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Social Security's special tax rule for repaying benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2015
Social Security's special tax rule for repaying benefits

Amount of repayment determines method.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Advisers preach calm, buckle in as markets bounce
EQUITIES JAN 12, 2015
Advisers preach calm, buckle in as markets bounce

Financial advisers aren't exactly shrugging off the recent bout of stock market volatility that has ushered in the New Year, but they're also not ready to call it the start of a much larger pullback that should be addressed with portfolio adjustments.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES JAN 12, 2015
Schorsch exits key company that was part of his REIT empire

The REIT czar resigned from American Realty Capital Properties, which has lost more than a quarter of its value since <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141029/FREE/141029916/schorschs-american-realty-capital-discloses-serious-accounting&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">disclosing accounting errors.</a>

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2015
Powerful GOP senator to defend retirement tax incentives

Incoming Senate finance chairman Orrin Hatch says retirement vehicles are the 'greatest wealth creator' for the middle class, and shouldn't be part of tax reform.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS JAN 12, 2015
Imagining the future: Exploring social and technology trends reshaping the RIA industry

By Alison &amp; Mark Gaynor
ALTERNATIVES JAN 12, 2015
Nicholas Schorsch steps back from some nontraded REITs

Nicholas Schorsch is taking a step back from the top role at three nontraded REITs he controls, handing the reins of two to his longtime investment partner. <i>See also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20140917/INFOGRAPHIC/140919935&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Schorsch's vast web of businesses</a></i>

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 12, 2015
Morgan sets sights on Schwab's financial consultants

In battle to recruit affordable talent and assets, Morgan Stanley risks legal fallout to pursue discount broker's advisers.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 12, 2015
Ex-Credit Suisse brokers sued over alleged theft of client data

Two advisers who had $3.5 million in production took confidential information when they moved to J.P. Morgan Securities, suit alleges.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 12, 2015
Wirehouses warm to bank channel recruits

Wirehouses are now focusing on a new market segment in their talent searches: bank channel recruits. Why the change in sentiment for advisers once considered too risky?

By Mason Braswell
RIA NEWS JAN 11, 2015
Vanguard opens up China exposure to investors

Other fund companies may find it difficult to match Vanguard's access to a red-hot &amp;mdash; yet volatile &amp;mdash; market.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Your next client? Meet the six-figure skilled laborer
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 11, 2015
Your next client? Meet the six-figure skilled laborer

Advisers: There's a client market where your help is sorely needed &#8212; it's called skilled labor, and it could see a bump in the ranks.

By Darla Mercado
New cost-basis rules for options
RIA NEWS JAN 11, 2015
New cost-basis rules for options

Problems can arise because of a gap between tax laws and what a broker must report to clients.

By Robert N. Gordon
Gross' Janus fund drew $175 million in December
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 10, 2015
Gross' Janus fund drew $175 million in December

Big drop from prior month but the unconstrained bond fund nears $1.4 billion in total assets.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES JAN 09, 2015
Finra raps UBS, Vanguard with fines totaling $850,000

Firms failed to disclose some brokers' bankruptcies and other issues to regulators.

By Mason Braswell
Key Supreme Court case leaves union retiree health care benefits up in the air
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 09, 2015
Key Supreme Court case leaves union retiree health care benefits up in the air

Don't assume retiree health care benefits provided by companies are forever.

By Darla Mercado
Slow start to Obama's grand 'MyRA' retirement savings program
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 09, 2015
Slow start to Obama's grand 'MyRA' retirement savings program

Treasury Dept. met its deadline but significant hurdles remain to get workers signed up.

By Bloomberg
Goodbye, Tommy Belesis. We won't miss you.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 09, 2015
Goodbye, Tommy Belesis. We won't miss you.

The rise and fall of the notorious owner and CEO of the defunct independent broker-dealer John Thomas Financial is now complete, and senior columnist Bruce Kelly says the industry won't miss him.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS JAN 09, 2015
How $50 Oil Changes Almost Everything

A once-in-a-generation change reverberates through the world's economies, from more trucks on the road to the geopolitical balance of power.

By Bloomberg
Value managers root for more market turmoil
EQUITIES JAN 09, 2015
Value managers root for more market turmoil

Even with a rocky start to the year, the stock market remains expensive by many measures. The S&amp;P 500 trades at a p/e of 17.8, higher than the 17.1 it sported at the last peak in 2007. Small caps are even pricier. Here's how one manager is handling it.

By Bloomberg
Nobody can accuse Bill Gross of not eating his own cooking
EQUITIES JAN 09, 2015
Nobody can accuse Bill Gross of not eating his own cooking

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features a look at how Bill Gross' own money is pumping up his new Janus fund. Plus: The Fed ponders and ponders some more, the surging dollar is poised for a pullback, another Obamacare surprise for tax-filers, and how grandchildren can derail retirement plans.

By Jeff Benjamin