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Bank of America Merrill Lynch hires $675M adviser team from Morgan Stanley
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 18, 2016
Bank of America Merrill Lynch hires $675M adviser team from Morgan Stanley

The Gatto Hughes Group produced $5.3 million of revenue last year.

By Christine Idzelis
BROKER DEALERS MAY 18, 2016
LPL Financial's problems keep piling up

Nation's largest independent broker-dealer faces an ugly lawsuit, high turnover and stalled growth. And that's just for starters. </br><b><i>(Related read: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160403/FREE/304039998/the-lpl-stock-buyback-that-launched-a-lawsuit&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>The stock buyback that launched a lawsuit</a>)</b></i>

By Bruce Kelly
3 email marketing systems that won't break the bank
FINTECH MAY 17, 2016
3 email marketing systems that won't break the bank

These systems are a great place to begin to kick-start your email marketing campaigns.

By Michelle Waymire
Harbor Lights team leaves LPL for Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2016
Harbor Lights team leaves LPL for Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network

The $350M firm was concerned with joining a firm that could successfully navigate the DOL fiduciary rule.

By Christine Idzelis
Tech secrets for successfully working overseas
FINTECH MAY 17, 2016
Tech secrets for successfully working overseas

Morningstar's Sheryl Rowling plans to work from Europe a second time &amp;mdash; and plans to do things a bit differently following the lessons she learned on a previous trip.

By Sheryl Rowling
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2016
Adviser's Consultant: Create work environment that makes greatest employees want to stay

Think outside the box when it comes to employee benefits and flexibility

By Liz Skinner
Nebraska regulators off hook for targeting adviser with anti-Obama sentiments
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2016
Nebraska regulators off hook for targeting adviser with anti-Obama sentiments

But state agency says it is adjusting to court's admonishment on adviser's free speech rights.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisers need to adapt to DOL fiduciary rule or risk getting left behind
FINTECH MAY 16, 2016
Advisers need to adapt to DOL fiduciary rule or risk getting left behind

The retirement-services space has reached the point of creative destruction, where innovation eliminates old businesses and creates new ones.

By Bob Ward
Advisers need to talk clients off the ledge when it comes to impractical investments
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2016
Advisers need to talk clients off the ledge when it comes to impractical investments

Have conversations with clients about how investment decisions should be based on data and evidence.

By Carl Richards
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 15, 2016
Women, money and investing

By Ellie Zhu
What these advisers do when they have too many clients knocking on the door
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 12, 2016
What these advisers do when they have too many clients knocking on the door

Some up their fees, others simply tell prospects to 'get in line' and wait

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 12, 2016
College debt is a burden to all

Advisers can help parents and students minimize the amount of debt that will follow them long after graduation day.

By Andrew Leigh
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2016
Clients may not want to co-sign for a loan or credit card

Survey shows that 38% of co-signers had to pay and 28% ended up damaging their credit scores.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES MAY 10, 2016
REITs to get own classification on major indices

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> REITs soon will have their own classification on the S&amp;P 500 and other major indices.

By Jeff Benjamin
BROKER DEALERS MAY 10, 2016
Kevin Beard, head of recruiting at AIG Advisor Group, resigns

His departure comes more than two months after AIG announced the sale of AIG Advisor Group to Lightyear Capital and PSP Investments.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2016
DOL fiduciary rule compliance a worry for fee-only financial planners

Additional hoops to jump through to show regulators they are fiduciaries have fee-only advisers worried.

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 09, 2016
Brokers: Either move toward a fiduciary standard or have it forced upon you

Being on the side of the argument that says you do not have to act in the best interests of your client is laughable.

By Danny Sarch
Why advisers need to talk to clients differently about life insurance
OPINION MAY 08, 2016
Why advisers need to talk to clients differently about life insurance

Give clients an alternative to the auto-industry-like life insurance industry operating system

By Barry Flagg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 08, 2016
SEC proposals target mutual funds

By Andrew Rogers
FINTECH MAY 06, 2016
Pershing's API store highlights potential, complexities of open architecture

Firms can customize software using APIs, but there are challenges to setting up the perfect system.

By Alessandra Malito