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RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2017
Are you really on track for retirement? Try this tool

New software uses big data to estimate the chances that your personalized retirement strategy will actually succeed, then refines the plan if it won't.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2017
The value of advice

By Gillian Albert
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 14, 2017
SEC fines SunTrust for recommending higher-cost fund shares

Using institutional shares would have saved investors $1.1 million, agency says.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2017
Retirement benefits for military families

Help spread the word to clients and friends who might benefit from one of these retirement provisions.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2017
SEC warns RIAs about exaggerating investment performance and other misleading advertising practices

The regulator's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued a risk alert Thursday about potential violations of advertising rules.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $133M rep team to Ameriprise

Father-and-son William and Parker Wiseman join employee unit in Boston.

By InvestmentNews
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2017
Cathay Bank's $507 million retail brokerage business returning to Cetera

Bank had left Cetera when its parent company, RCS Capital, filed for bankruptcy.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2017
Finra bars former Lincoln Financial rep fired over lying

William Garbarino allegedly covered up phony signatures on customer forms.

By InvestmentNews
RIA NEWS SEP 13, 2017
Betterment partners with BlackRock, Goldman to offer more portfolio options

Robo-advice pioneer gets more sophisticated with smart-beta offering.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS SEP 13, 2017
Finra bars recently fired UBS Miami broker

Lorenzo C. Esteva was fired earlier this summer for giving clients documents with false account information.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES SEP 13, 2017
It's been a good year for publicly traded brokerage firms — but not all

Shares of LPL, Raymond James and Ameriprise are among those outperforming their benchmark, while Oppenheimer Holdings is down by double digits.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS SEP 13, 2017
Advisor Group broker-dealer gets new CEO

Derek Burke replacing Jerry Murphy as president of firm.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 13, 2017
Provision of House spending bill would kill DOL fiduciary rule

GOP's regulation-killing rider has failed in previous years, but investor advocates remain wary.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS SEP 13, 2017
SEC bars two advisers for cherry-picking clients' trades

State-registered RIAs in Oregon and California steered best trades to own accounts.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 13, 2017
Retirement plan advisers need to start marketing to providers

Providers are being forced to make tough decisions on which advisers they can support.

By Fred Barstein
RIA NEWS SEP 13, 2017
Focus on competency, not compensation method

By Shannon Pike
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 13, 2017
Finra bars former Morgan Stanley broker for dealings with client who later became his wife

Michael J. O'Connor refused to testify in a Finra disciplinary hearing about his termination.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 12, 2017
Meet the SEC nominees: One opposes the DOL fiduciary rule, one is a blank slate

Republican Hester Peirce and Democrat Robert Jackson seek to fill two vacancies on the commission.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 12, 2017
Voya sued by participant in $2.8 million plan for excessive 401(k) fees

The plaintiff claims Voya potentially earns more than $1 billion per year in "excessive compensation" from its nearly 50,000 record-keeping clients.

By Greg Iacurci
RIA NEWS SEP 12, 2017
Firm managing $170 million at National Planning moves to OSJ

Benson Financial Group in Hannibal, Mo., affiliates with branch of Securities America.

By Bloomberg