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RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 09, 2018
Advisers struck by opioid crisis seek to get the word out to peers and their communities

Financial advisers who've lost loved ones to drugs are responding as forces of positive change.

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 09, 2018
A $1.2 billion super OSJ decides to stay with LPL

Advisors Southeastern Alliance was affiliated with INVEST Financial.

By InvestmentNews
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 08, 2018
The Colony Group adds $1.5 billion in double merger

Focus Financial partner firm has done seven deals since 2011.

By Jeff Benjamin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 08, 2018
Social Security rules for new retirees

Clients can claim benefits even if earnings exceed annual limit.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 08, 2018
Growth of HSAs opens new market for financial advisers

Health savings accounts are an investment planning opportunity, given most of their $45 billion sits in cash.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 08, 2018
Finra bars fired Ameriprise rep for churning accounts of elderly

Larry Boggs exercised discretion in five accounts without written authorization.

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 08, 2018
Finra warns brokers about moving clients from broker to advisory accounts

In 2018 exam priorities, regulator says not to sell clients high-fee products and then move them into advisory accounts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 08, 2018
Brokerage stocks still have room to run: analyst

Policy tailwinds and economic drivers appear poised to give a shot to the earnings of smaller, mid-cap brokers and electronic trading firms, Nomura's Steven Chubak says.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 08, 2018
Morgan Stanley and adviser win lawsuit over annuity distribution

The judge said the adviser erred in recommending a lump-sum distribution, but barred plaintiffs from recovery because they were also negligent.

By Greg Iacurci
Inflation in 2018: How big is the monster under the bed?
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 08, 2018
Inflation in 2018: How big is the monster under the bed?

Most say it will be tame; but predicting it is 'murderously hard.'

By John Waggoner
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 05, 2018
Dow surpasses 25,000 for first time, as bull market storms into 2018

Better than expected year-end manufacturing and private payrolls data in U.S. fuel bets that growth and tax breaks will buttress earnings.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 05, 2018
January surprise of vanishing Social Security COLA

Blame smaller-than-expected benefits on higher Medicare premiums.

By Mary Beth Franklin
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 05, 2018
Trump's social-media saber rattling spawns fresh look at 'apocalypse insurance'

Advisers agree that not all apocalypses are created equal.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 05, 2018
Hanson McClain taps private equity for first merger

The merger with Simply Money Advisors represents Hanson McClain's first such partnership as part of its goal of entering new areas of the country.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 05, 2018
Tax law's pass-through provision could harm 401(k) plans

Law creates a differential in tax rates that may lead business owners to shy away from sponsoring a retirement plan, or water down existing benefits.

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 04, 2018
State regulators warn investors about cryptocurrency dangers

Securities and Exchange Commission members also reiterate their concerns about virtual money.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 04, 2018
AARP, state regulators launch find-an-adviser tool

Site recommends questions investors should ask before hiring a financial adviser.

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 04, 2018
States already seeking workarounds to Republican tax changes

New York Gov. Cuomo promises to sue federal government, make changes in state tax code.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 04, 2018
Dividend funds could get a boost in 2018

Such stock funds are looking up, given tax reform and investor worries about an overheated market.

By John Waggoner
RIAS RIA NEWS JAN 04, 2018
SEC censures Arizona RIA for false ADVs

Mark Love and firm to pay $100,000 for failing to disclose fund tie.

By InvestmentNews