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News & Analysis
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Tony Davidow, ‘Equal Weight Evangelist,’ Brings His Message to Schwab
Shortly after hiring Tony Davidow as its alternative beta and asset allocation strategist, Schwab filed regulatory papers for a lineup of ETFs that will use fundamental indexes.
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House Measure to Slow Fiduciary Rulemaking Poses Little Threat: Industry Officials
A discussion draft introduced Thursday designed to stymie efforts by the SEC and DOL to craft fiduciary rules will prove...
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How to Talk Risk Without Scaring Your Clients
“We’re persuaders, it’s what we do," Scott West of Invesco PowerShares said, "and persuasion is nothing more than the transfer...
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Personal Brands, Horse Rescue and Tommy Lee Jones: Ameriprise Advisors Sell Online
As the world of big-data technology changes at a lightning pace, it may take a giant company with deep pockets...
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Hybrid RIA, LPL Affiliate Adds Two Practices
U.S. Wealth Management hopes to have $1 billion in client assets over the next 12 months, up from $600 million...
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SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Father, Son Charged in Cherry-Picking Scheme
The SEC and FINRA were charges against a father and son for making undeclared trades and then cherry-picking the profitable...
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Angie Herbers: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile
Angie Herbers has been working with financial advisors for over a decade and has been writing for Investment Advisor magazine...
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- FINRA Inks Deal With Direct Edge, Gains Oversight of 90% of Equity Trading Volume
- 5 Indie BDs Ordered to Pay $9.6M for Nontraded REIT Violations
- New Hire Roundup: HighTower Expands Development Team
- William Galvin: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile
- What It Means to Be an Advisor
- Advisors’ Tech Strategies Help Boomers but Ignore Gen X and Y
- FINRA’s Ketchum to SEC: Act Now on Fiduciary, or We’ll Make Our Own Disclosure Rules
- Inexperienced Plan Sponsors Need a Little Love From Fund Websites
- FINRA Fines LPL $9M for Failing to Monitor Emails
Blogs
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Jonathan Henschen, CFS, Henschen & Assoc.
Is Your Broker-Dealer a Screaming Eagle or a Box Wine?
Whether you’re a high-end wine or a high-end broker-dealer with a cult following, it’s all about “the experience.”
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Michael E. Kitces
The CFP Board’s CE Proposal: What’s Driving This Flawed Idea?
In the final post in a series, an exploration of what may be behind the CFP Board’s proposal to offer...
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Michael E. Kitces
The CFP Board’s CE Proposal: Real Strategies to Improve Continuing Ed
In the second of a three-post series on the CFP Board’s proposal to offer continuing education itself, some modest proposals...
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