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RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
Retirement expert Pfau talks options for withdrawal

Depends on where client is - living modestly in early years or enjoy days to fullest.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
Retirement income theories focus on meeting lifestyle goals or needs

Pfau explains two strategies that depend on flexibility of the client.

By Liz Skinner
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 26, 2014
Finra fines two IBDs owned by Ladenburg Thalmann a total of $1.275M

Triad Advisors, Securities America failed to supervise reps who created and sent inaccurate consolidated account statements to clients, regulator says.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS FEB 26, 2014
Women resist taking investment risks, survey shows

They're less willing to play the market than men, but they'll ensure the mortgage is paid off

By CODONNELL
EQUITIES FEB 26, 2014
Five years since the bottom, looking at stocks' recovery

Friday's menu: Looking at stocks' recovery five years from the bottom. Plus: A big day for econ data, a bitcoin exchange crashes but new products spring up, Morgan Stanley gets a lawsuit tossed and Ukraine update

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS FEB 26, 2014
Delaying tactic pays

New research puts a price tag on the value of delaying Social Security benefits by providing an internal-rate-of-return analysis. Mary Beth Franklin explains.

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2014
New proposal to simplify tax code might make you wince

Some higher-income professionals would pay an extra 10%

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 26, 2014
Edward Jones settles cold-calling case for $750,000

The New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation accused the firm of unlawfully soliciting clients on do-not-call lists

By Mason Braswell
RIA NEWS FEB 26, 2014
States taking their own capital gains bites, from big to small

Warning: Don't overlook the implication of state income taxes, ordinary income or capital gains.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES FEB 26, 2014
Emerging markets activity shows portfolio diversification key to performance

Among all the noise over interest rates, economic growth and overextended equity market valuations, advisers could be missing the biggest risk: Ignoring the basics.

By Jeff Benjamin
WIREHOUSES FEB 26, 2014
Ex-Merrill adviser sentenced to 10 years in prison

A former Bank of America Merrill Lynch financial adviser was sentenced to 10 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least six investors of $2.7 million. Mason Braswell has the story.

By Mason Braswell
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 26, 2014
SEC eyes movement of funds between brokerage, advisory accounts

Investment management unit chief says agency wants to be sure transitions are good for clients.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 26, 2014
Individual advisers can be liable for money laundering, Finra warns

In some cases, the failure to supervise rests with the adviser, not the firm, senior director says.

By Mason Braswell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 26, 2014
Two teams split Morgan Stanley to go independent

Focus hires $250 million team, on the heels of the departure of $550 million team to Raymond James.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
WIREHOUSES FEB 26, 2014
Morgan Stanley hits key growth target in 4Q as pretax profit margin reaches 20%

As Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman sets a new profit margin target for the firm's wealth management unit, executives will be looking to advisers to capitalize on new opportunities, such as lending to high-net-worth clients, an area where the firm lags.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2014
Getting a jumpstart on 2014 tax planning

Advisers should recommend statutory shelters to ease clients' tax bite.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS FEB 25, 2014
Credit Suisse's U.S. clients in limbo as prosecutors inch ahead

Thousands of Credit Suisse Group AG's U.S. clients still don't know whether tax authorities will learn their identities as prosecutors work to conclude a three-year probe of how the bank helped them evade taxes.

By Matt Ackermann
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Risks lurk in annual 401(k) matches

Why your employer's switch to lump sum contributions could make you miss the market rally

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2014
Bitcoin trouble, another coin bonanza and Tesla shines

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Trouble in bitcoin land (but there's a silver lining) while one couple strikes gold with other coins. Plus: Tesla shines, Credit Suisse does not and looking for Macy's shoppers.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Who's most ready for retirement? Not Americans

New retirees are scrambling to get by in one of the least retirement-friendly countries in the developed world

By CODONNELL