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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 14, 2011
Insurer to tap athletes to fill its agent bench

Hoping to strengthen its agent force, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has paired with Career Athletes LLC to recruit students as interns and agents

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2011
A free, rudimentary estate tax calculator for advisers

While the 2010 Tax Act for now locks in the current marginal tax rates for all income levels, advisers thinking about the future need tools at their disposal now to help sort out a client's future options, especially when it comes to the estate tax.

By Davis Janowski
Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 12, 2011
Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry

Commission said to be addressing substantial risks in the market that have gone unchecked; 'there's going to be a lot of trouble ahead'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH APR 11, 2011
TechCheck: Archiving for QuickBooks gets quicker

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Home prices in big cities hit lowest level in five years

The latest data shows property values in 20 metropolitan areas dropped another 3.6% in March. And there's more where that came from: one expert says the foreclosure pipeline is 'full to bursting.'

By John Goff
ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2011
The real estate expert is in the house

Recognizing the critical role of real estate in clients' financial lives, advisers are finding different ways to incorporate real estate expertise into their practices.

By Deborah Nason
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
For advisers, being creative is essential, not an option

Every financial adviser needs to be creative

By Jay Nagdeman
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Cracking whip on Reg D sales

The fines imposed last week by Finra on broker-dealers and executives involved in the sale of failed private placements are likely the first of many to emerge from regulators' crackdown on the sale of the securities

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH APR 10, 2011
Tools to help with ADV Part 2 forms

Registered investment advisers still looking to submit the new ADV Part 2 forms can take solace in the fact that there are some free and low-cost options out there to help complete that arduous task

By Davis Janowski
Note to self: Think before you press 'send'
FINTECH APR 07, 2011
Note to self: Think before you press 'send'

Increasingly, e-mail blunders are coming back to bite financial advisers and the firms they work for

By Bloomberg
Now for your iPad: Contracts on tap
FINTECH APR 07, 2011
Now for your iPad: Contracts on tap

By Anya Khalamayzer
Advisers take dim view of BrightScope's controversial website
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2011
Advisers take dim view of BrightScope's controversial website

BrightScope's new website, which offers investors information about advisers, has the investment community up in arms. Some advisers claim their information is inaccurate or outdated -- but they don't want to pay to have it corrected. Said one: 'I feel like I am being held hostage.'

By Jessica Toonkel
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2011
Good, bad and downright ugly: Advisory partnerships revealed

Ralph Adamo knows what makes advisory firm partnerships successful — and what makes them fall apart

By Lavonne Kuykendall
FINTECH APR 06, 2011
What the heck are rare earth elements -- and why should you care?

By Davis Janowski
Cyber crooks hacking small U.S. businesses, sending money to China
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 05, 2011
Cyber crooks hacking small U.S. businesses, sending money to China

Hackers are getting to the bank accounts of small-to-medium size businesses in the U.S. and sending unauthorized wire transfers to Chinese economic and trade companies, according to the FBI.

By Doug Cubberley
What clients hear when advisers talk: Blah blah blah
RIAS APR 05, 2011
What clients hear when advisers talk: Blah blah blah

Investors say they want clearer explanations about strategies, losses; close to half do their own planning, survey shows

By Lavonne Kuykendall
FINTECH APR 04, 2011
BlackBerry PlayBook is here, but it's three inches too small for advisers

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is a solid device, both in general terms and in the engineering of its hardware

By Davis Janowski
Possible cure for advisers' social-networking anxiety
FINTECH APR 04, 2011
Possible cure for advisers' social-networking anxiety

New offering by Actiance Socialite allows brokerages, advisory firms to Tweet without fear

By Anya Khalamayzer
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 04, 2011
<font color=red>INTV:</font> Quick tips for advisers (still) tackling the ADV-2

Thousands of financial advisers are running late in meeting the SEC's March 31st deadline for submitting their ADV 2 forms, a post-Madoff rule requiring plain English disclosure of their business. Need some quick tips? <i>InvestmentNews'</i> Liz Skinner and others weigh in.

By Mark Bruno
FINTECH APR 04, 2011
The BlackBerry PlayBook cometh

Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry, last week finally announced an arrival date for its much ballyhooed PlayBook tablet: April 19

By Davis Janowski