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RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2017
U.S. companies having best earnings season in 13 years

From Dow Chemical to Morgan Stanley, corporations are cashing in on overseas demand to pump up profits.

By Bloomberg
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 11, 2017
Help your clients avoid disastrous mistakes when filling in college funding gaps

Funding a child's college education shouldn't blow up their retirement.

By Jonathan Albano
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2017
Dividend investing in the Trump era: Dispelling three misconceptions

Why dividend-paying stocks have a place in any well-diversified portfolio.

By Derek Anguilm and Lisa Ramirez
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 10, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule: Brokers, advisers hoping delay is time well spent

Eighteen-month postponement further clouds the future of a fiduciary rule.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 10, 2017
Edward Jones loses $363 million adviser to Ameriprise

Paul Lang joins firm's employee channel in Roswell, Ga.

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2017
Manulife cites 'challenging' businesses amid spinoff talk

The company may seek to exit its John Hancock unit in the U.S.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2017
Your financial adviser may be charging you too much

Looking solely at the median cost of hiring an adviser can be deceiving.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 10, 2017
National Planning Holdings acquisition could be real boost to LPL earnings: analyst

Industry executives have been chattering for at least a month about the blockbuster deal.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 10, 2017
Investors pour money into bonds, international in July

U.S. stocks? Not so much.

By John Waggoner
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 10, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule compliance costs exceed $4.7 billion: SIFMA study

Broker-dealers report paying hefty start-up costs and additional ongoing expenses, and are cutting the number of mutual funds they offer.

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 10, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule: Indexed, variable annuities big winners of a proposed delay

Indexed annuity distribution would have been upended in January, but a delay preserves the status quo.

By Greg Iacurci
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 10, 2017
Court orders RIA to pay nearly $2 million for defrauding athletes

Louis Martin Blazer III of Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Blazer Capital Management was barred last year

By InvestmentNews
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2017
HUD budget wording may threaten reverse mortgage protections

Senators seek clarification on 2-year-old rule that gave surviving spouses certain rights.

By InvestmentNews
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2017
Average age of advisers is falling — and so is their pay

Survey finds more firms hiring younger advisers, which is bringing average salaries down.

By Liz Skinner
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2017
How one 401(k) adviser is successfully prospecting clients under the DOL fiduciary rule

The approach leverages relationships with property and casualty insurance brokers.

By Greg Iacurci
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 09, 2017
S&P: Managers still faring miserably vs. indexes

Some bright spots in value, small-cap international.

By John Waggoner
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2017
DOL seeks to delay fiduciary rule until July 2019

Battle intensifies as DOL seeks to push off implementation until July 2019.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2017
Private equity investors zero in on the RIA business

P-E proves to be ready and willing to invest in RIAs, but many will be looking to sell in three to seven years.

By Jeff Benjamin
ADVISOR NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 09, 2017
Finra bars former AXA rep for failure to appear at hearing

Ex-AXA broker was fired by firm for misrepresentations in VA sales.

By InvestmentNews
INVESTING FIXED INCOME AUG 09, 2017
Is inflation a real and present danger?

Low unemployment could spell rising prices.

By John Waggoner