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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2014
Financial literacy begins at the office

Increased need for advice presents opportunities for advisers.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2014
Think before changing health plan, advisers warn business owners

Warning: The Affordable Care Act not only spawned insurance exchanges for individuals, which went into effect earlier this month, but it also set new standards for small businesses.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 27, 2014
Baird merging with Pacific Northwest firm that has 85 advisers

Seattle-based McAdams Wright Ragen has more than $10 billion in client assets.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES MAR 27, 2014
When women-run retirement funds beat the boys

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Women-run retirement funds have consistently higher returns than those run by men. Here's why. Plus: Four data points to watch this morning, dealing with a bankrupt hedge fund, how the FBI is watching high-frequency trading, and April Fool's Day around the web.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2014
How to build a better nest egg

It's not novel or innovative. It's what our parents' advisers told them they should be doing &#8211; socking money away in a defined contribution plan so that when their Golden Years arrived, the era's shine would not be dimmed by financial concerns.

By Ed Deicke
FINTECH MAR 27, 2014
Envestnet gets a lot of love from advisers and the Street

Investment advisers are flocking to the asset management and technology company and it's become a market darling. The stock is up 178% over the last year.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
An adviser's toughest job: Telling a client the truth

Many will not have saved enough to see them through retirement.

By Joe Duran
RIA NEWS MAR 27, 2014
Buffett alters yardstick after Berkshire falls short of goal

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., changed the standard by which he measures performance after falling short of his target for the first time in decades.

By Matt Ackermann
Cantor Fitzgerald makes big splash in wealth management with First Commonwealth deal
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
Cantor Fitzgerald makes big splash in wealth management with First Commonwealth deal

Renowned trading firm strikes a deal to acquire a bank-owned RIA with more than $2 billion in assets. And it's not finished. Here's what Cantor is looking for.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
Merging for the right reasons: Fundamental considerations for RIAs

Many independent RIAs would be able to serve clients better if they combined their resources with like-minded advisers.

By Michael Nathanson, Robert Glovsky, and Nadine Lee
FINTECH MAR 27, 2014
Krawcheck says advisory business still coming up short in reaching out to women

The trailblazer says the advisory business is still coming up short in reaching out to women, both as advisers and clients, and explains why.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
The financial feminine mystique backed by hard numbers

Data show women hedge fund managers outperformed the index.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS MAR 27, 2014
Future of E.F. Hutton relaunch in question in wake of Lebenthal deal

Core group still says it will move forward, but Campanale has jumped ship

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH MAR 26, 2014
Curtis: Raymond James is fighting cybercriminals every day

RJFS president tells conference that 1&amp;frac12; times a day, hackers try to make money off advisers' clients.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2014
Reader reacts: Investors must know 401(k) rollover options

Moving assets into an IRA is just one of many options investors should consider

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2014
Mary Beth Franklin: Secrets for claiming retroactive Social Security benefits

By lkonish
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2014
The future of your 401(k) revealed

Target date funds to take the majority of 401(k) contributions by 2018

By CODONNELL
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2014
Retirement confidence edges up from record lows

Annual EBRI survey credits higher stock, home values.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES MAR 26, 2014
Every day is Veterans Day at Drexel Hamilton

Longtime Wall Streeter James Cahill's firm trains ex-military members for finance jobs.

By Aaron Elstein
ALTERNATIVES MAR 25, 2014
Brokers face challenges in originating mortgages

More financial advisers are becoming licensed mortgage loan originators as full-service brokerage firms look to be one-stop shops for wealthy investors, but some regulatory gray areas are causing concern.

By Mason Braswell