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Student loan rates about to double?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 2012
Student loan rates about to double?

Measure seeking to extend current 3.4% coupon in limbo as GOP blocks Senate debate

By Liz Skinner
Seven retirement questions all advisers should ask
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Seven retirement questions all advisers should ask

The answers can prove pivotal in setting up an investment program for clients, says professor

By Darla Mercado
European crisis will affect capital markets for years: Allianz
NEWS FIXED INCOME JUN 27, 2012
European crisis will affect capital markets for years: Allianz

Allianz investment experts see problems in global capital market for years to come.

By AOSTERLAND
College kids paying credit card rates for private student loans
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 27, 2012
College kids paying credit card rates for private student loans

With interest charges around 10%, graduates saddled with enormous tabs; 'I'll be making payments forever.'

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 27, 2012
Looming election slams brakes on fiduciary regs

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 27, 2012
Independent analysis needed for munis

By Thomas M. Metzold
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 26, 2012
The parent trap

In <i>Parenthood</i>, Jason Robards talks about the longterm burden of being a parent. ''There is no end zone. You never cross the goal line, spike the ball and do your touchdown dance.' Boomers know the feeling. Many find themselves supporting their adult children -- and sapping their retirement savings in the process.

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 26, 2012
How close are we to the fiscal cliff?

By Russ Koesterich
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 26, 2012
RIAs and insurers are coming together

By MFXFeeder
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 26, 2012
Reps leaving Morgan Stanley Smith Barney blame technology

Recent exits may boil down to one word: Technology.

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RIAS JUN 26, 2012
Steps for building a succession plan

By Dan Seivert
Thinkorswim users hit TD Ameritrade with hefty arbitration claim
NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUN 26, 2012
Thinkorswim users hit TD Ameritrade with hefty arbitration claim

Thinkorswim users sue TD Ameritrade claiming they could not get through to execute trades in August

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 25, 2012
Behind LPL's acquisition of Veritat

Purchase will boost indie B-D's new unit targeting the mass market

By Janowski Davis
Fewer investors read through a VA prospectus in 2012
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2012
Fewer investors read through a VA prospectus in 2012

Even fewer investors are reading their variable annuity prospectus, which can be 150-300 pages long; brevity would help reader rates

By Darla Mercado
NEWS FINTECH JUN 25, 2012
Social-media seminar offers lessons for firms

By Janowski Davis
NEWS RIAS JUN 25, 2012
Advisers' primary challenges when using social-media sites for business purposes

By mlanche
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 25, 2012
Advisers keen for model ETF portfolios

By Jason Kephart
NEWS RIAS JUN 25, 2012
Advisers willing to pay SEC user fees for exams

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Asian millionaires counter lost riches in Europe, North America
NEWS RIAS JUN 25, 2012
Asian millionaires counter lost riches in Europe, North America

America lost 129,000 millionaires last year while China gained 16%, India 21%

By Doug Cubberley
Romney draws sports team owners but players prefer Obama
NEWS RIAS JUN 25, 2012
Romney draws sports team owners but players prefer Obama

Even the Yankees, Sawx rivalry carries over to owners' prexy picks

By Doug Cubberley