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RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 24, 2017
San Diego duo managing $156 million joins Ameriprise

By InvestmentNews
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 24, 2017
Finra bars former AXA rep

Cleveland office fired him last year for possible market manipulation

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 24, 2017
Washington dysfunction looms over markets as September approaches

Squabbles over the budget, debt ceiling could roil your clients' investment portfolios.

By John Waggoner
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 24, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule driving fundamental shift in variable annuity market

A dramatic shift in the market share of IRA-sold versus non-qualified variable annuities is starting to play out.

By Greg Iacurci
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 24, 2017
Invesco said to mull ETF-only Guggenheim deal

Buying just the exchange-traded funds would add $36 billion in assets to its PowerShares family

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2017
Retiree health care costs up 6%, new study finds

A newly retired couple would need $275,000 for medical care throughout retirement, according to Fidelity.

By Bloomberg
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 24, 2017
Understanding — and overcoming — your clients' behavioral biases

By Gillian Albert
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 23, 2017
Bear funds prosper, but how do you use them?

By John Waggoner
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Why most of your richest clients are also the oldest

One explanation is that they're staying much healthier than other Americans.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 23, 2017
Kiddie tax rules can catch both advisers and investors by surprise

The point of the kiddie tax is to avoid parents transferring income to their children and reducing their total tax cost.

By Tim Steffen
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 23, 2017
Merrill Lynch loses $150-million father-son team to Raymond James

John R. Edgecomb Sr. spent 37 years at Merrill, where his son joined him in 2007.

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION AUG 23, 2017
How to (and not to) work effectively with teachers as 403(b) clients

Low plan participation, the need for good advice and strong job security among teachers present a big opportunity for advisers.

By Anthony Isola
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Despite misleading ads, annuities can be critical for lifetime income planning

Advisers need to provide investors with clear, useful information on annuities in order to dispel inaccurate perceptions.

By Greg Cicotte
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 23, 2017
Thrivent Financial quietly expands beyond Christians

From its origins with Lutherans, the world's largest fraternal organization now aims to serve 'middle America.'

By Jeff Benjamin
Odds are, the $700M Powerball winner will need lots of advice
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 23, 2017
Odds are, the $700M Powerball winner will need lots of advice

A good financial adviser — or, better yet, a team of them — would provide a sense of perspective and calm that would hopefully prevent this winner from following in the footsteps of so many past winners who wound up broke in just a few years.

By Jeff Benjamin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Expense ratios for defined-contribution plans stall out at a new low

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 22, 2017
Cetera broker-dealers to pay back $3.3 million to clients overcharged for mutual funds

Over an eight-year period, the B-Ds failed to properly supervise sales charge waivers to clients in retirement plans and charitable organizations.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 22, 2017
CAPTRUST acquires $19B RIA in its sixth deal this year

With $243 billion in assets, CAPTRUST continues to grow on its own terms.

By Jeff Benjamin
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION AUG 22, 2017
Harnessing behavioral economics to reinvent employee education

Teaching 401(k) plan participants good decision-making does work, but only with a radically new approach.

By Warren Cormier
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 22, 2017
Allstate sues Ameriprise for allegedly stealing client information

According to the lawsuit, agents being recruited away have been encouraged to create contact lists and download data on flash drives to later solicit clients.

By Bruce Kelly