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NEWS RIAS AUG 08, 2012
IEP lands anchor tenant

RMR Wealth Builders signs on to fledgling hybrid platform; 'modern day co-op'

By DJAMIESON
NEWS OPINION AUG 08, 2012
The Interactive Adviser: Expanding your firm online

More and more advisers are posting, tagging and tweeting their way to business growth

By John Anderson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2012
Knight rescued after $400M cash infusion from clients: Sources

Sources say the embattled market maker received a $400 million cash infusion from clients, including a trading firm backed by TD Ameritrade and Stifel

By John Goff
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients short on understanding of longevity risk
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients short on understanding of longevity risk

Average life expectancy merely an average, not a timetable

By Mary Beth Franklin
Older clients' young children a Social Security windfall
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2012
Older clients' young children a Social Security windfall

Parents can trigger benefits for kids, delay collecting their own

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RIAS AUG 07, 2012
Athletes make tough clients

'Like having kids' and keeping them out of trouble.

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 07, 2012
Why the worst days may be over for U.S. Economy

By Mark Luschini
E.F. Hutton reaches into alumni ranks for director
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2012
E.F. Hutton reaches into alumni ranks for director

E.F. Hutton Group, the long-dormant brokerage firm that recently announced its relaunch, announced today that Jamie Price has joined its board of directors

By Frederick P. Gabriel Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 07, 2012
When the new E.F. Hutton talks, will people listen?

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 06, 2012
ETFs: Love 'em or leave 'em?

By Jeffrey Bronchick
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan

Understimate healthcare costs for clients and watch things unravel

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS WIREHOUSES AUG 05, 2012
Huh? Sandy Weill says break up big banks

Man who helped get Glass-Steagall overturned now says banks should just be banks

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2012
Rapper shares secrets of saving scratch

Houston hip hop star Slim Thug has written a book offering up financial advice about making it through the recession.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2012
Ex-head of big Mich. indie B-D starts investment firm D.B. French

The newly formed investment firm D.B. French & Co. LLC said Friday that it has formed an affiliation to provide broker services through L.M. Kohn & Co.

By By Tom Henderson
Surprise suitor emerging in sale of Woodbury
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 01, 2012
Surprise suitor emerging in sale of Woodbury

Sources say AIG's Advisor Group is one of four potential buyers for Woodbury, The Hartford indie B-D with roughly 1,600 reps

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS AUG 01, 2012
Is list of elite wealth managers a model for the future?

Preferred-provider roster from FOX based on quality, not size of firms; must pass muster on 22 metrics

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 31, 2012
New age for old age, survey finds

Goal line keeps getting moved back; 'how much you can do'

By Emily Yang
Libor pains: Banks sitting on potential powder keg with scandal
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 31, 2012
Libor pains: Banks sitting on potential powder keg with scandal

Extent of damages sought by civil litigants could be astronomical

By Andrew Osterland
Borzi: Critics 'overreacting' to new rules for 401(k) brokerage accounts
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 30, 2012
Borzi: Critics 'overreacting' to new rules for 401(k) brokerage accounts

DOL official says plan sponsors have duty to monitor investment menu, even self-directed accounts

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS JUL 29, 2012
Old-home week as Dynasty lands another MSSB exec

By AOSTERLAND