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Ric Edelman: Free Trading Will Crush Commissioned Brokers
By Jane Wollman RusoffEdelman talks to ThinkAdvisor about investing in "exponential" technologies and why commission-based brokers are doomed, regardless of the fate of the DOL fiduciary rule.
March 29, 2017
Wells Fargo Brand Still Tainted, Hurting Reps & RecruitingTuesday's $110 million settlement over fake accounts doesn't mean the fallout for its advisors is going away anytime soon, says a top recruiter.
March 28, 2017
United Capital’s FinLife Partners Reaches $3B in Less Than a YearThe wealth management operating system is an answer to consumers' desire to have digitized financial services.
March 24, 2017
Advising Clients on Social Security: Talking Points, Part 5This fifth and final installment will discuss Social Security provisions relating to public employees along with the taxation of Social Security benefits.
March 24, 2017
How to Achieve Financial Wellness? Use Programs Repeatedly, Run Retirement ProjectionsThese are the key findings from Financial Finesse's 2016 Year in Review report.
March 24, 2017
Ryan Pulls Bill to Repeal Obamacare; Says Tax Reform Now in DangerSpeaker Paul Ryan House said too many Republicans were not supporting the repeal bill.
March 24, 2017
For Better or Worse, Parents’ Financial Habits Affect Their KidsA T. Rowe Price survey of parents and their kids finds that kids do better when their parents let them decide how to save and spend their money on their own.
March 23, 2017
Another Casualty of Bad Retirement Planning: Worker ProductivityEBRIs latest retirement survey found that lack of planning comes with more stress and less productivity.