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ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2016
Charles Schwab fires latest salvo in low-cost TDF war

The firm's new target-date mutual funds beat out Fidelity and Vanguard funds in price by two basis points.

By Greg Iacurci
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2016
Vanguard extends target-date fund dominance

The firm's position as the top TDF provider strengthened against No. 2 Fidelity Investments, which actually had net outflows for this category last year.

By Greg Iacurci
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2016
About those hidden fees investors pay non-fiduciaries

There is a new generation of financial companies that already lives up to the DOL's proposed rule.

By Nir Kaissar
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 27, 2016
Identifying the best active funds

Finding funds likely to beat their benchmarks remains the challenge, and where financial advisers can earn their keep

By MFXFeeder
With DOL fiduciary rule looming, LPL cuts prices on model portfolios
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 27, 2016
With DOL fiduciary rule looming, LPL cuts prices on model portfolios

Firm expects the fiduciary rule to be a catalyst for more advisory business and wants to help its advisers compete.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 25, 2016
Why investors need to look at the whole bond market

Total corporate debt as a percentage of U.S. GDP averaged around 15% from the 1990s through 2007. Since that time, however, the size of the corporate bond market has expanded to nearly 36% of GDP.

By Rob Stoll
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAR 25, 2016
Can robo-advisers be fiduciaries?

Responsibility for advice — even that which is incidental to a transaction — cannot be palmed off on an inanimate object.

By MFXFeeder
Advisory firms' dilemma: "Who owns client data?"
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH MAR 25, 2016
Advisory firms' dilemma: "Who owns client data?"

Data ownership is emerging as a hot topic in the financial advice industry.

By Alessandra Malito
Watch out, boomers, here comes 70 and those RMDs
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2016
Watch out, boomers, here comes 70 and those RMDs

Mandatory payouts from savings plans may trigger new taxes.

By Bloomberg
SEC derivatives rule could limit investors' ability to diversify portfolios, critics say
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 24, 2016
SEC derivatives rule could limit investors' ability to diversify portfolios, critics say

The comment period for the rule, which was introduced in December, closed on Monday.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
As retirement-savings plans go, planning to work longer is a mistake
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2016
As retirement-savings plans go, planning to work longer is a mistake

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Investors assuming they will be able to continue working well beyond normal retirement age doesn't mesh with a frequent reality.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 24, 2016
The Fed wants the markets to stop watching the Fed so much

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Fed says the markets are too obsessed with too much information.

By Jeff Benjamin
When financial advisers and their clients part ways
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 24, 2016
When financial advisers and their clients part ways

Some clients take years to fire their advisers

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 24, 2016
DOL fiduciary rule will transform the annuity industry

If the Labor Department has its way, say goodbye to the variable annuity industry as we know it. </br><b><i>(Related: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20160221/ANNUITY22016&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Spotlight on Annuity Strategies special report</a>)</b></i>

By Greg Iacurci
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 24, 2016
The biggest teams are not going independent for financial reasons

Policies and procedures which, when layered upon already onerous rules and regulations, fail to recognize advisers' years of experience and wisdom.

By Danny Sarch
Cetera feeling the 'strain' of RCAP's financial woes
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 24, 2016
Cetera feeling the 'strain' of RCAP's financial woes

Court filings from the RCAP bankruptcy proceeding state that Cetera Financial Group's adviser headcount has fallen 4.3%.

By Bruce Kelly
RCAP sets aside $50M retention pool for Cetera's advisers
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 24, 2016
RCAP sets aside $50M retention pool for Cetera's advisers

The company doesn't specify how many of its 9,000 Cetera brokers will qualify, or any other details of the plan.

By Bruce Kelly
Bill Gross to central bankers: Get GDP growth humming by 2017 or else
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 23, 2016
Bill Gross to central bankers: Get GDP growth humming by 2017 or else

Markets will `go south' without progress, bond manager says

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 23, 2016
A 2016 dry spell for mergers and IPOs

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> So far this year, the deal-making business has been in the tank. Mergers and IPOs have dropped to a level not seen since the last recession.

By Jeff Benjamin
Rising interest rates pushing annuity product development
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 23, 2016
Rising interest rates pushing annuity product development

Security Benefit, Allianz and New York Life all debuted new fixed annuity products in March that seek to benefit investors in a rising-rate environment.

By Greg Iacurci