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Genworth to pay $219M to settle securities lawsuit related to long-term-care insurance
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2016
Genworth to pay $219M to settle securities lawsuit related to long-term-care insurance

The insurer allegedly made false representations to investors over the strength of its long-term-care business.

By Greg Iacurci
How to effectively use health savings accounts for health care in retirement
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2016
How to effectively use health savings accounts for health care in retirement

A Health Savings Account is one of the best ways to have retirement cash-flow that is excluded from Medicare's equation.

By Katy Votava
How to coach clients through their financial blind spots
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 23, 2016
How to coach clients through their financial blind spots

Clients will appreciate candor, but they're not always prepared to apply what they hear.

By crichards
Wirehouses least likely to lose clients because of high fees, Cerulli says
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES MAR 23, 2016
Wirehouses least likely to lose clients because of high fees, Cerulli says

Only 5% of clients left the wirehouses last year because they felt fees were too high

By Christine Idzelis
RESOURCES IRA ALERT MAR 23, 2016
Tax-time Roth IRA strategies

Share these timely IRA reminders with your clients and their CPAs.

By Ed Slott
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 23, 2016
LPL authorizes $500 million share buyback

IBD sets plan a month after activist investor Marcato Capital took a 6.3% stake.

By Bruce Kelly
Mercer Advisors merges with Kanaly Trust to create $8B advisory firm
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2016
Mercer Advisors merges with Kanaly Trust to create $8B advisory firm

The deal is the latest sign of ramped-up dealmaking in the RIA industry.

By Christine Idzelis
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2016
An inside look at Wall Street's secret client list

There's a secret list that Citigroup Inc. keeps on its equity-research desk at its swank new campus in Tribeca. And if you're not on it — well, you might as well be nobody.

By Bloomberg
U.S. stocks drop with resources as rate speculation lifts dollar
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2016
U.S. stocks drop with resources as rate speculation lifts dollar

Fed officials touting possible April rate hike stir markets

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2016
Retirement confidence plateaus in 2016: EBRI

Overall, workers are much more optimistic about their prospects for a comfortable retirement following lows in the recent financial crisis.

By Greg Iacurci
Litigation calls for more transparency in the retirement industry
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2016
Litigation calls for more transparency in the retirement industry

Updated accounting processes and technology are within reach — and could help stem disputes.

By Bob Ward
Morgan Stanley chases millionaires' cash with free platinum AmEx
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2016
Morgan Stanley chases millionaires' cash with free platinum AmEx

The brokerage is making a push to grab $50 billion in retail deposits currently held by its rivals.

By Bloomberg
Over-sized Fidelity, Vanguard funds raise concerns about being too big to stay competitive
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 22, 2016
Over-sized Fidelity, Vanguard funds raise concerns about being too big to stay competitive

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> A couple of Vanguard and Fidelity mutual funds raise questions about when it is time to close a fund to new investors.

By Jeff Benjamin
BRIC funds rally, but it's a long way back
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAR 22, 2016
BRIC funds rally, but it's a long way back

Brazil, Russia, India and China were singled out as the investment theme of the new century, but they've fallen like bricks the past five years.

By John Waggoner
Majority of retirees roll funds out of 401(k) plans
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2016
Majority of retirees roll funds out of 401(k) plans

New survey finds the majority of boomers who work with advisers opt to move their money to an IRA in an attempt to improve their investment performance.

By Mary Beth Franklin
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 22, 2016
Despite old age, bull market gets no respect

Even with its gains and long life, most investors have been lukewarm toward the stock market.

By John Waggoner
Insurers and their clients will reap benefits when rate rise picks up steam
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 22, 2016
Insurers and their clients will reap benefits when rate rise picks up steam

Annuity and life insurance products would likely see better contract guarantees long-term.

By Greg Iacurci
Ken Fisher plans to step down as CEO of firm
RIAS RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2016
Ken Fisher plans to step down as CEO of firm

Billionaire behind Fisher Investments has discussed his intentions for years, but succession plan isn't clear.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RCAP and Cetera sue Lightyear for poaching executives
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 21, 2016
RCAP and Cetera sue Lightyear for poaching executives

Suit alleges the private-equity firm is helping top brass break non-compete agreements and then hiring them.

By Bruce Kelly
Think your stock fund is risky? Try these ETFs
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 21, 2016
Think your stock fund is risky? Try these ETFs

Exchange-traded funds have achieved a new feat, producing dozens of funds that are riskier than the most volatile individual stocks in the Standard and Poor's 500 stock index.

By John Waggoner