit mandate to vacate DOL fiduciary rule 'still pending'

Observers can't tell why the regulation is still on death watch and not actually dead.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 31, 2018
Advisers can learn a lesson from Costco

Investors fare better when they're presented with a few curated, low-cost options.

By John Waggoner
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 31, 2018
Is David Lerner still chomping on the proprietary product apple?

Firm once fined by Finra over nontraded REIT transactions is still pushing its own series of mutual funds.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 31, 2018
LPL loses hybrid group managing $750 million to Triad

Pinnacle Private Wealth switches B-D and hybrid RIA platforms.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 31, 2018
SEC charges former Long Island broker with $8 million scam

Steven Pagartanis promised investments in a land development company.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 31, 2018
Blackstone woos wealthy with tax-free hedge fund

Tax-free status reflects fact that investments are held in an insurance vehicle.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 31, 2018
Veteran Wells Fargo team managing $505 million leaves for Raymond James

Mark Griffin and Mark Liley, based in Denver, join employee unit.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 31, 2018
Former Transamerica broker assistant barred for forging customer signature

Francis Acosta signed customer's name on forms requesting account transfers.

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 31, 2018
Interest groups split on delaying comments for SEC advice proposals

Consumer, adviser advocates want to see results of investor testing first, but SIFMA says stick with original Aug. 7 deadline.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
More institutional money managers joining the $1 trillion club
INVESTING ETFS MAY 30, 2018
More institutional money managers joining the $1 trillion club

But the gap between the top two and the rest is growing.

By Rick Baert
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 30, 2018
Legg Mason hopes to reverse TDF fortunes with MassMutual deal

The firm tried launching two different target-date series within the past decade, both of which closed after failing to gain much traction.

By Greg Iacurci
Principal Financial acquires digital advice startup RobustWealth
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAY 30, 2018
Principal Financial acquires digital advice startup RobustWealth

The deal improves Principal's technology offering and opens a distribution channel to independent advisers.

By Ryan W. Neal
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 30, 2018
Former AXA broker in Arizona charged with $475,000 client theft

Howard Price III was no longer registered when the alleged thefts took place.

By Bloomberg