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March 26, 2016

 

Top Stories of the Week


The Top 12 Cities Where Affluent Millennials Live

Millennials are giving up on getting rich and more likely to identify as working class than other generations, according to recent research.


Three Tools to Cut the Cost of College

Lynn O'Shaughnessy

There are few other major financial decisions clients will make from such a clueless position.


The Importance of Naming a Contingent Beneficiary of a Retirement Account

Michael J. Jones | Trusts & Estates

A recent private letter ruling underscores a valuable lesson.

CFP Board Imposes Mandatory Arbitration to Resolve Disputes

Megan Leonhardt

The CFP Board will force advisors who hold the certified financial planner designation to arbitrate all future disputes with the organization.


U.S. Wealth Managers Grit Teeth and Prepare for Labor Rule

Tariro Mzezewa | Reuters

After five years of fighting, the industry has accepted that the end is in sight.


How Advisors Can Leverage Facebook Graph Search for Business

Stephen Boswell and Kevin Nichols

The following are just a handful of ways financial advisors should leverage Facebook’s Graph Search feature.


Ladenburg Thalmann Jumps Into Robo Advice Market With $ymbil

Ryan W. Neal

As the industry waits for LPL and Commonwealth to reveal their strategy on automated digital financial advice, another broker/dealer’s robo is now ready for the market.


From Bloomberg

Wall Street's 0.01%: An Inside Look at Citi's Secret Client List

Laura J. Keller, Dakin Campbell, Alastair Marsh and Stephen Morris

There’s a secret list that Citigroup Inc. keeps on its equity-research desk at its swank new campus in Tribeca. And if you’re not on it -- well, you might as well be nobody.


How Pioneer of Smart Beta Started to See a Lot of It as Dumb

Tom Redmond

Smart beta, pioneered by Rob Arnott and now the basis for almost one out of every five exchange-traded funds globally, had become a victim of its own popularity.


 

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