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RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Four keys to choosing a 529 plan portfolio

Hint: Look for the same qualities as you would with any other investment

By MFXFeeder
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Betting on the farm to generate income

Affluent investors turning to farms, rail cars for yield -- but beware big risks

By Gregory Crawford
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Will the markets be roiled if the Fed cuts back asset purchases?

Poll finds most investors don't expect big market reaction if Fed action starts this week

By Gregory Crawford
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Everything you ever wanted to know about young millionaires but were afraid to ask

For starters, they come up with their own in investing ideas

By JKEPHART
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2013
N.Y. insurance chief knocks life insurers for cutting capital reserves

Lawsky says companies operating in the state can't use modified model to calculate cushion.

By Darla Mercado
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2013
Preparing retirees for QE tapering

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2013
The inexorable shift away from the wirehouses

Rudy Adolf of Focus Financial says strong wealth management relationships are about trust, and the bond of trust with the client has been broken

By radolf
Execs put on "top hat" plans
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Execs put on "top hat" plans

Nonqualified deferred-compensation plans are growing again in response to last year's expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, which effectively increased income taxes on high-wage earners.

By Joanne Wojcik
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Broadridge offers automated cost-basis application

A new partnership between Broadridge Financial Solutions and Scivantage will provide Broadridge clients with access to Scivantage Maxit, an automated cost-basis application.

By Michael Shagrin
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2013
Brokerages 'extincting' themselves with recruiting wars, treatment of new hires

With the demise of cold calling, new recruits say the first few years breaking in at a brokerage can be brutal. Many are washing out -- just at a time when a greying industry desperately needs an infusion of fresh talent.

By John Goff
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2013
Risk altered as private equity moves into insurance

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 17, 2013
Railroad in Kazakhstan? Insurers getting bolder with annuity investments

PE firms, Wall Street giants taking bolder approach after acquiring carriers; 'troubling role'

By John Goff
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2013
Prepare now for looming investment income tax

There's still time to strategize to minimize impact; trusts likely to feel the brunt

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2013
Fed to taper to $60B this month, Marathon's Richards says

The Federal Reserve will at its next meeting reduce its unprecedented stimulus to as little as $60 billion each month, according to Bruce Richards, chief executive officer and co-founder of New York-based hedge-fund firm Marathon Asset Management LP.

By Matt Ackermann
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2013
World's ultra-rich population reaches all-time high

Access to "best" investments credited for helping multi-millionaire population grow

By Michael Shagrin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2013
When are children eligible for Social Security?

Don't miss out on benefits one expert calls “the Viagra college fund"

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2013
Banyan adds Silver Bridge, more than doubling client assets

CEO sees scope for more deals to expand geographic footprint, add assets.

By DJAMIESON
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2013
Advisers recognized for giving back to their communities

Charitable work honored at annual ceremony in New York

By Liz Skinner
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2013
Sharon Appelman: "We go back to the basics of risk tolerance"

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2013
Don't blame the custodian for IRS levies

By MFXFeeder