News

Displaying 42959 results
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
No Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2016

Social Security recipients will not receive a benefits boost next year mostly because low gasoline prices have kept inflation too low to spark an automatic cost-of-living adjustment, the government announced.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2015
Will October be the choppiest month yet for stocks?

Twelve of 21 strategists surveyed have lowered their year end estimates for the stock market. Find out where they think the S&P 500 is headed.

By Bloomberg
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Democratic candidate proposes new fees for taking investment risks, because taking investment risks aren't risky enough already, or something like that.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2015
How to make investments in death and caffeine

A Silicon Valley startup is offering collections of investments that exploit particular themes.

By Bloomberg
Does Hillary Clinton want to protect the DOL fiduciary rule?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 08, 2015
Does Hillary Clinton want to protect the DOL fiduciary rule?

A letter to Democratic colleagues warns against riders attached to spending bills in upcoming budget negotiations.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Collaboration can result in great accomplishments in adviser technology
FINTECH OCT 08, 2015
Collaboration can result in great accomplishments in adviser technology

Refreshing reminder on the industry's collaborative power at the Fuse conference

By Sheryl Rowling
How to talk to your clients about a tech crisis at your firm
RIAS OCT 08, 2015
How to talk to your clients about a tech crisis at your firm

Handled incorrectly, a technology failure can undo the brand goodwill RIAs spend years cultivating.

By Wes Stillman
RIAS OCT 07, 2015
3 reasons the time is now for big breakaways

Using the example of the beer industry to prove financial advice is ripe for more moves to independence

By Bob Oros
An extreme tale of two liquid alt funds in the same category
EQUITIES OCT 07, 2015
An extreme tale of two liquid alt funds in the same category

When fund managers can go anywhere, sometimes they do.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wall Street is now fretting over the threat of another recession
EQUITIES OCT 07, 2015
Wall Street is now fretting over the threat of another recession

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The word 'recession' is being used openly on Wall Street, in case you needed more proof that the U.S. economy is barely moving forward.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2015
How women need to approach retirement planning differently than men

Women need to move beyond the financial paralysis that grips them and become savvy investors, according to a new book.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Adviser explains why and how to move to a retainer model
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 07, 2015
Adviser explains why and how to move to a retainer model

The latest in our Adviser's Consultant series examines the best way to wean a firm off AUM-based fees.

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH OCT 07, 2015
Risk-focused robo comes out with a consumer version

Digital advice platform reacts to market volatility, automatically shifting investor assets into stocks or bonds depending on risk tolerance.

By Alessandra Malito
RIAS OCT 07, 2015
Merrill loses $3.3 billion private banking team

A group of advisers left to form their own RIA, Corient Capital Partners.

By Bloomberg
SEC unable to lift temporary ban on in-house judges
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2015
SEC unable to lift temporary ban on in-house judges

Judge rules the agency did not meet the criteria for a stay and &#8220;has not demonstrated likely success&#8221; in its argument that the administrative law judge process is constitutional.

By Hazel Bradford
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 07, 2015
Why you should think contrarian as dividend-paying stocks fall out of favor

Resist the urge to shift your dividend-stock assets into bonds as interest rates rise and instead consider dividend swaps and futures, as well as option combinations.

By Eric Ervin
Advisers fall short on implementation of long-term-care insurance
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2015
Advisers fall short on implementation of long-term-care insurance

Most know it's a key part of retirement planning but lack in-depth knowledge when the need for care arises.

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2015
Finra creates task force to determine arbitration improvements

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisers seek independence, but less often as entrepreneurs
RIAS OCT 06, 2015
Advisers seek independence, but less often as entrepreneurs

Breaking away increasingly means joining an RIA, not starting one, Cerulli reports.

By Liz Skinner
Overstating AUM a sure way to get regulators knocking on your door
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 06, 2015
Overstating AUM a sure way to get regulators knocking on your door

In one recent case, regulators charged an RIA's president, vice president and chief compliance officer. The firm is no longer in business.

By Les Abromovitz