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RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2017
What would Steve Jobs do if he ran the 401(k) business?

The Apple visionary would get customers to buy the latest product, simplify share classes and create a seamless retirement-plan ecosystem.

By Aaron Pottichen
FINTECH AUG 09, 2017
The latest in financial adviser #FinTech (August 2017)

Welcome to the August issue – where we look at the big news, announcements and underlying trends.

By Michael Kitces
RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2017
National Planning Holdings CEO to advisers: No comment on LPL takeover talk

CEO Scott E. Romine sent an email regarding the rumors to the 3,500 reps and advisers affiliated with the network's broker-dealers.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2017
Documents to prepare before sending children off to college

Advisers can help clients avoid scary and painful situations with kids age 18 and older.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2017
Good health is key to retirement security

Incorporating health-care costs into retirement plans can boost an adviser's value.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIA NEWS AUG 08, 2017
Kestra Financial acquires 600-rep H. Beck

Second big independent broker-dealer acquisition in as many weeks.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2017
As longevity stalls, corporations enjoy a windfall on pensions, benefits

Firms are cutting the estimates of what they'll have to pay retirees, and in some cases, it adds up to billions.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 08, 2017
Financial trade groups to DOL: Advisers dumping small accounts

As the comment-letter deadline for the Labor Department's fiduciary rule hits, industry organizations warn of orphaned accounts.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2017
Health care reform could affect muni bonds

By James Dearborn, Head of Municipal Bond Investments and Senior Portfolio Manager
FINTECH AUG 07, 2017
PlanPlus and FinaMetrica merge

Combined provider of planning and risk-tolerance tools renamed PlanPlus Global.

By InvestmentNews
RIA NEWS AUG 07, 2017
Scottrade advisers test custodial waters

Some could choose not to follow company to TD Ameritrade when acquisition hits in September.

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH AUG 07, 2017
Custodians are charting fintech's future

From workflow efficiencies to robo-advice and artificial intelligence, the big four are developing technology to entice advisers.

By Liz Skinner
OPINION AUG 07, 2017
ICI's Paul Schott Stevens: DOL fiduciary rule review is opportunity for SEC

Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has a window of opportunity to work with the Department of Labor to establish a consistent best-interest standard of conduct that spans retirement and non-retirement accounts.

By Paul Schott Stevens
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $390 million team to Baltimore-area hybrid

Two-adviser, four-person group joins Harbor Investment Advisory.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2017
Vanguard outsources some 403(b) record keeping to Newport Group

The firm touts added benefits of the arrangement, but some smaller-balance account holders will wind up paying more.

By Greg Iacurci
RIA NEWS AUG 07, 2017
Top clearing and custody firms for financial advisers

<i>InvestmentNews</i> gathers client and asset data to assemble company rankings.

By Ellie Zhu
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2017
Financial advice industry has a role in opioid crisis

It's up to financial advisers to keep clients safe from financial fraud or exploitation at the hands of a loved one who is trapped in the clutches of addiction.

By crain-api
One family's story of addiction and finding their way out
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2017
One family's story of addiction and finding their way out

By Elizabeth MacBride
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2017
Can financial advisers save clients from the financial ravages of opioid addiction?

About 36% of advisers have worked with clients who were addicted or had family members addicted to opioids, according to a recent InvestmentNews survey.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 04, 2017
DOL releases new fiduciary rule FAQs focused on 401(k) plans

Answers touch on how retirement plan advisers should treat certain disclosures about their status as well as recommendations for increasing plan participation and contributions.

By Greg Iacurci