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Bank executives adopting the RIA model as they build wealth units, Fidelity study finds
Fastest-growing units are turning toward fee-based investment and planning advice.
Morningstar buys data aggregator ByAllAccounts for $28 million
Gains access to more than 2,100 clients, including independent financial advisers, asset managers, wealth managers, trust companies and broker-dealers.
Two independent advisers managing $350 million join Focus Financial-based firm in Mass.
Donald Carman and Michael Hickey move to Atlas Private Wealth Management, dissolve previous firm.
When the White House starts giving investment advice, we’re all in trouble
Investors wisely ignore calls to short or sell Russian stocks
Until the economy springs forward, just keep blaming the weather
Breakfast with Benjamin: It's the weather. Repeat. Plus: Congress sticks with its attack on mortgage interest deductions, high-speed traders and you, investing in stock splits, and here's how much you should have saved for retirement.
Russia and the energy-stock short-sale question
Breakfast with Benjamin: Is it time to short energy stocks, given the Russian rabble rousing? Plus: Gold's reaction to Fed chief Yellen, Candy Crush IPO's dizzy math, how to retire with $1M, and at tax time, age counts (the younger, the better).
When women-run retirement funds beat the boys
Breakfast with Benjamin: Women-run retirement funds have consistently higher returns than those run by men. Here's why. Plus: Four data points to watch this morning, dealing with a bankrupt hedge fund, how the FBI is watching high-frequency trading, and April Fool's Day around the web.
Advisers using cash-flow management software — even for wealthy clients
Software tracks inflows and outflows through the year, with one-time input
Krawcheck says advisory business still coming up short in reaching out to women
The trailblazer says the advisory business is still coming up short in reaching out to women, both as advisers and clients, and explains why.
The financial feminine mystique backed by hard numbers
Data show women hedge fund managers outperformed the index.
Pioneer forges ahead with liquid alternative mutual funds
Strategies designed to eliminate interest rate risk or even benefit from rising rates.
What are the economic consequences of the next Cold War?
Breakfast with Benjamin: How the Russia situation could hit the economy. Plus: JPMorgan abandons its commodities business, Morningstar's deep dive into the Pimco mess, expect the expected from Yellen today, retirees give Boomers the playbook, and, big surprise, short-sellers badmouth stocks.
Finra fines, complaints drop as market improves
Finra reports that suitability fines and customer complaints have dropped as the financial crisis has faded further into the rearview. It's not all smooth sailing, however, as new regulatory priorities have emerged.
Obama administration’s call for boycotting Russian stocks falls flat
Breakfast with Benjamin: Investors not taking President Obama's advice. Plus: Fed warns there's always time to worry about bubbles, Morgan Stanley doubles down on biotech, the cloud computing frenzy marches on, activist investor challenges Coke management perks, and index investing to cut the tax bill
Gold rally draws critics along with fans, but it’s still a rally
Friday's menu: Both sides of the gold rally. Plus: Who won at last night's Lipper Awards; Yellen gets credit for driving the dollar higher; nearly all big banks pass stress tests; Russian sanctions taking hold; and when to use home equity to buy stocks.
What does the future portend for Pimco?
Analysts agree it should stick to its brand as a bond shop, but advisers open to new products.
FSI to push for independent-contractor legislation in 2014
Live from FSI OneVoice: Group wants to remove the uncertainty of continuing IRS scrutiny. Check out a video interview with Dale Brown, where the organization's president and CEO offers his Finra wish list.
Fidelity launches bond funds to weather uncertain markets
The fund giant is offering clients a new way to prosper in uncertain debt markets.
Stocks look surprisingly resilient following big spike
Breakfast with Benjamin: Stocks holding steady after spike. Plus, Global markets shrug off Obama's meager sanction efforts, Yellen tries to have it both ways with rates, the Senate's housing market destruction plan, and 1,000 years of European border shifts.
