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ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2017
New RIA aggregator enters 401(k) market

Hub International jumped in two months ago, and already has acquired a shop with $2.5 billion in plan assets.

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 30, 2017
Wells Fargo team managing $1B in Anchorage, Alaska moves to Baird

Three veterans collectively have 70 years of industry experience.

By InvestmentNews
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 30, 2017
Former Valic broker Craig Edward Lewis barred for no-show

Finra was investigating whether he engaged in prohibited sales activities.

By InvestmentNews
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 30, 2017
States may strengthen rules for selling annuities

Under a draft proposal being considered by insurance commissioners, agents would be required to put "the interests of the consumer first and foremost."

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 30, 2017
Bitcoin price breaks $10,000. Here's what history tells us comes next.

Loosely defined, a bubble is a rapid increase in an asset price that's not substantiated by its fundamentals.

By John Waggoner
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2017
State of the long-term care insurance industry

The future is brighter than the storm clouds of the past

By David O'Leary
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 30, 2017
LPL retains $1.1B Discovery Financial

After losing many National Planning Corp. affiliates, company touts the 'keep.'

By InvestmentNews
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 29, 2017
Have annuity sales bottomed out?

Annuity sales have hit a 15-year low, primarily due to the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule.

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 29, 2017
Bitcoin price breaks $10,000. Here's what history tells us comes next.

Loosely defined, a bubble is a rapid increase in an asset price that's not substantiated by its fundamentals.

By John Waggoner
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 29, 2017
Morningstar: Small-employer retirement plans need legislative fixes

Using 'open MEPs' and auto-IRAs might close the coverage gap and reduce plan costs.

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 29, 2017
Merrill likely next big firm to dump broker recruiting protocol

Recruiters say Merrill Lynch, like Morgan Stanley and UBS, has already moved away from the traditional recruiting model and is more apt to leave the protocol than Wells Fargo.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH NOV 29, 2017
Fidelity and Lincoln collaborate on custom technology suite

Lincoln Financial Network has moved all of its clearing business to Fidelity, and will partner with the firm on fintech developments.

By Ryan W. Neal
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 28, 2017
Trump boosts tax plan with Obamacare assist

Legislation would restore Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies, which Trump said last month he would cut off.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 28, 2017
401(k) managed account push rife with conflicts of interest

Some providers are paying incentive compensation to representatives to promote their managed accounts to participants.

By Greg Iacurci
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 28, 2017
Senate tax bill survives budget committee, heads to floor vote

The measure's fate was in doubt until two GOP holdouts, Bob Corker of Tennessee and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, dropped their objections.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 28, 2017
Day after DOL delay, SEC's Jay Clayton calls a fiduciary rule a priority

Chairman says it's important that the SEC be involved in coming up with a fiduciary standard that will make investors happy.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 27, 2017
UBS broker-protocol exit puts firm before clients

Wirehouses are making big bets they can turn "world class" advisers who leave into old laundry.

By DSARCH
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES NOV 27, 2017
UBS broker-protocol exit shows independent channel is bleeding wirehouses of advisers

Smaller shops have benefited from the broker protocol at the expense of larger firms like UBS, experts say

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 27, 2017
Delay of DOL fiduciary rule enforcement mechanisms now final

Supporter of regulation calls the postponement 'an effective repeal of the rule.'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 27, 2017
Waddell & Reed replaces head of its broker-dealer

Thomas Butch is stepping down, and COO Shawn Mihal is filling the void.

By Bruce Kelly