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Clark—Seventh Circuit Case Questions Inherited Retirement Plan Protection in Bankruptcy

Edwin P. Morrow III outlines a recent opinion in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit halted a strong trend in the courts to protect inherited retirement plans in bankruptcy...More
May 21, 2013
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FINRA Won't Drop BrokerCheck Link Rule

Advisors who hate the idea of linking to BrokerCheck on their websites are not out of the woods. Despite pulling its proposal last month, FINRA staff say the proposal is not dead....More
May 21, 2013
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Trusts & Estates

See-Through Trusts and IRAs

Dawn S. Markowitz discusses the IRS's recent answer in Private Letter Ruling 201320021...More
May 21, 2013
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FINRA's Ketchum: Firms Need To Use Plain English

FINRA's Rick Ketchum tells firms they need to move beyond compliance to win back investor trust. They need to make sure all disclosures, including legal, are written in plain, unequivocal English....More
May 21, 2013
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Reuters

FINRA Fines LPL Financial $9 Million for Email Violations  

LPL Financial LLC must pay a total of $9 million for significant email system failures and making misstatements to Wall Street's watchdog, the regulator said on Tuesday....More
May 21, 2013
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REP.

Avoid Blowing Up a Veteran's Benefits

Selling trusts and life insurance to war veterans can be tricky. One misstep could disqualify them from important benefits....More
May 21, 2013
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Reuters

YOUR PRACTICE-Five Tips for Effective Client Meetings  

Keeping clients on track during one-on-one strategy sessions is often a tricky balancing act. It requires planners to acknowledge the deep emotions that are usually attached to the financial lives of their clients....More
May 21, 2013
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Top Insider Trades 5/20/13: TSLA, MOSY, WWWW, LMNX

Which stocks are getting attention from insiders?...More
May 20, 2013
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Client Advisory Boards Really Do Work!

Even the greatest of skeptics have been proven wrong when it comes to creating a client advisory board....More
May 20, 2013
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REP.

SEC's Walter Says No Fiduciary Standard Rules This Year

The former chairman of the SEC said the first round of public comments on the fiduciary rule weren't "data heavy" and the commission is hoping for more information....More
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Advisors Get Ready to Ride the Social Sharing Wave

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FINRA Won't Drop BrokerCheck Link Rule

Advisors who hate the idea of linking to BrokerCheck on their websites are not out of the woods. Despite pulling its proposal last month, FINRA staff say the proposal is not dead....More

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