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After troubled start, Morgan Stanley tech platform stabilized
CIO Chris Randazzo says 3D has 'turned the corner,' while upgrade continues
Billion-dollar teams inch into indie market
With improvements in technology and compensation models, independent firms are narrowing the gap in the competition for the biggest talent on Wall Street.
Financial wellness sector offers new route for young advisers
Ideal way to gain experience working with clients.
Online rivals Betterment, LearnVest rake in $60 million of venture funding
Betterment's Series C round brings in $32 million; LearnVest closes on $28 million; fundraising touches off a Twitter firestorm.
Latest Betterment, LearnVest fundraising elicits a Twitter firestorm
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Brokerages toss around ideas about salary for Next Gen advisers
Wells Fargo is testing new models that would pay on a salary plus commission basis in effort to attract Millennials
With business booming, Schorsch’s RCS Capital eyes further growth
Nick Schorsch's RCS Capital is building the second-largest independent broker-dealer network — 9,000 registered reps and financial advisers — through several acquisitions it announced last year.
Kitces, Wealthfront trade punches over online tax-loss-harvesting feature
Well-known blogger and industry gadfly continues to pepper online advisers.
Schorsch’s pickup of J.P. Turner: "Such a bargain!"
Nick Schorsch has been snapping up B-Ds with the fervor of Carrie Bradshaw from “Sex and the City” chasing down her next pair of Manolo Blahniks. But with J.P. Turner, is the firm's stock-jockey history a problem or did Nick buy a gem at downtown prices?
Bond ETFs posted a good start to 2014, though March showed its lion’s side
Surprising comments by Fed chief Janet Yellen on rate hikes gave bond markets a bad scare.
Fixed annuity sales receiving added scrutiny from Finra
With broker-dealers selling a bigger share of indexed annuities, securities regulators are taking a closer look at policies…
Providing specialized advice to single parents
Advisers can be a critical guide in securing financial health during transition
Tech-savvy young planners band together to share the wealth
'FP Hackers' brainstorm issues facing new businesses — and even refer clients to one another
Ukraine’s new resistance to Russia draws attention back to the macroeconomic fallout
Friday's menu: Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.
Finra fines Berthel Fisher $775,000 for compliance failures
Regulator said IBD didn't adequately train or supervise brokers selling alternative investments and nontraditional ETFs .
Regulators have an uphill battle to bring transparency to illiquid investments
Bringing light and due diligence should be a priority for the investment advice industry.
Ranking the industry’s top tech vendors
TDAI has named the the six top tech picks for its Veo platform. The first-time award program recognizes technology firms that maximize the open access platform.
Merrill Lynch’s John Thiel leads charge toward goals-based planning
A look inside the 100-year-old firm's efforts to drastically change its client-adviser relationships, led by John Thiel, the head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
PE giant Carlyle Group is eyeing the retail investor market and liquid alts
Breakfast with Benjamin: Private equity giant wants in on liquid alts. Plus: QE might have a fueled high-inflation cycle, the small-cap stock ride is ending, time to get some defense in that portfolio, and the poor outlook for the long-term unemployed
RidgeWorth breaks from SunTrust in private-equity deal
With funding from Lightyear Capital, employees will acquire RidgeWorth at a price of up to $265 million.
