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ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2014
This one number could kill your retirement plans

With inflation running at about 2.75% a year, you will need about $5 million to buy as much in 2074 as you can buy now with $1 million.

By Matt Sirinides
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 13, 2014
Even the best investors worry in a volatile market

Uncertainty in the market is creating anxiety but investors who are contemplating changing investment strategies to combat potential interest rate volatility should seriously reconsider.

By Zoë Brunson
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 13, 2014
Schorsch talks RCAP's leadership shake-up

Nicholas Schorsch discusses the change in leadership at RCS Capital as the head of Cetera Financial Group, Valerie Brown, steps down, with Larry Roth tapped as her replacement.

By Andrew Leigh
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2014
Study hints at the problem with target date funds

Investors are using the funds, which have exploded in popularity, as a side dish instead of an entree. As a result, they are exposed to too much risk, or too little.

By Ben Steverman
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 13, 2014
Donald Runkle, ex-chief compliance officer for Raymond James Financial Services, joining law firm

Plans to help Edgerton & Weaver, which specializes in representing B-Ds, RIAs and registered reps, build its consulting business.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 13, 2014
Corporate bonds might not be a good place right now

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Some big names, including Nouriel Roubini, are warning about a bubble in corporate bonds. Plus: Jeffrey Gundlach knows where the bond market bear is, insider trading on fantasy, should you drop health care coverage, cities not enjoying a housing recovery and about that West Antarctic glacier.

By Jeff Benjamin
Shake-up at Schorsch subsidiary First Allied Securities
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 13, 2014
Shake-up at Schorsch subsidiary First Allied Securities

One of Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital broker-dealer subsidiaries has an analyst questioning its future management structure after a change in the B-D's leadership.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2014
Sheryl Garrett scoffs at argument against fiduciary duty

Founder of Garrett Planning Network says investors with low net worth can be served in a market where all advisers must act in their best interests.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2014
Making retirement planning automatic

Government pushing for greater use of annuities.

By Gregory Crawford
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 13, 2014
Budget deal to ease spending cuts gets Republican backing

Chief architects call plan imperfect but say it will provide economic certainty, help heal wounds.

By Gregory Crawford
An investment with a 25% possible return, and glamour to boot
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 12, 2014
An investment with a 25% possible return, and glamour to boot

If you have $1 million to lose, the high-risk, high-reward game of angel investing might be fun and profitable, but you do need to develop a portfolio of startup holdings to increase your changes of success, says one successful investor.

By Aaron Elstein
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 12, 2014
When love won't keep them together

With the number of late-life divorces expected to surge, advisers, attorneys and tax experts face new pressures to ensure sustainable retirement income for clients.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 12, 2014
Chief compliance officer for Raymond James Financial Services resigns

No reason given for Donald Runkle's departure; worked at firm for 21 years.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 12, 2014
Raymond James nets $640 million J.P. Morgan duo

The firm picked up a father-son team of Michael and Benjamin Cohen who previously generated $4.2 million in production at J.P. Morgan Securities.

By Mason Braswell
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2014
Retirement plan diversification improving, women take the lead

Wells Fargo report says few men or women are contributing recommended 10% to their 401(k).

By Andrew Leigh
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2014
'Now what?' is not a strategy: Evaluating senior housing options before a crisis

Given the wide range of senior housing options now available, it's important to understand and prepare financially for the inevitable decision that each of your clients will have to make for themselves or a loved one: where should I live as I age? Working in collaboration with The Center for Innovative Care in Aging at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, we focused on the most common housing options available for older adults and their families and some of the considerations that may guide a seniors' housing selection.

By Legg Mason Global Asset Management
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 12, 2014
Are women financially conservative or just economically realistic?

They're less willing to take risks with money than men, but they'll ensure the mortgage is paid off.

By Andrew Leigh
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 11, 2014
Treasury bonds are already reacting to China's proposed market reforms

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: China moves hit T-bonds. Plus: Navigating a bond portfolio through rising rates, El-Erian says the market outlook is rocky, the price of meat is high and going higher, and math doesn't have to be so darn complicated.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 11, 2014
Finra right to watch indexed annuities

While there is no evidence yet that broker-dealers are taking advantage of investors, the potential for harm remains.

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2014
Early 401(k) withdrawal replaces homes as America's piggy bank

Premature withdrawals from retirement accounts have become America's new piggy bank, cracked open in record amounts during lean times by people such as Cindy Cromie, who needed the money to rent a U-Haul and start a new life.

By Matt Ackermann