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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 24, 2017
Understanding — and overcoming — your clients' behavioral biases

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 23, 2017
SEC bars former broker imprisoned for $1.1 million fraud

Paul Elvidge got five years for forging clients' signatures and bilking accounts.

RIAS AUG 23, 2017
Merrill Lynch loses $150-million father-son team to Raymond James

John R. Edgecomb Sr. spent 37 years at Merrill, where his son joined him in 2007.

FINTECH AUG 23, 2017
The 7 secrets of content marketing

A static, five-page online business card as your website won't cut it anymore.

RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2017
Despite misleading ads, annuities can be critical for lifetime income planning

Advisers need to provide investors with clear, useful information on annuities in order to dispel inaccurate perceptions.

OPINION AUG 22, 2017
Harnessing behavioral economics to reinvent employee education

Teaching 401(k) plan participants good decision-making does work, but only with a radically new approach.

Active ETFs are ripe for transparent, low-cost strategies
EQUITIES AUG 22, 2017
Active ETFs are ripe for transparent, low-cost strategies

They combine the benefits of active management with liquidity, transparency and cost efficiency.

RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 21, 2017
Social Security underpaid some survivor benefits

New report says staff errors resulted in lower payments to widows and widowers.

RIAS AUG 21, 2017
SunTrust rep managing $260 million goes indie

Andrew Hill in Alpharetta, Ga., affiliates with HighTower.

The future looks very different
FINTECH AUG 19, 2017
The future looks very different

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 18, 2017
Attorney blasts Finra after regulator loses insider trading case

Lawyer says it was 'slimy' of Finra to publicize the case while it was still being litigated

FINTECH AUG 18, 2017
Will Jeffrey Gundlach's Trump-like approach on Twitter work in financial services?

The DoubleLine CEO's attacks on Wall Street Journal reporters is igniting a discussion on what's fair game on social media.

RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2017
The DOL fiduciary rule practically necessitates account aggregation

The more comprehensive the view of client finances, the more prudent the advice.

FINTECH AUG 18, 2017
Automation: An effective way to enhance marketing success

Five tips on how to successfully deliver content and promote your business.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 17, 2017
Advisers get more breathing room to make Form ADV changes

RIAs can enter '0' in some new parts of the document before their annual filing next year.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 17, 2017
5 non-money-related books to help you (and your children) live a better financial life

There's still time left for end-of-summer reading.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 16, 2017
Since banking scandal, Wells Fargo advisers with more than $19.2 billion leave firm

Despite a trying year, the firm has said it will sweeten signing bonuses for veteran advisers.

FINTECH AUG 16, 2017
Advisers turning to text messages to communicate with clients

With email inboxes getting more and more jammed, firms give text messaging a fresh look

FINTECH AUG 16, 2017
Advisers turning to text messages to communicate with clients

With email inboxes getting more and more jammed, firms give text messaging a fresh look.

RIAS AUG 15, 2017
Energy funds adviser settles with SEC over fees

Agency says manager overcharged funds $1.5 million