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RIAS APR 29, 2015
Top advisers break away for chance to own equity

Some of the biggest adviser moves in 3Q were teams who left wirehouses to join firms that offered company shares for those willing to take the risk. <i>Plus:</i> Check out <i>IN</i>'s <a href=&quot;http://data.investmentnews.com/aotm/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Advisers on the Move database</a>.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 28, 2015
Finra board to consider tougher expungement guidance to arbitrators

Inserting strong language into rules, such as that wiping clean a broker's record should only be considered 'an extreme remedy,' could give it more weight.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 28, 2015
Adviser shares secrets for running a successful business

Culture, planning and even mistakes help firms thrive.

It's time to look beyond the numbers to help strengthen client relationships
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 28, 2015
It's time to look beyond the numbers to help strengthen client relationships

In-depth research and new partnerships are needed to investigate the rational and emotional ways investors think about money, investing and their advisers.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 28, 2015
The 'why', 'why not', and 'how' of financial adviser succession planning

FINTECH APR 27, 2015
Wealthy millennials decline financial advisers' services: survey

Just 47% of multimillionaires ages 18 to 34 use an adviser, a new study finds. That means wealth managers may be missing opportunities to discuss health, family and financial values with those and other potential clients.

Multiple-employer plans provide growth for retirement plan advisers, if they can handle it
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 27, 2015
Multiple-employer plans provide growth for retirement plan advisers, if they can handle it

Plan advisers need to make sure they can properly service MEPs and are not just dazzled by the idea of adding dozens of new clients.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 27, 2015
Agencies need better handle on shady trades

Markets remain vulnerable to manipulation by clever traders with computer skills

Advisers slow to take up robo opportunity
FINTECH APR 27, 2015
Advisers slow to take up robo opportunity

Many advisers are trying to decide whether to offer a digital advice platform and how to incorporate and price the service. <b><i>(Don't miss: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150310/FREE/310009998/PH/10-top-robo-advisers-to-watch&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>10 top robo-advisers to watch</a>)</i></b>

ALTERNATIVES APR 27, 2015
Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto still dreams big

Morningstar wants to become 'ubiquitous' with investors, according to founder Joe Mansueto. Will their new initiatives turn around the firm's declining share prices and profits?

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 27, 2015
CFP Board unleashes tsunami in fee-only court case, piling up legal fees

Group asserts its intent to 'continue to vigorously defend itself' against lawsuit

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2015
MetLife hits LPL with major raiding suit

Over 60 brokers have jumped to LPL since October, MetLife alleges; former brokers strike back, accusing the insurance company of poor practices.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2015
Younger advisers get chance to play on the 'A' teams

For Armond A. Dinverno of Balasa Dinverno Foltz, leadership means grooming the next generation of adviser talent.

DOL fiduciary rule fails by only focusing on fees and expenses
OPINION APR 23, 2015
DOL fiduciary rule fails by only focusing on fees and expenses

Fees and expenses matter, but in a procedurally prudent investment process, their management should account for less than 10% of a fiduciary's total efforts

Finra bars owner of B-D that sells equipment-leasing funds
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 23, 2015
Finra bars owner of B-D that sells equipment-leasing funds

Regulator charges Kimberly Springsteen-Abbott with misusing investors funds, fines her $100,000.

FINTECH APR 22, 2015
The challenge of becoming paperless

A tale of finding a solution to the yellow pad.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2015
Better discovery process key to signing up more clients

Halbert Hargrove taps the medical profession's expertise in drawing out important client information.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2015
SEC falls short on its own accounting, GAO says

Government watchdog says securities regulator vulnerable to cyberattacks.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2015
Could buttered coffee make you smarter?

Inside a biohacker's booming business and its health claims

4 ways to help clients keep perspective when markets are volatile
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2015
4 ways to help clients keep perspective when markets are volatile

Using lessons from behavioral finance can help advisers soothe clients' emotions during challenging times.