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NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 16, 2015
Finra bars broker for ripping off elderly client

Former Wells Fargo Advisors broker charged with stealing nearly $89,000 and using it for personal expenses.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 16, 2015
B-D's fate uncertain after $4M arbitration award

Resource Horizons Group may not be able to meet net capital requirements; Kovack Securities opens its doors to advisers.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 15, 2015
Momentum building on tax reform

As senators invite the public to contact them with ideas on tax reform, advisers should speak up

Northwestern Mutual agrees to settle annuities suit for $84 million: report
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2015
Northwestern Mutual agrees to settle annuities suit for $84 million: report

About 30,000 current and former annuity owners claim company failed to pay proper dividends on contracts sold 30 years ago.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2015
Bigger & Better

Advisers with assets over $1 billion are outperforming their peers. Does your firm have what it takes to be a billion dollar baby?

Consumer groups accuse SEC of ignoring investors
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 13, 2015
Consumer groups accuse SEC of ignoring investors

Consumer groups say the agency has been preoccupied with market issues to the detriment of the public and needs to tighten adviser oversight.

DOL head says fiduciary standard will happen
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2015
DOL head says fiduciary standard will happen

Secretary Perez has confidence his agency will complete work on the rule before Obama's term ends.

How firms document risk management and suitability practices needs to change
NEWS OPINION MAR 12, 2015
How firms document risk management and suitability practices needs to change

Advisers need scalable, standardized and easily supervised risk management systems in light of increased regulatory scrutiny

SEC's White sidesteps direction for fiduciary duty
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2015
SEC's White sidesteps direction for fiduciary duty

SEC chairwoman says she will push the agency this year to make a decision on whether to raise investment advice standards for brokers but once again declined to provide a timeline.

Obama's proposed budget lets unemployed workers drain their retirement savings
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2015
Obama's proposed budget lets unemployed workers drain their retirement savings

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The president's 2016 budget lets workers tap into their 401(k)s penalty-free once unemployment runs out.

Tax reform battle zeroes in on small businesses
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 11, 2015
Tax reform battle zeroes in on small businesses

Corporate-only tax reform faces resistance for leaving out sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLCs and S corporations.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 11, 2015
Advisers see benefits of beefed-up background checks

Acknowledging that more stringent requirements could help protect investors, advisers nevertheless raise concerns about costs.

NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2015
ARCP insiders generated $900M in fees during buying binge: lawsuit

In an updated lawsuit, plaintiffs allege American Realty Capital Properties insiders artificially inflated a key metric to help it grow into a powerhouse with 4,400 properties and $21 billion in assets.

SEC's Mary Jo White says agency will develop fiduciary rule for brokers
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 09, 2015
SEC's Mary Jo White says agency will develop fiduciary rule for brokers

Top regulator's support of a uniform standard breaks a tie among commissioners that has stymied efforts to move forward.

SEC says RIA used client money to pay settlement
NEWS RIAS MAR 09, 2015
SEC says RIA used client money to pay settlement

Jacob Cooper's RIA used investor money to settle a prior SEC complaint and fight a class action claim from investors, the regulator alleges. <b><i>(Don't miss: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20141231/FREE/123109999/PH&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Most outlandish regulatory blunders of 2014</a>)</i></b>

Financial adviser sentenced to 51 months for ripping off elderly clients
NEWS RIAS MAR 09, 2015
Financial adviser sentenced to 51 months for ripping off elderly clients

Tuesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features an adviser sentenced to 51 months of jail time for stealing from elderly clients. Plus: Bill Gross doesn't see a rate hike till late in the year, the latest bet for oil, and a don't-miss webcast sets the stage for 2015.

The smoke and mirrors of stock repurchase plans
NEWS EQUITIES MAR 06, 2015
The smoke and mirrors of stock repurchase plans

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: These plans are all the rage, but whether they provide any benefits to shareholders is a whole different issue.

Senator questions widespread tax dodges used by wealthy
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAR 06, 2015
Senator questions widespread tax dodges used by wealthy

Calls for curb to 'egregious tax loopholes' that enable varying tax bills for investors with the same underlying assets.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAR 06, 2015
SEC's Gallagher slams White House fiduciary memo as 'propaganda'

Commissioner says administration ignores industry's stiff oversight by market regulators.

NEWS RIAS MAR 05, 2015
Wells Fargo sues RIA for $1.7 million over raiding

Firm claims former adviser was a &#8220;Trojan horse&#8221; funneling business to his new firm, RCM Wealth Advisors, before he joined.