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Daily fantasy football getting better at separating players from their money
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 09, 2015
Daily fantasy football getting better at separating players from their money

September has become the biggest month for new fans trying the game, which combines the stats-jockeying of traditional fantasy contests with the thrills of old-fashioned sports betting.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 09, 2015
How late-life remarriages complicate Social Security benefits

Matters can get complicated when a new spouse enters the picture.

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 09, 2015
The most important lessons for investors from August's stock market mayhem

September could still be the cruelest month. Here's what you should be thinking about your investment portfolio.

By Bloomberg
Put your bond manager to the liquidity test
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 09, 2015
Put your bond manager to the liquidity test

Bond market liquidity is drying up — something every investor should take seriously. But liquidity risk can also provide an additional source of returns.

By Douglas J. Peebles and Ashish Shah
FINTECH SEP 09, 2015
Big-name advisers jump into data aggregation arena to back Quovo

Ron Carson, Steve Lockshin and Marty Bicknell among those investing as the personal financial information market heats up.

By Alessandra Malito
Dynasty trust planning: A tax-efficient way to manage wealthy families' assets
OPINION SEP 09, 2015
Dynasty trust planning: A tax-efficient way to manage wealthy families' assets

It is an estate-planning tool through which a parent's or grandparent's assets can continue to grow indefinitely for future generations without being subject to gift, estate or generation-skipping transfer taxes.

By Michelle Canerday and Robert Gerber
Alex Rodriguez and the Federal Reserve rewrite history
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 09, 2015
Alex Rodriguez and the Federal Reserve rewrite history

The baseball star and the central bank have changed their respective narratives but for the Fed, the end of the story remains murky.

By Michael Conway
FIXED INCOME SEP 09, 2015
OppenheimerFunds says Puerto Rico can pay its debts; governor says no

Puerto Rico's governor says the island's $72 billion debt load is too big to pay. OppenheimerFunds, the largest mutual-fund holder of the bonds, disagrees.

By Bloomberg
More advisers simulating SEC exams to expose gaps before regulators come knocking
RIAS SEP 09, 2015
More advisers simulating SEC exams to expose gaps before regulators come knocking

More advisers are turning to practice exams to help evaluate compliance risks and identify oversight gaps before the SEC comes knocking.

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH SEP 08, 2015
How to up your video game

Whether on camera or including graphics, videos are a way to connect with clients.

By Alessandra Malito
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2015
Social Security tip: Don't file early unless absolutely necessary

Study finds a third of people who file early for benefits had enough assets in IRAs to make up for two years of Social Security checks.

By Bloomberg
Succession planning through the eyes of a client
OPINION SEP 08, 2015
Succession planning through the eyes of a client

Some simple math suggests that just 17% of all clients were proactively approached by their adviser to discuss a succession plan

By Julie Littlechild
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2015
5 ways to make sure family runs your company in the future

How business owners can prepare themselves now for eventually handing over the reins to their successors.

By Steve Faulkner
Advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements
EQUITIES SEP 08, 2015
Advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements

As stocks continue to slide, advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements.

By Jeff Benjamin
Fed officials moving toward rate increase but still looking for wage gains
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 08, 2015
Fed officials moving toward rate increase but still looking for wage gains

The Federal Open Market Committee, led by Chairwoman Janet Yellen, said last month that despite further progress, economic conditions warranting an increase in the target range for fed funds had not yet been met.

By Meaghan Kilroy
NextShares wins its first adviser platform partner with Envestnet
BROKER DEALERS SEP 08, 2015
NextShares wins its first adviser platform partner with Envestnet

Envestnet has agreed to make NextShares, a unique hybrid of mutual funds and ETFs, available to some of its 41,000 affiliated financial advisers, delivering Eaton Vance its first distribution partner for the product.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Why a federal judge tossed out the Camardas' case
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 08, 2015
Why a federal judge tossed out the Camardas' case

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon made public Tuesday his opinion in a lawsuit over CFP Board's disciplinary action related to adviser use of the 'fee-only' label.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
I took the test, I talked the talk. Now you can call me a CFP!
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2015
I took the test, I talked the talk. Now you can call me a CFP!

Broader work experience definition allows columnist to use designation.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ETFS SEP 08, 2015
Legg Mason wants to build 'better' ETFs

Money manager asks the SEC for permission to build exotic funds.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 08, 2015
How partisan politics have poisoned the SEC

Washington's political atmosphere makes the panel too adversarial to get anything done.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.