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INVESTING EQUITIES APR 08, 2014
Solid earnings growth — and thus stock price gains — expected in key sectors

Industrials to consumer spending to drug research look good. Here's why.

By Edward B. Jamieson
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 07, 2014
Wear your investment portfolio?

Online advisor Personal Capital announces an app for smartwatches.

By Joyce Hanson
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 07, 2014
3 games aim to teach you to invest, plan and talk about money

Investment companies and advisers are experimenting with the games to help them win clients.

By Joyce Hanson
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2014
Gay couples face tax insanity

22 states do not recognize same-sex marriage, and some require LGBT filers to complete 'dummy' federal returns. Tax year 2013 was the first of what may be many confusing filing seasons.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 07, 2014
LGBT married clients weather complicated tax season

Same-sex couples need new strategies in tough tax climate

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 07, 2014
UBS eyes independent space

The firm has been expanding its product offerings and has considered an acquisition as independent firms move to compete for ultrawealthy clients.

By Mason Braswell
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 07, 2014
What's the best asset allocation now?

After a rip-roaring 2013 and an early chill in 2014, stocks are either on the cusp of a correction or poised for further gains. Bonds, meanwhile, still face rising rates at some point, with tapering in full swing. What's an investor to do?

By Cam Albright
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 05, 2014
Pimco loses another

Bill Gross' firm and Western Asset pulled as subadvisers from Mercer fund with $1.1 billion.

By Matt Ackermann
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 04, 2014
Payouts on the rise for wealth management executives

Executives across the industry, from wirehouses to independent and regional firms, are enjoying fatter paychecks and bigger bonuses as advisers become a more important part of firms' balance sheets. <i>(Don't miss some rather outlandish <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20140324/FREE/324009999/PH&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>top executive benefits</a>.)</i>

By Mason Braswell
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 04, 2014
Why you need to watch out for inflation

As the Federal Reserve gears up to raise rates, this is the one caveat that could stand in the way

By lkonish
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 04, 2014
Finra arbitration panel tags Signator Investors for $1.6 million in selling-away case

Three clients of former broker at Hancock unit receive award for losses in failed land deals.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 04, 2014
UBS Puerto Rico closed-end muni investors losing billions

UBS Puerto Rico closed-end muni bond fund investors are losing billions; new research pegs losses at $1.66 billion over the first nine months of 2013.

By Andrew Leigh
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 04, 2014
John Hancock to go with Signator Investors name for broker-dealer

Move designed to create distance between investment creation and distribution.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 04, 2014
State subpoenas 15 brokerages over sales of alternatives

In a move that will shake the advice industry, Massachusetts securities cop William Galvin sent subpoenas to 15 brokerages. The request? He wants information about sales of alternatives to seniors.

By DJAMIESON
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 03, 2014
Sallie Krawcheck's comeback continues with women-friendly corporate index fund

The former Wall Street executive, along with Pax World, is throwing her weight and her money behind a revived mutual fund that invests in publicly traded companies that have greater numbers of women in management positions.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 03, 2014
MF Global starts final repayments of 100% of customer claims

Defunct brokerage MF Global Inc. will begin final distributions to satisfy $6.7 billion in claims, but has justice prevailed?

By Matt Ackermann
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 03, 2014
6 steps to a perfect business plan

Do you have a business plan? Is it in writing and regularly reviewed? If your answer to one or both of these questions is &#8220;no&#8221;, what are you waiting for?

By Eric Sheikowitz and Michael Silver
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 03, 2014
Trainee lawsuit could clip brokerages' ability to recoup costs

A former Wells Fargo trainee has sued the firm, claiming that its effort to get back $50K in training costs violates labor law. If the claim sticks, brokers could have a tough time recouping such costs from ex-employees who leave firms early.

By Mason Braswell
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 03, 2014
Putnam, Great-West Financial to combine retirement businesses

Combined companies will have $220B in assets; Putnam chief Robert Reynolds named CEO of Great-West Lifeco U.S.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS APR 03, 2014
Bank executives adopting the RIA model as they build wealth units, Fidelity study finds

Fastest-growing units are turning toward fee-based investment and planning advice.

By Trevor Hunnicutt