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Chart of the day: Which NFL team generated the best ROI this season?
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 25, 2013
Chart of the day: Which NFL team generated the best ROI this season?

The Ravens proved they were champs of the gridiron in the Super Bowl; for 'investors' they were so-so performers

By Paul Menchaca
Finra aims to take BrokerCheck to the masses
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 25, 2013
Finra aims to take BrokerCheck to the masses

A proposal from Finra would require B-Ds — and possibly reps — to link to the broker database from their websites.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 25, 2013
NFL agent tackles SunTrust in arbitration filing

Claims wealth management unit engaged in questionable business practices in bid to land professional football clients

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES JUN 24, 2013
The Takeaway: This adviser is done with Facebook — and his post about it has gone viral

By Joshua Brown
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 24, 2013
You can't handle the truth: Central banks' messages spooking investors

Heightened transparency was supposed to help central banks calm investors' nerves and settle markets. It's not working out that way lately.

By John Goff
EQUITIES JUN 24, 2013
Up, up and away: Jobs report clears upside for stocks

"Market friendly" jobs report to keep Fed from easing up on easing, clearing upside for stocks. For now.

By DJAMIESON
RIAS JUN 24, 2013
Schwab plumps up roster with new dividend offering

Launches product under recently acquired ThomasPartners' banner

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 24, 2013
Strategist positive on gold, stocks

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 23, 2013
Five years after crisis, advisers can sleep at night, but clients still nervous

Since the dark days five years ago when Lehman failed and Merrill sold its brokers to Bank of America, advisers and financial markets have recovered but clients remain scarred and nervous, worried about a repeat. What are the chances?

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 23, 2013
VA guidance is responsibility of reps: Compliance experts

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 23, 2013
A wild ride

Celebrating a decade-and-a-half of InvestmentNews, including a look back at the people, events and moments that forever changed the business of financial advice.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 23, 2013
15 transformational events: Boomers' hit retirement

The first boomers turned 65 in 2010 — and suddenly advisers had to think less about accumulation, more about principal protection

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 23, 2013
Cases affect planning for gays

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 23, 2013
VA squeezes under scrutiny from regulators

By Darla Mercado
15 transformational events: 'Merrill Lynch rule' spurs long debate
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 23, 2013
15 transformational events: 'Merrill Lynch rule' spurs long debate

When the SEC proposed the broker-dealer exemption rule in 1999, few realized that it would result in a lawsuit against the commission and provoke a long and contentious debate about fiduciary duty.

By Dan Jamieson
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 23, 2013
Non-licensed but still advising

Dan Levin's radio show is called “Investment Talk,” but since last September, he hasn't had a license to sell investments as a broker. And he's not licensed to give investment advice as an adviser. What gives?

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES JUN 22, 2013
The Takeaway: Panicked ETF sellers nailed with sharp NAV discounts

By Joshua Brown
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2013
SEC officials warn insurers on annuity disclosures, VA changes

As complexity grows, so does need for clear language, group told

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2013
B-D execs up in arms over The Hartford's VA plan

B-D execs are up in arms over The Hartford's VA plan, saying considerable legwork will be required to ensure clients don't lose living benefits; litigation's a big concern, too.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2013
Hartford's VA redo could kill off living benefits for some clients

Failure to respond to new restricted investment menu could see rider yanked; 'off guard'

By Darla Mercado