News

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  Nationwide Releases Fee-Based Variable Annuity

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  Nationwide is the latest company to join an industry push to convince advisors that their concerns with VAs have been addressed.

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  Baird Nabs Morgan Stanley, UBS Advisors; Securities America Expands Recruiting Group

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  The new Baird teams come on board with some $800 million in client assets under management in Minnesota and Tennessee.

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  Ex-BlackRock Fund Manager Arrested for Insider Trading

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  The arrest is the latest in a string of high-profile apprehensions by Britain's Financial Conduct Authority.

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  New Index Measures Individuals’ Commitment to Philanthropy

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 14, 2013

  New research shows that affluent individuals’ commitment to philanthropy is progressing in tandem in Asia and Europe and moving more slowly in the Middle East.

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  Richard Ketchum: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  FINRA CEO Ketchum says that the regulator continues to believe current levels of advisor oversight and exams are "unacceptable and a risk to investors."

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  Quick QE Exit Unlikely, but Do Get a Bond Haircut: PIMCO, Loomis Sayles

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  "A bond and equity investor can choose to play with historically high risk to principal or quit the game and earn nothing,” says PIMCO's Bill Gross.

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  Financial Engines to Include IRAs on Income+ Offering

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  Financial Engines, which claims to be America's largest independent RIA, announced it is expanding its services to include IRAs.

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  Top 10 Most Expensive States for Long-Term Care: 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  Will you or one of your clients be one of the 70% of people over 65 who will need long-term care? Genworth’s annual study on the cost of LTC indicates that if you are, you will be paying more for it this year.

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  REIT Returns Are on a Roll

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  ETFs that track REITs are doing well, but aren't keeping pace with the markets as consistently as their indexes.

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  Five Years After the Crisis, Can We Prevent the Next One?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  The U.S. has made progress, but measures like money-market fund regulation are needed to avert future financial instability, a Fed governor says.