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When an IRA deduction is denied
In a recent Tax Court case, a taxpayer's $5,000 IRA deduction was disallowed because she and her husband…
Avoiding a retirement ‘tax torpedo’
If your clients can wait, here is yet another reason why it can pay to delay claiming Social…
Analysis: Fiduciary standard can cover brokers too
The following is excerpted from a blog post by Michael Kitces. To read more from Kitces, click…
New website promises investors a peek at prices
An investor website is promising to give clients their first clear look under the hood of their brokerage…
A better approach to taxing gains?
Late last year, I attended a hearing of the congressional Joint Committee of Taxation on the taxation of…
Genworth launches advisory firm matchmaking service
New service is a result of demand from Genworth advisers who are looking for help either to sell or expand their practices.
RIA shop snags Wells Fargo advisers
A trio of Wells Fargo advisers leave for Washington Wealth Management after their pay was tied to selling mortgages
Show some moxie on client proxies
Financial advisers who vote proxies for their clients should pay close attention to the message sent recently by…
Advisers scratch their heads over changes at American
Is American Funds losing its touch with financial advisers? That is the question that some advisers are…
Female clients more likely than men to make referrals
Women are more valuable clients then men. When a female client is happy with your services —…
Top RIAs form anti-roll-up advocacy group
In a time of frenetic deal making and consolidation, a half dozen leading RIAs have banded together to…
Brand space race threatens smaller RIAs
Advent of large national firms will make it tough on minnows, says United Capital's boss
Greg Friedman answers five key questions about the RIA business
1. What three factors have the biggest influence on an advisory firm’s success? Consistency is always important, and…
Ironclad deal: Savant hooks up with The Monitor Group in rare RIA merger
Tie up creates $2.5B firm; combined outfit vaults into top 50
Why Ric Edelman is going private
Edelman Financial Group isn't big enough to develop the liquidity and attention of analysts needed for institutional investors to trade the stock, Edelman says.
Big deals back as RIA acquisitions surge
Plenty of action, particularly on the breakaway front
Fewer RIAs switching to state regulation
The market's strength last quarter turned out to be a godsend for investment advisory firms struggling to meet…
Changing the nation’s savings mindset
FOR AMERICANS OLD enough to remember when their parents had Christmas Club accounts at banks, and when elementary-school…
Buffett rule faces Senate vote; opposition from GOP is solid
When the Senate returns from the congressional spring recess next Monday, it will take a procedural vote on…
Edelman goes public on taking firm private
In a dramatic turn, Edelman Financial announced on Monday that the publicly traded company will be acquired by a PE firm in a deal valued at $265 million. Why delist? Ric Edelman explains it all for you.
