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With the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule due out in the first half of 2016, the Financial Services Institute is focusing on helping prepare advisors and firms to comply with the new standard, and will turn its advocacy...
Keep it simple.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. So complicated market environments call for complex investment strategies, right? At least that’s what investors (and asset managers) are hardwired to think, according to the la...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority cracked down on a number of issues in 2015, although perhaps the most common (and costly) for many broker/dealers was mutual fund overcharges. Overall, the 15 biggest sanctions the regulator doled out...
Pick door No. 3.
Private wealth management firms were in high demand in 2015, dominating the financial transaction landscape among asset management firms with a record 59 deals, according to a new report by Sandler O’Neill. The firm attrib...
With almost all of the leading candidates having released their official tax proposals, voters are faced with a glut of information. Though the proposals largely break along party lines, there's still some key differences of which to take note...
Raymond James Financial’s fiscal first quarter earnings fell 17 percent from a year ago to 74 cents a share, missing analysts’ expectations by 11 cents a share, according to Seeking Alpha. Net income for the quarter was $106.3 million...
In their new book, The Sustainable Edge: 15 Minutes a Week to a Richer Entrepreneurial Life, released this week, top advisors Ron Carson and Scott Ford share their disciplines and career successes to help business owners achieve a better work-lif...
We know it’s coming, but we’re not sure when or how bad it will be. That’s how a lot of advisors currently feel about the Department of Labor’s pending fiduciary proposal for retirement accounts. Regardless of whether or...
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The market rout last week pushed every major asset class into negative territory for the one-year trailing period. That fact prompts Capital Spectator's James Picerno to note that...
