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RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2014
Women in transition a key clientele

At <i>IN</i>'s Retirement Income Summit, advice on helping ensure more female clients stick with their adviser. To start, bring them into the conversation while they are still part of a couple.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS JUN 04, 2014
SEC weakness allowing investment adviser violations to slip through the cracks

Commissioner Daniel Gallagher says adviser stats likely equal to registered rep stats from Finra.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets
OPINION JUN 04, 2014
Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets

Advisers don't have to be divorce experts to help clients take these necessary steps

By Rose Watson
OPINION JUN 04, 2014
How to respond to the unexpected call from a recently widowed client

Follow these six steps to make sure you adequately address the needs of grieving clients

By Amy Florian
FINTECH JUN 04, 2014
Cybersecurity gets the SEC's attention as agency plans to query advisers on safeguards

In risk alert, regulator provides advisers with a detailed checklist of what it expects firms to provide for cybersecurity protection.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Morgan Stanley CFO calls too few women leading U.S. companies an 'embarrassment'

Morgan Stanley chief financial officer Ruth Porat called the low number of women running U.S. companies an &#8220;embarrassment&#8221; that shows the need for new laws.

By Matt Ackermann
ALTERNATIVES JUN 04, 2014
LPL hit with Finra fine for alternative investment sales

Products include nontraded REITs, oil and gas partnerships, BDCs, hedge funds and managed futures.

By Bruce Kelly
BROKER DEALERS JUN 04, 2014
Closed doors at Finra hide the whole industry's shame

One way to address the lack of minorities is to be open about it

By Mason Braswell
WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Krawcheck: Women on Wall Street have 'gone backwards'

Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. executive, said women lost ground on Wall Street after the financial crisis because executives and boards hired people who looked like them.

By Matt Ackermann
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 04, 2014
Lincoln National: Variable annuity sales are up, and there's still room to grow

Lincoln National's variable annuity deposits hit $3.4 billion at the life insurer during the third quarter, reflecting a 56% increase from the year-ago period, but execs want to shift more to contracts without living benefits.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2014
Demand forces Jackson National to halt VA exchanges temporarily

Seven-week block applies only to products with guaranteed living benefits, not fixed and indexed annuities.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES JUN 04, 2014
TIC awards show brokers still grappling with real estate bubble fallout

Arbitration awards have been flat for two years but two big ones looming on the horizon show brokers still grappling with real estate bubble fallout.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 03, 2014
Murdoch ups the ante to more than $75B in bid for Time Warner

Willing to pay more than $85 a share; undeterred by earlier rejection.

By ntappan
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 03, 2014
Midyear report card: How investments, the market and the economy score

Heading into the second half of the year, Nuveen's chief equity strategist reviews his 2014 expectations.

By Robert C. Doll
EQUITIES JUN 03, 2014
A milestone day

Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: A big jobs report, commemorating D-Day. Plus: The SEC tackles HFT, Bill Gross and cell phones, BofA's big fine and ranking the horses.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 03, 2014
Wary investors slip back into the market

Deep unease remains about the future: 'How do you not worry if your 27-year-old is living at home? There is a general and a genuine concern that the future for the next generation isn't going to be as good as the past generation.'

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Pershing updates technology platforms – all at once

NetX360 revised with new interfaces and flexibility for users.

By twelsh
ALTERNATIVES JUN 03, 2014
Opposition mounts to Inland merger

Union says shareholders will end up footing the bill for $45 million in transaction fees from merger with Kite Realty.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES JUN 03, 2014
Prepare for a rocky week in the markets

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: The next four days are going to be big for the markets. Plus: One way to hedge against a correction; bad news keeps coming for Bill Gross; don't wait to collect Social Security; Nick Schorsch's shareholders speak; and digital luggage tags.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 03, 2014
Exam scores and failures belong on BrokerCheck

Brokers' exam scores, exam failures, terminations and other details that are currently omitted are already public information.

By Ben Edwards