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JPMorgan Urges Re-enrollment for DC Plans
By Danielle AndrusTen years after passage of the Pension Protection Act, many DC plan participants are no better off than before, JPMorgan Asset Management argues.
April 29, 2016
LPL Feeling Acquisitive in New Fiduciary Era; Q1 Sales Fall 9%The new DOL rule should squeeze cost structures for smaller competitors and lead to more opportunity for M&A, CEO Mark Casady says.
April 25, 2016
Timber Investing: ‘Green Before Green Was Cool’This long-term, environmentally sustainable investment is forecast to outperform stocks and bonds in GMO's latest seven-year outlook.
April 25, 2016
Will Robos Send Advisors the Way of the Travel Agent?Will advisors be disrupted by technology, as travel agents have? Or will more tech simply improve service, as with graphic design? That depends.
April 21, 2016
Negative rates seen pushing Japanese farmers into U.K. mortgagesAn analyst says banks have to buy risk assets to support their funding needs.
April 20, 2016
Raymond James' Q1 Profits Rise 11%, Beating EstimatesPrivate client net income also jumps 11% as assets and advisor headcount expand.
April 20, 2016
United Capital Opens Its Tech Tool Chest to Indie AdvisorsUnited Capital has launched FinLife Partners, a turnkey advice and planning platform that allows advisors to white-label the firm's proprietary tools.
April 20, 2016
Recruiting Roundup: Merrill Lynch Picks Up 9 Reps With $1.5BMeanwhile, Raymond James adds two employee teams with $370 million and an indie advisor with $325 million.