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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 31, 2017
Retirement-savings advocates to mobilize forces if tax-reform plan cuts benefits

If 401(k) pre-tax contributions are curtailed, several groups plan to launch nationwide campaigns against the effort.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 31, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $210 million team to Baird

C. Gene Jester and group expand firm's presence to Chapel Hill, N.C.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2017
Trump administration seeks to give boost to 401(k) annuities

A Treasury proposal seeks to amend rules for plan sponsors to help them assess the long-term viability of insurance companies.

By Greg Iacurci
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 30, 2017
Ameriprise loses $100 million broker to Raymond James

David Katz joins employee channel in Boca Raton, Fla.

By InvestmentNews
RIAS OCT 30, 2017
Morgan Stanley loses $150 million team in Utah

White Cap Wealth Management affiliates with Kestra.

By InvestmentNews
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 30, 2017
SEC penalizes UBS $3.5 million for overcharging on funds

Firm settles charges that it failed to provide less expensive share classes.

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2017
Morgan Stanley dumps broker recruiting protocol

Brokers moving to a new firm would be forbidden for 12 months from contacting clients once they left.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2017
Ted Benna, father of the 401(k), thinks tax reform that favors Roths is 'pretty stupid'

He believes reducing the pre-tax contribution limit on traditional 401(k) plans and encouraging 'Rothification' would lead the middle class to save less for retirement.

By Greg Iacurci
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 30, 2017
Stifel to acquire $4.8 billion Ziegler Wealth Management

Chicago-based Ziegler to keep institutional, investment banking businesses.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2017
History of presidential shocks to the stock market

Most political scares have had short-lived effects on stocks. Here's a look at the big ones.

By John Waggoner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 30, 2017
Prepare clients for the terror of falling markets

Clients with several years of savings can ride out a decline and participate in the following recovery.

By Joe Duran
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2017
New Jersey smacks LPL with fine of nearly $1M over REIT, BDC sales

Settlement claimed firm let brokers sell excessive amounts of alternative investments as a percentage of their clients' total portfolios.

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION OCT 28, 2017
It's time to speak up about sexual harassment in the workplace

We are kidding ourselves if we think it doesn't happen in the financial advice profession, if we think we are somehow different from testosterone-driven Hollywood, the technology industry or even the broader financial services industry.

By crain-api
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Tax plan secrecy evokes frenzy of concern from lobbyists and lawmakers

President Trump has promised the middle class will be the biggest beneficiaries of the tax overhaul plan, to be released Nov. 1.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
Treasury encourages DOL to consider fiduciary-rule harm

Report reflects Trump administration's skepticism of investment-advice regulation for retirement accounts.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
LPL to pay $295,000 for Ponzi scheme probe in North Carolina

Broker-dealer must pay fine and reimburse the state over 'Robin Hood' case involving disgraced broker serving more than five years in jail for defrauding clients.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
Tax plan secrecy evokes frenzy of concern from lobbyists and lawmakers

Sweeping bill to be released in just five days.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2017
UBS ordered to pay $3 million Finra fine for defamation

Long-running case centers on reasons firm gave for broker's discharge.

By InvestmentNews
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2017
Finra bars former LPL broker over no-show at hearing

Subject was Jerry Lee Travers' payments to a non-registered person.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2017
Taking the Medi-scare out of retiree health-care costs

Annual open enrollment season offers chance to defang drug expenses.

By Mary Beth Franklin