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YOUR PRACTICE RIAS SEP 18, 2014
Technology's role in deepening adviser-client relationships

YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 18, 2014
Student loans imperil parents' retirement

Borrowing or cosigning for a child could mean debts too hard to get out from under

YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2014
Finra 'unfairly criticized' on REIT pricing rule change

Mark Goldberg of IPA praises regulator's action to extend clarity to investor statements.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2014
Wells Fargo adds $830M Morgan Stanley duo

Team of William Peragine and John Biondo join as Wells Fargo continues summer recruiting spree.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2014
Morgan Stanley appoints wealth management exec to be chief marketing officer

Mandell Crawley's former responsibilities will be distributed to other personnel

YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2014
$450 million hybrid RIA network launches with LPL

Financial Advocacy Network, a collective of 13 advisers with $450 million in assets, is hoping to grow to $1 billion in five years

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH SEP 17, 2014
Wealthfront deal with 49ers is a big marketing score

Deal with the NFL franchise enhances the cachet of the fast-growing online advice upstart.

Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS SEP 17, 2014
Meet the humans behind algorithmic investing

YOUR PRACTICE RIAS SEP 16, 2014
Advisers boost assets by 21%, helped by new clients, market gains

It's a good time to be an adviser, new <i>InvestmentNews</i> study shows, as assets, revenue, profit margins all climbed last year.

YOUR PRACTICE EQUITIES SEP 16, 2014
Central bankers are pushing the whole world into stocks

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Low rates around the world is pushing everyone into stocks. Plus: Where to work if you want a big fat 401(k); the German bund flirts with a negative yield; Australia becomes the new junk-bond haven; and how not to be a horrible boss.

YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Nontraded REIT guidelines too late for some clients

State securities regulators are making noise about implementing changes to policies that would limit how much a client's net worth could be invested in nontraded real estate investment trusts. Those limits would have helped clients in the case of a Louisiana broker who now has a Finra complaint.

YOUR PRACTICE BROKER DEALERS SEP 15, 2014
New broker working group aims for easy-to-read fee disclosure

NASAA report on hidden and complicated fee disclosures sparks drive for simple, uniform language.

YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2014
Advisers take stock as ETF portfolio manager F-Squared faces legal action

Wary advisers are taking a closer look at F-Squared Investments, the largest manager of exchange-traded-fund portfolios, which is under investigation for misrepresenting past returns.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH SEP 15, 2014
What to look for when pricing a CRM

Sophisticated advisers may need lots of bells and whistles, but those just starting out can get by with a bare-bones version.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH SEP 14, 2014
Advisers must move technology training to the front burner

When you put together your 2015 technology budget, be sure there's a line item in there for training.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH SEP 14, 2014
The latest data on technology at independent broker-dealers

A snapshot of tech spending and usage at IBDs

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 14, 2014
Advisers should be supporting transparency

The SEC's potential rules to increase disclosure of mutual fund holdings should be applauded.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH SEP 14, 2014
Tech employed as client service

Technology is often meant to improve efficiency, but see how one firm's focus on improving its tech has also improved client service.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 12, 2014
Finra plans to revive controversial broker compensation proposal

The regulator will consider a revised version of a rule requiring brokers to disclose recruitment incentives at its board meeting next week.

YOUR PRACTICE RIAS SEP 11, 2014
Hanson McClain sues former adviser and Ameriprise

$1.6 billion Hanson McClain claims Thomas Chandler and his new firm, Ameriprise, committed 'highway robbery' in taking client information.