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RIAS NOV 14, 2014
Lebenthal taps into a gusher of wealth in oil-rich North Dakota

'Home-grown' advisers will open office to serve new millionaires with little investing experience.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 13, 2014
Economy's biggest casualty? The traditional family

The decline of the married American household has put more people at financial risk

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 13, 2014
These personality tests help advisers make the right hiring call

Many advisory firm owners use personality tests and other assessments to help hire the right people. Get the inside scoop on some do's and don'ts from people using these tools.

FINTECH NOV 12, 2014
When slow Internet happens to fast people

Blogger goes where life is slow and the Internet is slower.

EQUITIES NOV 12, 2014
Strong dollar makes a strong case for currency-hedged ETFs

Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's making dollar bulls cheer. Plus: Picking winners and losers in the net-neutrality fight, Goldman's coveted promotion cycle, Dems suddenly like the Keystone XL pipeline, and Tim Geithner ruffles the Europeans.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 12, 2014
Broker-dealers slap a stop order on Nicholas Schorsch's REITs

B-Ds halting sales of Schorsch's REITs include some of the largest and most influential in the industry

RIAS NOV 12, 2014
Rival Fidelity shows up uninvited at Schwab Impact

Fidelity takes an opportunity to steal some of Charles Schwab's spotlight during the Impact conference, bombarding attendees with its own marketing assault.

FINTECH NOV 12, 2014
How advisers can get the most out of video

FINTECH NOV 12, 2014
Ready for prime time: Advisers get into launching their own video series

As video grows in popularity, advisers are using it as a new way to reach clients and prospects.

FINTECH NOV 11, 2014
LPL advisers' commissions land in their bank accounts one day late

As processing error delays commissions by a day, president Robert Moore moves to reassure advisers.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Finra CEO Rick Ketchum backs off data collection plan

In prepared testimony slated for Friday, the Finra CEO says he will not move forward with the regulator's plan for a new data collection system until all industry concerns are addressed.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Pimco paid billionaire Gross $290 million bonus in 2013

In 2013, when Pimco's Total Return Fund trailed a majority of peers, the money manager paid former CIO Bill Gross a gigantic sum.

EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
Sweet deal at Goldman Sachs lets partners invest alongside the bank

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Morgan Stanley hits profitability goal with fewer advisers

Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit reaches CEO's 2015 profitability goal early with 22% profit margins in the third quarter

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Good work: Finra employees make double industry pay

The average compensation for Finra's 3,400 employees last year was nearly double that of the average worker on Wall Street. Bruce Kelly takes a look at the numbers. <i>Plus:</i> <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20140620/FREE/140629985&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Finra trims operating loss but comp costs climb</a>

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 09, 2014
A decade later, compliance regime gives firms an extraordinary opportunity

Rules have changed the investment industry fundamentally by creating the position of CCO and requiring a written compliance program.

FINTECH NOV 09, 2014
Robos need to get on the ball

RIAS NOV 07, 2014
JPMorgan unwinds B-D clearing biz

The firm is teaming up with Fidelity to transition around 100 firms.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 07, 2014
Look for the next-gen candidate who interviews you: Expert

Young advisers need to demonstrate 'fire in the belly'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 07, 2014
Congressman tells Finra to hold CARDS

Rep. Scott Garrett, the chairman of a House Financial Services subcommittee, calls Finra's data-collection proposal 'costly and burdensome.'