Opinion

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NEWS OPINION APR 12, 2013
SEC on a fiduciary fishing expedition

Its request for data is 'an amorphous exercise,' lacking clear purpose and core principles

NEWS OPINION APR 10, 2013
Immunize investments against rising rates

Financial planners and investment advisers should get their clients positioned ahead of the rate increases that seem inevitable

NEWS OPINION APR 03, 2013
No more excuses for not being wired

Both Finra and the SEC have signed off on social media, so don't wait any longer

NEWS OPINION MAR 31, 2013
A shot across the bow at fund directors

NEWS OPINION MAR 29, 2013
How social media can help your firm's growth plans

NEWS OPINION MAR 29, 2013
In recruiting, use online connections

Some RIAs saw market meltdown as an opportunity, not a tragedy
NEWS OPINION MAR 27, 2013
Some RIAs saw market meltdown as an opportunity, not a tragedy

Over the past year, the business environment for registered investment advisory firms has been fraught with danger and opportunity.

NEWS OPINION MAR 24, 2013
Looking inside the president's budget

Included are several revenue raisers, including new reforms, old standbys and one big surprise

NEWS OPINION MAR 19, 2013
The new new normal

Who's afraid of slower growth and puny inflation rates? Apparently, not investors

NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2013
No reason to keep signing bonuses secret

Finra is right to push a rule proposal that would force brokers to tell clients about big signing bonuses they receive when moving to a new firm.

NEWS OPINION MAR 03, 2013
Relocating to the 'land of brand'

Marketing messages do count: What potential clients perceive drives their reality

NEWS OPINION FEB 28, 2013
In volatile times, it pays to revisit the IPS

With financial markets careening up and down amid new financial, environmental and geopolitical crises, investors are justifiably nervous about whether seemingly desperate times call for desperate measures.

NEWS OPINION FEB 17, 2013
Government shouldn't settle suit with S&P

Only in a courtroom will S&P's actions in rating mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis be fully disclosed.

NEWS OPINION FEB 13, 2013
Referrals: It's not them, it's you

Before they can expect to get a reasonable number of referrals, advisers need to ask some tough questions about themselves

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2013
Congress, Obama must learn to compromise

Congress and the president have time before they need to come to grips with the budget deficit, but they would be wise not to squander it on partisan bickering.

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2013
On retirement policy, don't mess with success

To start scrapping savings incentives would undermine the foundation of our retirement system, risking wider damage

NEWS OPINION JAN 22, 2013
You think that was bad? Future recessions will be much worse

With the Fed out of tricks, investors should expect a more volatile economy and market over the next 20 years

NEWS OPINION JAN 20, 2013
401(k) plans shouldn't jump the gun divesting firearm stocks

NEWS OPINION JAN 06, 2013
A plan to rein in spending is needed

Financial advisers can cheer on behalf of some of their clients — individuals with annual income below $400,000 and couples below $450,000 — but they shouldn't cheer too loudly or too long.

NEWS OPINION DEC 21, 2012
Time to tackle branding in an online world